- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Course location
- Hannover
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- The programme is taught exclusively in English, and research is also conducted in English. Students are regularly involved in the planning and running of international conferences or workshops. Lecturers from many, mostly English-speaking countries offer courses, and the study topics are internationally based.
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter and summer semester
- Application deadline
- Application from students from non-EU countries (VPD from uni-assist is required. (https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/studienplatzbewerbung/master-application-for-prospective-students-from-outside-the-eu#c81300))
• 15 April to 31 May of the year for the winter semester
• 15 October to 30 November of the previous year for the summer semester
Application from students from Germany and the EU
• 1 June to 15 July of the year for the winter semester
• 1 December to 15 January of the year for the summer semester
Prospective students applying from outside the EU must request a Preliminary Examination Documentation (VPD) from uni-assist before applying to the Master's programme. The processing time for the VPD takes up to eight weeks. Therefore, please allow enough time before applying for the programme. More information about applying for the VPD can be found on the central application pages (https://go.lu-h.de/apply-for-vpd).
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- Yes
- Description/content
- The two-year Master's programme in North American Studies is a consecutive degree programme taught exclusively in English. No German skills are required. North American Studies is offered by the American Studies division in the English department. It is designed for students with BA degrees in American Studies, English, and related fields of literary or cultural studies. The programme offers a broad variety of courses in North American Studies. It is concerned with the literary and cultural history of North America from the colonial period onward and with current developments in North America in a transnational context. Categories of difference and diversity (race, gender, sexuality, class, religion, and more) are taken into account systematically. The programme allows for a focus on media history and media theory, and it invites its students to acquaint themselves with new trends in television studies, popular culture studies, and the studies of digital cultures.