African Studies: Critical Perspectives on Society, Politics, Culture

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University University of Bayreuth
Degree Master

Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission without admission restriction
Deadline for Beginning Students Bewerbungsfristen Master
Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) full time; part time
Location (main / branches campus) Bayreuth
Admission semester winter semester
Subject

Das African Studies gehört zum Studienbereiche African Studies, Pre-Columbian American Studies der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
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Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
African Studies

Das Cultural History gehört zum Studienbereiche Cultural Studies der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
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Cultural History

Das Ethnology gehört zum Studienbereiche Ethnology, Anthropology der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
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Ethnology

Das History gehört zum Studienbereiche History, Ancient Studies der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
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History

Das Religious Studies gehört zum Studienbereiche Theology, Religion der Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Religious Studies

Das Sociology, Social Science gehört zum Studienbereiche Social Sciences der Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Sociology, Social Science

Field of study
- Target group Graduates of humanities-, social science- or history-oriented courses of study.
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language English
- Further language(s) German
- Course Website
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission without admission restriction
- Admission semester winter semester
- Applicants who have not obtained their higher education entrance qualification in English must provide proof of command of English proficiency of at least level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
  Applicants who have not obtained their higher education entrance qualification in German must provide proof of German proficiency of at least level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Command of German can be submitted by the end of the second semester.
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree
  Bachelor/Bakkalaureus
  (and other qualifications, provided that they are recognised as being equivalent)
  
  Minimum requirements for first university degree:
  - Minimum grade: 2.50
  - Required ECTS credits: 180
  For this degree programme, you should have gained your first university qualification in one of the following subjects groups or areas of study:
  - Subject group: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Required language skills
- Required minimum language skills that must be proven by passing one or more of the following language tests:
  - GER (English): B2
  - GER (Deutsch): A1
University-wide Dates and Deadlines
- Wintersemester 2025/2026
- - Lecture period
  - 13.10.2025 — 06.02.2026
  - Deadlines for Germans and Inhabitants
    Beginning Students
    
    Bewerbungsfristen Master
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer Bewerbungsfristen Master
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer Bewerbungsfristen Master
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- International Office
- Street address Universitätsstraße 30, 95447 Bayreuth
- Phone 0921 55-5275
- Fax 0921 55-5297
- international(at)uni-bayreuth.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Studiengangsmoderator
- Contact person Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke, Studiengangsmoderatorin
- Street address Universitätsstraße 30, 95447 Bayreuth
- Phone 0921 / 55 4137
- ma-africanstudies(at)uni-bayreuth.de
- Zentrale Studienberatung
- Street address Universitätsstraße 30, 95447 Bayreuth
- Postal/mail adress 95440 Bayreuth
- Phone 0921 55-4433
- studienberatung(at)uni-bayreuth.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact Frau Andrea Kreuzer
- Function Leitung Zentrale Studienberatung
- Responsibility Leitung Zentrale Studienberatung
- Phone 0921 554433
- Andrea.Kreuzer(at)uni-bayreuth.de

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