M.A. History and Society
Degree awarded | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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Duration | 4 semesters |
Starts in | October (winter semester) |
Language of instruction | German |
About the programme
The M.A. History and Society has two clear objectives: It aims to enable postgraduates with a bachelor's degree in history to consolidate their academic knowledge and tackle their own, individual research projects under excellent supervision. The degree programme also covers the fields of digital and public history and enables students to explore potential occupational fields by completing internships.
This gives students a wide range of options for specialising within the degree programme. Historical research and science communication are taught and researched in a similarly close connection as in later professional practice, as both fields are becoming increasingly intertwined.
The M.A. History and Society primarily qualifies its graduates for research and science communication. During your studies, you will receive a broad historical education while developing an innovative and societally relevant specialisation through communication theory and digital history. The skills you will acquire in this process will open up a wide range of high-profile career opportunities:
- As a budding historian, you can embark on an academic career: with this master's degree, you have the prerequisites for undertaking doctoral study.
- However, you're not limited to universities; you will be able to carry out historical research for specific private clients, municipalities or companies, or indeed work for research organisations and museums. You could also find employment at a political organisation, an NGO or as a policy adviser.
- Further areas of employment available to graduates are in archives, museums and libraries, in the field of adult education, in the media sector, for example as a science journalist, in publishing, in the culture sector or in tourism. Graduates can also work, for example, in cultural promotions, monument preservation, museum education, or in the media and PR industry.
These are just a few examples of the wide range of occupational areas in which the skills acquired in the degree programme are applied.