- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Course location
- Bochum
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- It is possible to study and to complete the EELP programme by attending only classes taught in English. In the selectable Law module, courses offered in English are limited. Some courses are offered in German.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- Beginning of studies: first week of October
- Application deadline
- 15 July for the following winter semester
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- Varied
- Additional information on tuition fees
- There is no extra tuition fee for the EELP MA study programme.
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- Yes
- Description/content
- The Master's programme in Ethics – Economics, Law and Politics (EELP) is an interdisciplinary and research-focused degree programme. In the style of very successful similar study courses in the English-speaking world, four faculties carry out the programme: philosophy, law, economics and social science. The theoretical and empirical insights of the three socio-scientific disciplines is combined with the explicitly normative orientation of philosophy.
The content of the programme consists of six main topics, each with a normative and a descriptive and/or analytic emphasis (for details, see EELP programme website):
• Globalisation and Justice
• Markets and Morality
• Climate Change and Responsibility
• Welfare and Dignity
• Migration and Rights
• Digitalisation and Self-Determination
A competent approach to these topics demands knowledge about the frameworks of law and political circumstances as well as economic expertise and competence for normative reflection. Students are able to comprehend the full extent of current economic challenges, such as the financial crisis, global poverty, migration, climate change, etc.
The programme is aimed at excellent Bachelor's degree holders and young professionals who wish to tackle major issues in politics or the economy as well as those who aspire to an outstanding and future-oriented research activity.
In the first year of their studies, students acquire basic knowledge, and in the second year, they develop their own projects. Applied projects can be combined with an internship abroad, while research-oriented projects can be carried out at our international partner institutes:
• University of Graz/Austria (double degree with MA Political, Legal and Economic Philosophy)
• ERASMUS + (University of Bari Aldo Moro/Italy; University of Catania/Italy; University of Zagreb/Croatia)