Modern China Studies, M.A.
This English-language Master offers you the opportunity to acquire specific knowledge about modern China. Not only can you improve your language skills, but also your cultural and business Chinese skills. Immerse yourself in the Middle Kingdom, experience local cultural differences and do your own research!
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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| Duration | 4 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Required English | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.04 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €1,500 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €190 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
The Master of Arts Modern China Studies is an English course. You must have completed a bachelor's degree in a humanities or social sciences and have good to very good knowledge of English (level C1) and Chinese (level B2) in order to be able to study it. In the course of your studies, you will deal with events and processes that influenced China in the 20th and 21st centuries and the historical development of the country, which made China's return to the top of the world possible in the first place. For this purpose, access via various humanities and social science methods are used. In Freiburg, you benefit in particular from our renowned teaching staff, the international orientation of the course and the interdisciplinary opportunities that are only available to you at a large university like Freiburg.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
In principle, all activities related to China are open to you. Possible professional fields:
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- Economy (with links to China)
- Journalism
- Adult Education
- Science (research and teaching)
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Baden-Württemberg), international students | €1,500 |
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| Semester contribution | €190 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | In order to be able to study the course successfully, you should: a completed bachelor's degree in a humanities or social sciences be enthusiastic about the Chinese economy, history and living environment. have fun improving your Chinese language skills. are interested in international exchange. |
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| Language | English C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.04 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application directly to the university until 15.04Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 4Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.04.2027 (183 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.