Social Anthropology / Sozialanthropologie

The MA in Social Anthropology at the University of Münster is an English-language programme grounded in ethnography, theory, and research methods. It prepares students for fieldwork-based, media-based, or archival and literature-based anthropological research with strong methodological supervision.

Minimum GPA

The official admission page requires at least German grade 2.3.

English requirements

The official admission page requires C1-level English for non-native speakers, for example IELTS 7 or TOEFL 93.

Accepted bachelor fields

Requires a bachelor's degree in social or cultural anthropology, ethnology, or another discipline with a social-anthropological component of at least 15 credit points.

APS Certificate

Yes

Tuition fee

None

Semester contribution

352.67 EUR semester fee for Summer Semester 2026 according to the current official University of Münster semester-fee page.

ECTS credits

120

Funding info

Tuition: None Semester contribution: 352.67 EUR semester fee for Summer Semester 2026 according to the current official University of Münster semester-fee page.

Graduates are prepared for research, development cooperation, cultural institutions, media, education, and intercultural or organisational analysis roles.

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