It prepares them for an international career in academia as well as in other professional fields with interdisciplinary and international requirements. An increasing number of professions throughout the world are no longer just internationally oriented but also require in-depth knowledge of global structures and interactions. Accordingly, we address global processes and structures from diverse perspectives including social sciences, history, literary and cultural studies.
The Master's programme aims at an enhanced understanding of structures and processes as globally interdependent and interconnected relationships. We understand "orders" as stable settings gathering the parts and a whole e. The World Studies MA programme offers an international study programme with a duration of four semesters. After a broad and intensive introduction Basic Module in the first semester, the programme covers the following five study areas:.
These study areas are covered in lectures as well as in seminars. During the fourth semester, the Master's thesis should be written. In addition, students can take academic language training courses in English or German as well as in other languages.
The study programme strongly encourages students to undertake an internship during the semester breaks. There is a regular offer of workshops and information events around internships, both national and international. However, internships are not a requirement for the Master's degree. Since Bielefeld University does not charge tuition fees, every student only has to pay a social fee.
The social fee includes the contribution to the social ticket for free public transport in the city and area of Bielefeld and on regional trains and buses in North-Rhine Westphalia for the whole semester. There are several ways of cutting expenses in Bielefeld. For example, it is possible to rent a room in a student residence for about EUR, and a meal at the student canteen Mensa costs only about 2. An undergraduate degree in a related field with at least three years of higher education usually a Bachelor's degree might also be suitable.
