- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Course location
- Tübingen
- In cooperation with
- The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- The CMEPS programme is entirely taught in English.
Of the total of 120 ECTS (credits), 33 are allocated to compulsory Arabic courses. These language courses are partly taught in Arabic in accordance with the students' language proficiencies.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- The Tübingen cohort begins their first semester in early October with a blocked course. The AUC cohort begins their first semester in early September in Cairo. The mode of study is in presence.
- Application deadline
- At the University of Tübingen: 15 May
At the American University in Cairo: 1 February (first round) and 1 April (second round)
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- 1,500 EUR
- Additional information on tuition fees
- Students from EU countries do not pay tuition fees.
Approx. 1,500 EUR per semester for students from non-EU countries and 650 EUR for students who already have a Master's degree from EU countries
More information concerning tuition fees: https://www.uni-tuebingen.de/en/31479 (https://www.uni-tuebingen.de/en/31479)
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- Yes
- Description/content
- The CMEPS programme features a unique structure to hone students’ skills in their original area of knowledge and to add another complementary academic discipline to their portfolios.
Tübingen's CMEPS programme kicks off with an intensive introductory political science course before the start of the semester. A study trip to international organisations, development agencies, and important political and cultural institutions takes place in the winter of the first semester at Tübingen University.
Students with an area studies background at Tübingen and students at AUC pursue the “Political Science” profile. They focus on courses in research methods and theories of political science and non-native speakers take some courses in advanced Arabic. Students with a Political Science background at Tübingen pursue the “Arabic” profile and take intensive Arabic language courses for beginners during the first two semesters.
Throughout the first three semesters, all students take the core CMEPS political science courses such as Comparative Politics of the Middle East, Regime Change and Democratisation, Comparative Theories of Political Science, and International Cooperation and Development. Additionally, students can choose a few elective courses during their first three semesters. This could, for example, be a course on international relations or the political economy of the Middle East, international migration governance, social movements, development cooperation, conflict analysis, the political impact of new media, or political regime analysis.
During their third semester, CMEPS students do a semester at the respective partner university. Abroad, Tübingen students take Arabic courses, a political science course, and an elective course at AUC. Students from the AUC usually complete one core CMEPS course as well as elective courses during their stay at Tübingen. The students also take German classes at the University of Tübingen. Furthermore, students start working on their Master's theses during the third semester and prepare their thesis proposals for the International CMEPS Colloquium in January. Tübingen students then return to Tübingen and present, together with their fellow students from AUC, their MA thesis proposals at a joint colloquium with professors from both universities.
During their fourth semester, students write their MA theses and complete their oral defence vis-a-vis the examiners of both universities. During one of the semester breaks or during the fourth semester, students complete an internship.