The tuition fees are as follows: 1st semester in Freiburg (no tuition fee for EU-applicants; 1500 € for non-EU applicants), 2nd semester can be in Cape Town (1500-1750 €) or Buenos Aires (1200 €), 3rd semester can be in New Delhi (1200 €) or Bangkok (800-1000 €), and the 4th semester in Freiburg.
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in the subjects of politics, sociology, social, cultural and historical anthropology, and cultural geography.
Minimum standard period of study: 3 years.
Degrees in the areas of international political economy, comparative management sciences, social psychology, modern history, and social philosophy are also considered relevant, provided that the necessary breadth of substantive and methodological access to the social sciences has been demonstrated.
GPA (German System) 2.50
GPA Comment
Above-average success (at least grade 2.5).
Language Requirements
The following certificates are recognised as proof of your language proficience.
English
CEFR English
min B2
Cambridge
min B2 First (FCE)
Cambridge
min C1 Advanced (CAE)
Cambridge
min C2 Proficiency (CPE)
TOEFL iBT
min 72
IELTS
min 5.5
PTE Academic
min 59
OOPT
min 60
Telc English B2-C1 University
min B2
TOEFL pBT
min 567
UNIcert
min II
TOEIC
min Reading/listening: 785; Speaking: 160; Writing: 150
Does the university recognize "other equivalent language certificates"? no
Additional information:
The minimum requirement for admission is level B2 (CEFR). Applicants should, however, aim to have English proficiency equivalent to level C1 (CEFR) in order to successfully participate in GSP. This will be considered in the selection process. If you cannot provide proof of your English language proficiency by November 30th as part of your online application, you must send the certified documents via email to [email protected] as soon as possible but the latest by January 15th (date of receipt). This is only applicable to the certified English language proof. All other application documents have to be submitted by November 30th. English language knowledge can also be proven by a bachelor's degree from an English-speaking university/study program (English as the medium of instruction, you need to provide proof through your diploma supplement, your transcript of records, or a certified letter by the examination office of your undergraduate program). If you are an English native speaker (if you have the nationality of an English-speaking country), you do not need to provide further proof.
Application & Admission
Application Deadlines
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You need to submit the following documents through the online application system:
Curriculum Vitae (CV): Your CV should provide a summary of your past experiences, academic and non-academic. Next to your studies, your international experience, internships and volunteer work are important and will be considered by the selection committee. If some of your past internships, projects, activities etc. have a specific connection to GSP components, they can be highlighted in your motivation letter, and/or you can submit additional certificates thereof. Please only include additional certificates if they are specifically relevant to the Global Studies Programme and its components. Your CV should contain the following pieces of information: first name, last name, date of birth, place of birth, address of current residence, current email address.
Motivation letter: Essay (600 words). The motivation letter should elaborate on your study intentions as well as your professional intentions, and it should very clearly convey your motivation for the program. Rather than elaborating only on your personal biography or making abstract statements, the university recommends you focusing on clear and specific reasons for your application, for example by highlighting the links between your academic background as well as your non-academic experiences and the GSP curriculum. You can also include work experience, internships, volunteering, independent projects, etc. Please refer to the guiding questions provided by the university for your essay.
Research proposal: You need to submit a proposal for a hypothetical research project (length approximately 800 words, excluding references). Please note that whether you stick to the length requirement is one of the aspects taken into consideration while evaluating your proposal. You should come up with a research question and elaborate how you would investigate it. There are no topic guidelines as the university encourages you to focus on issues that you personally find relevant. Note that a proper research proposal contains a list of references, as well as a hypothesis or research questions. Please note that this research proposal is fictional. You are not required to pursue it as part of your degree. It merely helps the university to assess your scientific and research skills. Please do not submit (extracts of) old term papers, essays, or theses. If you want to re-use any of your old ideas, you can instead develop a research proposal based on your old work. Elements that you could incorporate into your proposal:
- Within which wider discipline is your research question located
- How does your research question contribute to ongoing discussions within the discipline?
- Which previous research does your question relate to or build on?
- What research methods would you choose to investigate your question?
- What do you expect the results to look like?
At the end of the research proposal, please include a statement confirming that you composed the proposal yourself (similar to the motivation letter). Also, please include a word count (excluding blank spaces) at the end of the document. Please refer to the guiding questions provided by the university.
Certified Bachelor's Diploma & Transcript of Records (with translation if applicable): Your Bachelor's diploma should include the diploma certificate, the diploma supplement and a complete transcript of records. Your documents must be translated to English (or German). French and Spanish-language diplomas and transcript of records do not need to be translated. When you enrol at the university of Freiburg (Immatrikulation), the original, or an officially certified copy of the document must be presented. If your documents were translated, you need to present the officially certified translation as well as the officially certified or original document.
Proof of English language proficiency (see language requirements): If you have the nationality of an English-speaking country, you do not need to provide further proof. Note: If your country has other official languages besides English, you might be asked to provide additional documents for formal admission. If you have a degree from an English-speaking university/study programme (English as medium of instruction), you will need to provide proof through your diploma supplement, your Transcript of Records or a certified letter by the examination office of your undergraduate program (a statement by a professor is not sufficient!).
Further certificates relevant to the program.
APS certificate (only necessary for applications from China, Vietnam and Mongolia).
In addition, you need to submit:
Two letters of recommendation. Please use the recommendation letter form only (pdf-file).
English
Germany
Another EU Country
Rest of the world