- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Master
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 4 semesters
- Location
- Gießen
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
Target group
The MA in Philosophy is based on the knowledge and skills acquired in a previous Bachelor's course and imparts greater competence in philosophy and the fundamentals of the sciences, while on the other hand aiming to enable graduates to conduct independent scholarly work. Basic philosophical questions of insight, understanding, normativity and morals, as well as inter-disciplinary areas such as philosophy of culture, science and ethics, are taken into consideration The historical and systematic dimensions of these issues are studied. A specialisation is possible.
Annotation
The content profile of the programme not only combines philosophical with historical and cultural issues, but also branches out into the field of life sciences. The exchange between philosophy and individual disciplines is supported.
Apart from philosophical seminars and forms of students' academic work, the curriculum also includes a series of philosophical projects in which students can test out alternative forms of philosophical work, such as book reviews, newspaper articles, conference papers, or philosophical analyses of current topics.
Admission modus
Without admission restriction
Admission requirements
Completed BA degree in which Philosophy accounted for no less than 60 credit points (or containing this number of credit points).
Application deadlines
Summer semester (2026)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Expired
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Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
Expired
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Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Expired
Information: For advanced education masters, different deadlines will apply, see
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
Expired
Information: For advanced education masters, different deadlines will apply, see
Winter semester (2026/2027)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Expired
For advanced education masters, different deadlines will apply, see
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
Expired
For advanced education masters, different deadlines will apply, see
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Expired
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
Expired
as per letter of acceptance
Languages of instruction
Main language
German