Development Studies

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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 Sustainability Sciences (Social) gehört zum Studienbereiche Social Sciences der Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich Social Sciences.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Humanities and Social Sciences.
Sustainability Sciences (Social)
Areas of Concentration Developmental Sociology/Policy, Geography, International Economics

Field of study
- Target group Students of the African Culture and Society, International Economics and Development, Geographic Development Research, Philosophy & Economics or Geography Bachelor's degree courses and Bachelors graduates from related fields or who are interested in societal, political and economic processes in developing and transforming countries
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language German
- Further language(s) English
- Course Website
- Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission without admission restriction
- Admission semester winter semester
- 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
  - Minimum standard period of study: 6 semesters
  - 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): C1
  - GER (Deutsch/ German): DSH2
- Required practical experience
  In addition to completing your first university degree, you need the following practical experience to be admitted onto this degree programme:
  - 4 weeks Internship in the field of Entwicklungszusammenarbeit oder international tätige Unternehmen
University-wide Dates and Deadlines
- Wintersemester 2025/2026
- - Lecture period
  - 13.10.2025 — 06.02.2026
  - Deadlines for Germans and foreigners with German university entrance qualifications
    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 Universität Bayreuth Lehrstuhl für Entwicklungssoziologie
- Contact person Prof. Dr. Alexander Stroh
- Street address Universitätsstraße 30, 95447 Bayreuth
- Phone 0921 / 55-4116
- developmentstudies(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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