Master's programmes at the Faculty of Philology

The following overview presents the master's degree programmes currently offered at the Faculty of Philology, as well as interdisciplinary master's programmes, in which the faculty's institutes are involved. For detailed information about the individual programmes, click the corresponding links.
Explanations and information

• Master of Arts

  Programme	Information institute	Information Student Advice and Counselling Centre
  Ancient Cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean (AKOEM)*	Centre for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (GKM) [de]	MA Ancient Cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean (AKOEM) [de]
  British, American and Postcolonial Studies (BAPS)	Homepage of the programme	MA British, American and Postcolonial Studies [de]
  Empirical and Applied Linguistics	Homepage of the programme [de]	MA Empirical and Applied Linguistics [de]
  German Studies	Institute of German Languages and Literature [de]	MA German Studies [de]
  Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies**	Homepage of the programme [de]	MA Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies [de]
  Interdisciplinary Dutch Studies	Institute of Dutch Philology	MA Interdisciplinary Dutch Studies [de]
  Islamic and Arabic Studies	Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies [de]	MA Islamic and Arabic Studies [de]
  Cultural Poetics of Literature and Media	Homepage of the programme [de]	MA Cultural Poetics of Literature and Media [de]
  National and Transnational Studies: Literature - Culture - Language	Homepage of the programme	MA National and Transnational Studies [de]
  Trilingual Romance Studies: French, Italian or Spanish	Department of Romance Studies [de]	MA Trilingual Romance Studies [de]
  Sinology	Institute of Sinology and East Asian Studies [de]	MA Sinology [de]
  Languages and Cultures of Egypt and the Ancient Near East	Institute of Egyptology and Coptology [de] | Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies [de]	MA Languages and Cultures of Egypt and the Ancient Near East [de]
  Language - Literature - Culture	Open master’s programme at the Faculty of Philology

   

• Master of Education

  Subject		Information institute	Information Student Advice and Counselling Centre
  German	MEd(HRSGe), MEd(GyGe), MEd(BK)	Institute of German Language and Literature [de]	MEd(HRSGe) German [de] | MEd(GyGe) German [de] | MEd(BK) German [de]
  English	MEd(G), MEd(HRSGe), MEd(GyGe), MEd(BK)	English Department [de]	MEd(G) English [de] | MEd(HRSGe) English [de] | MEd(GyGe) English [de] | MEd(BK) English [de]
  French	MEd(HRSGe), MEd(GyGe), MEd(BK)	Department of Romance Studies [de]	MEd(HRSGe) French [de] | MEd(GyGe) French [de] | MEd(BK) French [de]
  Italian	MEd(GyGe)	Department of Romance Studies [de]	MEd(GyGe) Italian [de]
  Learning Area I, Basic Training in Language	MEd(G)	Institute of German Language and Literature [de]	MEd(G) Learning Area I, Basic Training in Language [de]
  Dutch	MEd(HRSGe), MEd(GyGe), MEd(BK)	Institute of Dutch Philology [de]	MEd(HRSGe) Dutch [de] | MEd(GyGe) Dutch [de] | MEd(BK) Dutch [de]
  Spanish	MEd(GyGe), MEd(BK)	Department of Romance Studies [de]	MEd(GyGe) Spanish [de] | MEd(BK) Spanish [de]

   

Explanations and information

MA = Master of Arts
MEd(G) = Master of Education (with a concentration on primary school education)
MEd(HRSGe) = Master of Education (with a concentration on secondary school education)
MEd(GyGe) = Master of Education (teaching degree programme for Gymnasium and Gesamtschule)
MEd(BK) = Master of Education (teaching degree programme for vocational college)
* Interdisciplinary degree programme (managed by the Faculty of Protestant Theology (FB 01)). Participating subjects in the Faculty of Philology (FB 09): Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Middle Eastern Archaeology, Egyptology, Coptology, Indo-European Linguistics, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies.
** Interdisciplinary degree programme (managed by the Faculty of History and Philosophy (FB 08)). Participating subject in the Faculty of Philology (FB 09): German Studies

Please note: The MEd programmes listed on this page were established in accordance with the Teacher Training Act (LABG 2009). For information about the MEd pilot project programmes currently being phased out, e.g. MEd (BK/BAB) and MEd (BK/2F), visit the homepages of the respective institutes and view the section "Auslaufende Studiengänge" (degree courses, phasing out) on the website of the Student Advice and Counselling Centre (ZSB). You can find detailed information about teaching degree programmes offered at the University of Münster at the web page of Zentrale Studienberatung (in German only).

New: In the summer semester 2016, the Faculty of Philology began offering an open master’s programme with a cross-disciplinary curriculum which allows students to attend courses outside their subject of study. You can learn more about the open master’s degree programme "Language – Literature – Culture" at the special web page.

Last updated: 16.04.2021