- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Course location
- Leipzig
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- All courses are held in English.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
• part-time (study alongside work)
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter and summer semester
- Application deadline
- Applying via uni-assist with a university degree from abroad:
First and higher semesters of study without local admission restrictions (numerus clausus–NC):
• Winter semester: beginning of April–31 May
• Summer semester: beginning of November–31 December
Applying via AlmaWeb with a university degree from Germany for a Master’s programme with no local restrictions on admission (no NC):
• Winter semester: beginning of May–15 September
• Summer semester: beginning of December–15 March
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The Buddhist Studies and Contemplative Traditions Master's programme is an English-language consecutive Master's degree programme.
The programme includes basic training in one of the Buddhist source languages (Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, Mongolian), combined with an in-depth study of Buddhist culture, history, and literature. Buddhist Studies offers you numerous starting points for contributions to contemporary social discourses and contributes to a deeper understanding of global cultural transfer and the transcultural interactions that accompany it.
In particular, you will be enabled to access and scientifically evaluate sources in the aforementioned languages, to conduct independent research, and to contribute to scientific and cultural communication. In addition, you will have the opportunity to acquire or deepen competencies in religious studies within the framework of the programme. The study programme is interdisciplinary, modules are offered in cooperation with Chinese Studies, Religious Studies and other subjects.