Master of Arts in Social Sciences (Global Studies Programme)

Universitat Freiburg · Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Level
Master's
Award
Master of Arts
Language
English
Duration
4 semesters
Study mode
Full-time
Campus
Freiburg im Breisgau
Apply by
Register by 30 November 2026
Starts
Summer semester

Universitat Freiburg does not publish a fee for this programme on its own. Its published rate for master's programmes is €3,000 a year for international students.

Entry requirements and how to apply

Entry requirements
BA with above-average results or the equivalent in a social science discipline or a related subject Motivation letter (600 words) Essay (max. 800 words excluding references) English language skills (at least B2)
English language requirement
B2 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: IELTS Academic: 5.5
German language requirement
No minimum language level required
Application period
The following is valid for applicants from: all countries For the summer semester: 15 September - 30 November
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About this programme

The Master of Arts in Social Sciences (Global Studies Programme) is the oldest higher degree of its kind worldwide. It is an interdisciplinary international programme comprising sociology, political science, anthropology, and human geography. During the two years of the programme, students work in these disciplines at prestigious institutions on three continents. The high-ranking institutions offer students a unique study experience, while at the same time, students have the exceptional opportunity to learn outside the classroom through the Master's programme. They study together all around the world as a group composed of students from all corners of the globe. The intercultural, interdisciplinary, and intercontinental experience makes them experts in the currents of globalisation and their study. In the Global Studies Programme (GSP), students acquire profound theoretical knowledge, methodological training, and practical skills for the comparative analysis of the social, political, economic, and cultural dimensions of globalisation processes in a research-led institutional framework. Students learn to approach social phenomena and processes of globalisation from at least four disciplines, comprising sociology, political science, anthropology, and human geography. Due to the fundamental insight that all global processes are at the same time of local-regional as well as of global-transregional importance, the programme aims at understanding the manifestations of transnational

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