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Ethnology/Cultural history University of Jena

Degree
Master of Arts
Standard period of study (amount)
4 semesters
Location
Jena

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

  • Folkloristics
  • Cultural History

Focus

Civilisation Studies, Empiricism, Germany, Popular Culture, Europe, Occident, Cultural History, Regional Culture, Everyday Culture, Society

Target group

The course is aimed at graduates with a first professional degree in
Degree courses in the field of Folklore and Cultural History or one that is equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in the amount of 180 credits and subject-related study at a university or equivalent higher education institutionin Germany or abroad.

Annotation

Application deadline:
Summer semester: 15.01.
Winter semester:
- 15.07. (international applicants)
- 15.09. (German applicants)

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

The subject related requirement is proof of academic achievements in the field of folklore/cultural history amounting to at least 60 credit points as well as the Latinum and one modern foreign language at the A2/B1 level or two modern foreign languages at the A2/B1 level.
International applicants are required to provide proof of command of German at the level of a DSH test (stage 2), a TestDaF (TDN 4) or a recognised equivalent.

Lecture period

  • 19.10.2026 - 12.02.2027
  • 12.04.2027 - 16.07.2027

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2027)

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.12.2026 - 15.02.2027
    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.09. Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.12.2026 - 15.02.2027
    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 / Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    01.12.2026 - 15.02.2027
    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    01.12.2026 - 15.01.2027
    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 / Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.

Winter semester (2026/2027)

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.04.2026 - 31.08.2026
    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.09. Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.04.2026 - 31.08.2026
    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 / Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    Expired
    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 / Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    01.04.2026 - 31.08.2026
    Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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