Human Rights
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Degree
Master of Arts
Language
English
Tuition
Free
Duration
4 semesters
Programme Overview
An interdisciplinary, English-taught MA that examines human rights from political, philosophical, and legal perspectives. The programme covers foundations, non-discrimination, specialised human-rights topics, methods, and either a full thesis or a thesis combined with a mandatory internship.
Admission Requirements
- Academic requirements
If your university degree is based on less than three and a half years of study, you may be accepted on the basis of a special procedure determining additional qualifications.
- Minimum GPA
- No fixed minimum GPA is published on the current official programme page.
- English requirements
- English at C1 level (CEFR). The official FAU page states applicants must provide proof via a recognized test such as IELTS, TOEFL, UNIcert, or Cambridge.
- German requirements
- There is no requirement for German language skills.
- Accepted bachelor fields
- Bachelor's degree based on at least 3 years of full-time study (equivalent to 180 ECTS), aimed at applicants with a background in legal sciences, social sciences, or humanities.
- APS Certificate
- Yes
- Thesis required
- Yes
Costs & Funding
- Tuition fee
- None
- Semester contribution
- 72 EUR semester contribution (FAU student services contribution; summer semester 2026 official amount).
- ECTS credits
- 90
- Funding info
Tuition: None Semester contribution: 72 EUR semester contribution (FAU student services contribution; summer semester 2026 official amount).
Career Outcomes
The programme opens career opportunities in human-rights-related work and develops international, interdisciplinary, and practice-oriented skills relevant to the field.
Specialisations
Typical job roles
Target industries
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Programme details
- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Language
- English
- Duration
- 4 semesters
- Mode
- full-time
- Start
- Winter semester
- Deadline
- 31 May (annual)
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