Master of Arts

The 2-year MA programme ‘Manuscript Cultures’ aims to convey central topics in the field of general manuscript research combined with specific skills. The course of studies promotes the independent, analytical handling of manuscripts and other written artefacts, the cultural-scientific examination of the texts, images, notes and diagrams contained therein, the scientific material analysis of the written artefacts and the development of creative approaches for solving complex scientific and scholarly questions. The study programme covers a broad spectrum of manuscript cultures, especially in Asia, Africa and Europe.

Next application period: 15 February to 31 March 2026

Duration: 4 semesters

Degree: Master of Arts Manuscript Cultures

Short description: Study Plan

Full Description: Subject-Specific Provisions (will follow soon)

Admission requirements and application: (tbc)

• University Degree: A first qualifying degree (BA/Magister Artium/Diplom) from a German or recognized foreign university in one of the subjects taught in the programme (African Studies, Ancient History, Art History, Assyriology, Classical Archaeology, Coptology, Ethiopian Studies, Greek Studies, Historical Musicology, Indology, Indonesian and Malay Studies, Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies, Japanese Studies, Jewish Studies, Medieval and Modern History, Sinology, Thai Studies, Turkology, Vietnamese Studies) or a related one.
  In exceptional cases, the above access requirements may be derogated from the fact that due to special circumstances, at least equivalent qualification and suitability may be assumed.
  
  
• Additional special admission requirements: All applicants must provide evidence of proficiency in English equivalent to B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). (Native speakers of English need not submit a language proof.)
  
  For details of the legal basis for this regulation, please see the admission bylaws for your chosen degree program: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/campuscenter/studienorganisation/ordnungen-satzungen/zugangsvoraussetzungen/geisteswissenschaften.html

 

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