Protestant Theologypart time degree programmes for professionals

  • Master of Theology

    Master
    Degree

  • 3 years

    Standard period of study (amount)

  • Marburg

    Location

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer Semester only

Area of study

Protestant Theology

Target group

The course of study is aimed at students that strive towards academic-theological further qualification for professions in the Church, Protestant social work, journalism, social services or educational work, students that would like to re-orientate themselves towards a parish office on the basis of previous academically qualified vocational experience and/or students that wish to acquire a condensed academic-theological qualification due to personal interest.

Annotation

The continuing Master's degree programme aims to provide the necessary qualifications: - to research and analyse biblical foundations such as historical and contemporary manifestations of the speech about God, - the importance of the Christian theological perspective for the understanding and constructive shaping of individual life and social life to recognise reality, - to competently present what constitutes the Christian faith in different contexts of church and society, - to constructively discuss insights of Protestant theology in today's world. The focus of the course of study is application-oriented. It is therefore appropriate that historical and contemporary perspectives are continuously related to each other in the development of the contents. With the development of subject-related competences, the personal competences of the students - above all their self-reflexivity with regard to their religious and theological orientation - should also develop further and be related to the respective career prospects. The competences and knowledge acquired in previous education and professional activity are explicitly and experientially incorporated into the programme and made available to all students and teachers in reciprocal teaching/learning processes.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Successful completion of studies at a university with a Bachelor's degree (generally B.A.) or equivalent university academic study in which the basic skills of academic working necessary for the course of study have been acquired. Five years of vocational experience. Membership in an Evangelical or a church belonging to the World Council of Churches. An assessment of aptitude test is also conducted.

Lecture period
  • 22.04.2025 - 25.07.2025
  • 13.10.2025 - 13.02.2026

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2025)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerben-und-einschreiben/bewerbung-formalia-fristen/bewerbungsfristen

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerben-und-einschreiben/bewerbung-formalia-fristen/bewerbungsfristen

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerben-und-einschreiben/bewerbung-formalia-fristen/bewerbungsfristen

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerben-und-einschreiben/bewerbung-formalia-fristen/bewerbungsfristen

Tuition fee

Fees

1,200.00 EUR / semester

Fees (Link)

The postgraduate Master's degree course in “Protestant Theology” is subject to fees in accordance with Section 20 (5) of the Hesse Higher Education Act (HHG).

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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