- Degree
- Master of Arts in African Studies
- Course location
- Leipzig
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Courses are held in English (90%), some of the optional courses in German (10%). Participants can choose to write their Master's theses in either language. Students can study Hausa and Swahili.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Application deadline
- Local students:
1 September
International students:
31 May
International students apply using the uni-assist portal: https://www.uni-assist.de/en/ (https://www.uni-assist.de/en/)
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The African Studies MA is a research-oriented programme. Its aim is to provide students with an interdisciplinary and reflective perspective on Africa. Building on findings and methods from various disciplines in the humanities, cultural and social sciences, students deepen their ability to deal independently and critically with statements about Africa on the basis of subject-specific standards, to understand these statements as components of time-specific knowledge systems and to be able to assess their research or application-oriented potentials and problems. The focus is on the fields of history, culture, language, literature, society, politics and business.