- Degree
- Master of Arts in Contemporary East Asian Studies
- Course location
- Duisburg
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- All courses are taught in English. Students also write the Master's thesis in English.
The East Asian language courses are, of course, progressively taught in Japanese, Chinese or Korean as students' skills improve.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- Beginning: The study programme begins in the winter semester, which always starts at the beginning of October and ends at the end of March. The lecture period of the winter semester ends in February, with examinations and term paper deadlines usually around February and March.
The summer semester then starts in April.
Mode of study:
Classes (and examinations) usually take place on campus in Duisburg and are supplemented by e-learning elements, asynchronous digital tasks, etc.
E-learning and online elements supplementing on-site learning:
We endeavour to integrate e-learning elements into all our modules. Module instructors choose the appropriate e-learning elements depending on teaching content and learning targets of the respective class. All our courses use the university's online platform for virtual classrooms to provide digital materials, like readings or pre-recorded videos, and to facilitate digital communication between students and instructors as well as among students.
In the language courses, students learn about relevant digital resources to support their learning process and also use virtual classrooms for accessing materials, submitting homework, etc.
Some of our lectures and events are offered in a hybrid or online format – for example, if international guest speakers are involved or an event is simultaneously streamed for a wider audience.
- Application deadline
- The application deadline is
• 15 July for non-EU applicants and
• 15 September for EU applicants / "BildungsinländerInnen" / non-EU applicants with an EU BA degree
to start the study programme in October of the same year.
Early applications are welcome. Please note that the online application platform (https://www.uni-due.de/international/international-admissions-en.php) for non-EU applicants opens on 1 May each year.
Details on the application process can be found here (https://www.uni-due.de/in-east/study_programs/ma_ceas.php).
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The Master’s in Contemporary East Asian Studies (MA CEAS) is an English-taught, social science-based programme with a contemporary and interdisciplinary profile. The programme offers research-focused training for highly motivated and qualified graduates with a BA or similar degree in political science, international relations, sociology or economic science.
The principal focus of the MA CEAS programme is the theoretical and problem-centred analysis of societies, politics and economies in East Asia (China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea), accompanied by intensive training in an East Asian language. Its aim is to deepen and enrich the student's ability to assess contemporary change, the challenges for the East Asian region and the implications of such developments for Europe.
The MA programme in Contemporary East Asian Studies develops three sets of core skills:
• It deepens students’ existing methodological skills by applying them to the analysis of the East Asian context.
• It broadens their regional, discipline-based and interdisciplinary knowledge of East Asia.
• It enhances their proficiency in one of three East Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese or Korean).
The two-year MA CEAS (equivalent to four semesters) offers Chinese, Japanese or Korean language options along with the choice of a discipline corresponding to the student’s previous degree (sociology, political science or economics). It combines intensive language training with interdisciplinary and discipline-specific modules focusing on Chinese, Japanese and Korean studies. Methodological training is integrated into the advanced East Asian studies modules.
Native speakers of one of the East Asian languages offered are required to choose a language option different from their native language, e.g. Korean native speakers have to choose Chinese or Japanese.