World Heritage Studies Online (WHS Online)

This online master's programme examines heritage from interdisciplinary cultural, social, planning, and conservation perspectives in a distance-learning format. It prepares students for heritage-management and preservation work with a flexible study model.

Academic requirements

A board of examiners reviews each application for eligibility, striving to promote excellence, academic integrity, and cultural and professional diversity.

Minimum GPA

No fixed minimum GPA is published on the current official programme page.

English requirements

The official programme page requires proof of English proficiency and lists TOEFL iBT 79, IELTS 6.5, Cambridge Advanced grade B, Cambridge Proficiency grade C, or UNIcert II as accepted examples.

German requirements

German language skills are not required for admission to this study programme.

Accepted bachelor fields

The official programme page requires a master's entrance qualification such as a bachelor's degree or equivalent in cultural sciences or another field relevant to the curriculum, including humanities, social sciences, architecture, archaeology, art history, conservation, environmental sciences, geography, cultural management, or tourism.

APS Certificate

Yes

Thesis required

Yes

Mandatory internship

No

Tuition fee

None

Semester contribution

373.80 EUR per semester for Summer Semester 2026 according to the current official BTU semester-fee page.

ECTS credits

120

Funding info

Tuition: None Semester contribution: 373.80 EUR per semester for Summer Semester 2026 according to the current official BTU semester-fee page.

Successfully work in professional heritage fields

• 1

  History and Culture of the Baltic Sea Region

  University of Greifswald

  Greifswald · Master of Arts · English

• 2

  Binational Bachelor's Degree in History – TübAix

  University of Tübingen

  Tübingen · Bachelor of Arts · German French

• 3

  Semitic Studies

  Freie Universität Berlin

  Berlin · Master of Arts · English

• 4

  Bonn International Graduate School of Oriental and Asian Studies (BIGS-OAS)

  University of Bonn

  Bonn · PhD · German, English

• 5

  International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC)

  Justus Liebig University Giessen

  Gießen · PhD · English and German