International Humanitarian Action Ruhr University Bochum
- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 4 semesters
- Location
- Bochum
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
Humanitarian Aid, Disaster Relief
Target group
Graduates of a specialised relevant Bachelor's degree in the area of Near and Middle Eastern Studies or (Historical) Linguistics, Text and Literature Studies or a comparable German or international professionally qualifying degree.
In the first professionally qualifying degree at total of at least 90 credit points must have been acquired in the fields of Middle Eastern Studies or in Philology and Linguistics modules; including knowledge of Arabic in the amount of 36 CP or Akkadian in the amount of 24 CP or the Hebraicum (Hebrew).
Lecture period
- 13.04.2026 - 24.07.2026
- 13.10.2026 - 06.02.2027
Application deadlines
Summer semester (2026)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
03.12.2026 - 31.03.2027
Information on enrolment in open admission degree programmes, including deadlines, will be published in a timely manner under https://studium.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/immatrikulation-einschreibung. Information on admission to Master's degree courses can be found at: https://studium.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/bewerbung-zum-masterEnrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
03.12.2026 - 31.03.2027
Information on enrolment in open admission degree programmes, including deadlines, will be published in a timely manner under https://studium.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/immatrikulation-einschreibung.Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.12.2026 - 31.03.2027
Information on enrolment in open admission degree programmes, including deadlines, will be published in a timely manner under https://studium.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/immatrikulation-einschreibung. Information on admission to Master's degree courses can be found at: https://studium.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/bewerbung-zum-masterDeadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.12.2026 - 15.01.2027
Information on admission to Master's degree courses can be found at: https://studium.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/bewerbung-zum-master-fuer-internationale
Winter semester (2026/2027)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
07.05.2026 - 15.10.2026
Information on enrolment in open admission degree programmes, including deadlines, will be published in a timely manner under https://studium.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/immatrikulation-einschreibung. Information on admission to Master's degree courses can be found at: https://studium.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/bewerbung-zum-masterEnrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
07.05.2026 - 15.10.2026
Information on enrolment in open admission degree programmes, including deadlines, will be published in a timely manner under https://studium.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/immatrikulation-einschreibung.Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
07.05.2026 - 15.10.2026
Information on enrolment in open admission degree programmes, including deadlines, will be published in a timely manner under https://studium.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/immatrikulation-einschreibung. Information on admission to Master's degree courses can be found at: https://studium.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/bewerbung-zum-masterDeadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
07.05.2026 - 15.10.2026
Information on admission to Master's degree courses can be found at: https://studium.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/bewerbung-zum-master-fuer-internationale
Tuition fees
Tuition fees
Der Sozialbeitrag zum Sommersemester 2026 beträgt 362,40 Euro.
Languages of instruction
Main language
German
Further languages
English
