- Degree
- Master of Arts in Sociology
- Course location
- Mannheim
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Courses are held entirely in English.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Application deadline
- 1 April to 15 May for the following winter semester
Additionally, please check the website of the admissions office regularly for the current application deadlines.
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- Varied
- Additional information on tuition fees
- International students from non-EU/EEA countries are required to pay a tuition fee of 1,500 EUR per semester.
International students who fulfil certain exceptional criteria are not obliged to pay tuition fees: Tuition Fees for International Students (https://www.uni-mannheim.de/en/academics/during-your-studies/organizing-your-studies/fees/?mtm_campaign=DAAD-Sociology&mtm_kwd=Study-Fees&mtm_source=DAAD&mtm_medium=Hyperlink).
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The MA Sociology degree programme at the School of Social Sciences offers a two-year research-oriented education in an internationally renowned research university environment. The programme builds on the school's strength in empirical-analytical approaches, particularly in quantitative methods and comparative research. The curriculum emphasises training in empirical analysis that is firmly grounded in both theory and rigorous methods. Substantive areas of concentration include Family, Education & Work, Migration & Integration, Economy & Social Welfare State, and Social Inequality. All classes are taught in English.
The programme is divided into seven modules: Sociological Research Fields, Foundations of Sociological Theory, Cross-Sectional Data Analysis, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Research Design, research project and the Master's thesis.