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120 Master's degrees in Humanities in Germany
American History, Culture and Society
The master’s degree program American History, Culture and Society offered by Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich is a research-oriented and highly flexible program of study. It offers advanced knowledge on historical, social, cultural, literary, economic and political topics in the USA as well as Canada and encourages its students to develop and pursue individual research interests.
Religion, Ethics, and Politics
The Religion, Ethics, and Politics program at TU Dortmund University examines the relationship between religion, politics, and society from theological, philosophical, and political science perspectives.
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Tailored Philosophy, Politics, and Economics degree at Universität Witten Herdecke programme for future leaders in politics, society and business
Linguistics
In contrast to the study of specific languages and literature, the Linguistics programme offered by Leipzig University does not focus on an individual language, instead looking at the functions and structures of all human languages, including their differences and commonalities.
History and Culture of the Baltic Sea Region
History and Culture of the Baltic Sea Region from University of Greifswald is designed for students who want to specialise in the culturally and historically complex Baltic Sea region.
Pastorial Ministry
This Friedensau Adventist University Master’s degree focusing on Pastorial Ministry is a ministry-oriented program that enhances students’ pastoral abilities and deepens their theological foundations.
Applied Linguistics
The Applied Linguistics program at University of Bonn is an interdisciplinary master’s degree program at the interface between research and practice. It covers the fields of language, social communication, media, organizations, business and politics. Core modules are intercultural communication, second language acquisition, language processing and translation studies
Logic and Philosophy of Science
Our Master (MA) program in Logic and Philosophy of Science offered by Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich was founded in October 2012. It is an international MA program of the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich.

Roads to Democracies - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Politics and Culture
The Roads to Democracies - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Politics and Culture master programme at the University of Siegen is an international, interdisciplinary, and research-oriented Master of Arts programme integrating the subjects of history, political science, and sociology.
African Languages and Cultures
The African Languages and Cultures MA program from University of Hamburg is a research-oriented program with a strong connection to applied issues focusing on theories and methods in linguistics of African languages, language in African cultures and Ethiopian Studies.
Buddhist Studies
The Buddhist Studies MA programme from University of Hamburg takes an academic approach to Buddhist traditions, Buddhist ethics, and Buddhist philosophical perspectives. This independent program is unique in Germany and has an excellent international reputation. Universität Hamburg's Buddhist Studies program focuses on the intellectual history of Buddhism and manuscript cultures.
American Studies
The objective of the degree programme American Studies from Heidelberg University is to convey further knowledge of history, culture and society in the US.
Extended Ecumenical Studies
The Extended Ecumenical Studies program at University of Bonn is an international and interdisciplinary degree program that is taught in English and aimed at students with different religious and cultural backgrounds.
Development, Environment, Societies, and History of South Asia
Students in the academic programme Development, Environment, Societies, and History of South Asia from Heidelberg University focus on historical, societal and current political and economic developments and events, as well as physiogeographical processes, in the countries of South-East Asia.
English Studies - Literature, Language, Culture
English Studies - Literature, Language, Culture from Freie Universität Berlin moves beyond the traditional disciplinary segregation within English studies and seeks to combine literature, linguistics, and cultural studies of the English-speaking world except North America.
Cognitive Systems - Language Learning and Reasoning
The Cognitive Systems - Language Learning and Reasoning MSc course at the University of Potsdam is a unique, interdisciplinary degree program taught in English that lies at the intersection of computer science and computational linguistics.
Italy in Contact - Literature, Arts, Languages, Cultures
This Italy in Contact - Literature, Arts, Languages, Cultures programme from Heidelberg University mainly focuses on those core areas of Italian literature and culture studies as well as linguistics that share a connection with transcultural contact phenomena in the field of Italian-Romance cultures.
South Asian Cultural and Religious History (Classical Indology)
The South Asian Cultural and Religious History (Classical Indology) programme from Heidelberg University allows students to study the cultural and religious history of South Asia with a special emphasis on the acquisition of philological and ethno-Indological methods.
European History Joint degree
The European History Joint degree from Humboldt University Berlin, is designed as a two-year (4 semesters) full-time master’s programme.
Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies
Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies from Freie Universität Berlin links problem-oriented training in the disciplines of Social and Cultural Anthropology, History, Literature and Cultural Studies, Brazilian Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology, Political Science and Economics with subject specialisation and the development of region-specific competences.