Program Overview

Introduction to the Master's Program in Art History and Film Studies

The master's degree program in Art History and Film Studies is a German-taught program that enables students to study all periods, subjects, theories, and methods of European art history in their global interconnectedness and the various trends in international film studies in depth.

Key Facts

• Degree: Master of Arts
• Duration: 4 Semesters
• Credits/ECTS: 120
• Teaching language: German
• Tuition fee: None
• Semester contribution: 305.05
• Start of studies: Winter semester, Summer semester
• Part-time possible: Yes
• Institutions: Faculty of Arts, Institute of Studies in Arts and Culture (section Art History and Film Studies)

Programme Summary

The program allows students to expand their knowledge and develop an individual study and research specialization. Students can specialize in areas such as:

• Middle Ages
• Modern Age
• Modernism
• Film, photography, and media art
• Image theory and aesthetics

Special Features

The master's program in Jena imparts both research skills and practical knowledge. The research focuses of the teaching staff at the Department of Art History and Film Studies are incorporated into the program, including medieval art in a transcultural perspective, image theories, European Romanticism(s), socio-political debates in the art of the 20th and 21st centuries, thinking art and film together, film aesthetics and theory, as well as the historicity of film and the media.

Career Opportunities

The degree program offers the prerequisite for taking up a doctorate and entry into higher-qualified jobs in traditional professional fields such as museums, heritage conservation, and universities, but also in the fields of art criticism, film criticism, art and film trade, archive and public relations work, and event culture.

Admission Requirements

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent: A subject-specific undergraduate degree (minimum 6 semesters/180 ECTS-Credits) or an equivalent degree.
• Language requirements: Knowledge of two foreign languages is required, for modern foreign languages at level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
• Overall grade (CGPA) of the bachelor's degree and of the bachelor's thesis must be GOOD or better (German and US systems).

Application Documents

• CV: A tabular form containing key information on school record and academic career.
• Motivation letter: Not exceeding two DIN A4-pages, containing information on motivation for taking up this course of studies.
• University entrance qualification certificate: Upload at the online application system.
• Previous university degrees earned: All previous University degrees if available before the application deadline.
• Detailed transcript of records: Containing an overall cumulative grade point average or average mark.
• Proof of relevant work experience: Certificates to support the application.
• Proof of subject-specific practical experience: Certificates to support the application.

Additional Application Documents for International Students

• Proof of German language proficiency: A sufficient German language proficiency proof is mandatory.
• Translation of foreign/external application documents: Every mandatory application document from foreign/external countries must also be available in either English or German translation.
• Proof of grading system: External/foreign degree certificates/transcripts of records must contain information on the grading system.
• Certificate APS: Applicants with degrees from India, Vietnam, or China must submit the original APS-certificate issued by the German Embassy.
• University entrance exam: Applicants from certain countries must submit a certificate of their university entrance examination/college entrance examination.