Modern Sinology

Georg August Universitat Gottingen · Göttingen, Germany

Level
Master's
Award
Master of Arts
Language
English Chinese
Duration
4 semesters
Study mode
Full-time
Campus
Göttingen
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<p>For the Master&#39;s programme &quot;Modern Sinology&quot; it is possible to apply at any time until <strong>30 September </strong>for the winter semester. International applicants who require a visa should apply well in advance to ensure that the visa is issued in time for the start of the teaching period in October.</p>
Starts
Winter semester

Georg August Universitat Gottingen does not publish a fee for this programme on its own. Its published rate for master's programmes is €0 a year for international students.

Entry requirements and how to apply

Entry requirements
Academic admission requirements include a good Bachelor's degree that is related to Chinese Studies/Modern Sinology. For details, click here . To apply for the MA programme in Modern Sinology, you will need level 5 from HSK or TOCFL Band B Level 3 and at least 120 CP in Sinology, including credits totalling at least 24 CP from subjects on Modern China in at least two of the following areas: history, religion, politics, law, society or economy. You will also need to have obtained 150 CP of your BA degree (regardless of the grade) and sufficient knowledge of English, which needs to be demonstrated with an internationally recognised test . For further information concerning the application, click here .
English language requirement
C1 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: TOEFL iBT (before 2026): 93 Reading: 24 Listening: 22 Speaking: 25 Writing: 24 Cambridge English Qualifications: C1 Advanced UNIcert® English: UNIcert® III IELTS Academic: 6.5
German language requirement
No minimum language level required
Application period
For the Master's programme "Modern Sinology" it is possible to apply at any time until 30 September for the winter semester. International applicants who require a visa should apply well in advance to ensure that the visa is issued in time for the start of the teaching period in October.
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About this programme

The four-semester English-language Master’s programme in Modern Sinology in Göttingen offers students a wide range of thematic specialisations relating to modern China (beginning from the 17th century). It has a focus on combining an intensive training in Chinese language with intensive content-oriented as well as methodological training. Our students get the chance to acquire cultural competencies, and they learn to investigate the Chinese world from a variety of contextualising perspectives. In this context, we familiarise our students with social science and cultural studies-oriented methodologies and theories, analysing them critically. The degree programme can be studied as specialist course of study for the Single Honours MA in Modern Sinology and as specialist course of study for the Joint Honours MA in Modern Sinology, in combination with one or two subject-external module packages (minor – one package of 36 credit points [CP] or two packages of 18 CP). The course employs a variety of approaches to study the Chinese world. Students get access to various methodological approaches and comparative lenses. Through the programme, "China" is not looked at as an isolated cultural universe; rather, the wealth of the global interactions that have characterised the important facets of the Chinese world and its region is accentuated. The Master's degree programme offers you… 1. …excellent and intensive training in both spoken and written modern Chinese and premodern written Chin

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