- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Master
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 4 semesters
- Location
- Jena
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
- Protohistory
- Prehistory
Focus
Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze age, Iron age, Roman Empire, Migration Period and Early Middle Ages, Prehistory, Prehistory and Early History
Target group
The degree course is aimed at graduates with a first professionally qualifying certificate of academic degree in
degree programmes with a focus on Pre-History and Early History or subject-related study programmes and equivalent to a Bachelor's degree amounting to 180 credits at a university or equivalent higher education institution in Germany or abroad.
Admission requirements
A subject related requirement is proof of academic achievements in the field of prehistory and early history amounting to at least 60 credit points as well as language skills in two modern foreign languages at the B1 level.
International applicants must provide proof of German language proficiency at the level of the DSH examination (min. level 2), the TestDaF (TDN 4x4) or a recognised equivalent.
Lecture period
- 19.10.2026 - 12.02.2027
- 12.04.2027 - 16.07.2027
Application deadlines
Summer semester (2027)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.12.2026 - 15.02.2027
Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.09. Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.12.2026 - 15.02.2027
Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 / Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.12.2026 - 15.02.2027
Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.12.2026 - 15.01.2027
Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 / Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
Winter semester (2026/2027)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.04.2026 - 31.08.2026
Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.09. Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.04.2026 - 31.08.2026
Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 / Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Expired
Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 / Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.04.2026 - 31.08.2026
Application period winter semester: 01.05. - 15.07 Application period summer semester: 01.12. - 15.01.
Tuition fees
Tuition fees
Languages of instruction
Main language
German