- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Master
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 4 semesters
- Location
- Passau
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Winter Semester only
Area of study
- Journalism
- Communication Studies
- Online Media
- Digital Media
Focus
Digital Communication, Sociology, Political Science, Anglo-American Cultural Area, Franco-Romance Cultural Area, Ibero-Romance Cultural Area, Southeast Asian Cultural Area, Regional Studies Eastern Central Europe and Post-Soviet Region
Admission requirements
- Certificate of academic degree in a field of Communications or the Social Sciences degree course with an average grade of 2.5 or better or among the best 50% of the graduating class;
- At least 20 ECTS credit points in the field of quantitative and/or qualitative social sciences research methods and/or statistics and/or a Bachelor's thesis in which methods of quantitative and qualitative social sciences are applied in an empirical project.
- Proof of English skills at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Lecture period
- 13.04.2026 - 17.07.2026
- 12.10.2026 - 05.02.2027
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2026/2027)
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.04.2026 - 15.07.2026 (Universitywide deadline)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
15.04.2026 - 15.07.2026 (Universitywide deadline)
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
15.04.2026 - 15.07.2026 (Universitywide deadline)
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
15.04.2026 - 15.07.2026 (Universitywide deadline)
The same deadlines apply for all.
Tuition fees
Tuition fees
Languages of instruction
Main language
German