Program Overview

Integrierter Deutsch-Französischer Masterstudiengang Geschichte - Master

Key data on study program

The Integrierter Deutsch-Französischer Masterstudiengang Geschichte (Integrated German-French Master's Program in History) is a unique program offered by the University of Tübingen in collaboration with the Aix-Marseille Université. The program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of history from a German and French perspective.

Faculty

• Faculty of Humanities

Academic Degree

• Master

Restricted admission

• Yes, in the first semester

Regular duration of studies

• 4 semesters

Is a combination subject required?

• No

Application deadline 1st semester

• Application deadline for Germans and EU citizens: Winter semester: 31.05
• Application deadline for non-EU citizens: Winter semester: 31.05

Program start

• Winter semester

Language of instruction

• German

Costs

• Tuition and other fees

Requirements and application

Which requirements must I meet for studies?

• Selection based on application documents by a German-French commission.
• The following application documents should be submitted by applicants:
  • University entrance qualification
  • Letter of motivation (Please describe your suitability and motivation for the German-French history program, as well as your career goals, if applicable.)
  • Certificate of language proficiency (proof of French language proficiency can be taken from your high school diploma)
  • Tabular curriculum vitae
  • Certified copy of the previously acquired degree (B.A.) or, if no certificate is available, a certificate of the provisional overall grade and performance records of the courses taken in the current fields of study

Which languages must I know?

• Good French language skills are required for the program. Latinum or sufficient Latin language skills are also required. There is the possibility of perfecting French language skills through an intensive language and methodology course organized by the study program.

Program details

Which topics are dealt with in the program?

• The integrated Bachelor's program in History TübAix can be found here.
• The Integrierter Deutsch-Französischer Geschichtsstudiengang Tübingen/Aix-en-Provence (TübAix) offers a binational Master's program in History, where one year is spent in Tübingen and one year in Aix-en-Provence. The order can be chosen freely. This allows students to acquire not only solid language skills but also to learn about the different and complementary scientific approaches and university systems of both countries.

How is the program structured?

• The two-year Master's phase of the integrated program is spent half at each university, with the students free to choose the order.
• Option A involves spending the first Master's year in Tübingen, where main seminars and partial exams in a historical core area and another historical epoch or an affiliated minor subject are taken. The second Master's year is then spent in Aix, where the Master's thesis is also written.
• Option B involves starting the Master's phase in Aix, where introductory and specialization courses are attended, before then taking modules in a historical core area and another historical epoch or an affiliated minor subject in Tübingen, where the Master's thesis is also written.
• Regardless of the order, the Master's thesis is evaluated by one lecturer from each university.
• After successfully completing this study phase, graduates are awarded the diplomas of both universities (M.A./Master).

After your studies

Career prospects

• The program enables access to an international job market in the fields of education, culture, media, politics, and economics. The students have access to the broad professional German-French network of the alumni association "Les Amis du TübAix."
• The program benefits from the research strength of the two partner universities and enables a seamless transition from the Master's to the Ph.D. program. The program can be continued up to the Ph.D. level at both universities through the German-French doctoral college "Kulturkonflikte – Konfliktkulturen."