Art History Research, Theory, Practicefull time

  • Master of Arts

    Master
    Degree

  • 4 semesters

    Standard period of study (amount)

  • Marburg

    Location

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study
  • Architecture
  • Fine Arts
  • Art History
  • Art Theory
Focus

Periods: Late Antiquity, Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, Modern Age and the Present, Digital Art History and Digital Humanities, Visual Culture, Monument Conservation, Art and Gender, Queer Art History, Disability Studies, History and Methods of Art History, History and Theory of Photography, History of Architecture and Architectural Theory, History of Urban Architecture, Post-Colonial Art History and Migration Studies, Art and Politics / Political Iconography, Social Art History, Transfer Research and Histoire croisée, Political Iconography and Image Uses

Target group

Graduates of a professionally relevant Bachelor's degree course in the field of History, with proof of a comparable domestic or foreign vocational certificate of academic degree.

Annotation

General information: The Master’s degree course in 'Art History. Research, theory, practice' promotes knowledge and skills for research, for the scientifically sound support of measures for the preservation and mediation of the wealth of cultural traditions. Based on broad subject-specific knowledge, you will learn to independently apply scientific methods and findings to complex objects and the framework conditions of the arts. The degree course includes a high proportion of courses on originals and thus strengthens your knowledge of monuments (art techniques, stylistic history, past and present forms of presentation). In addition to the diversity of the individual science, you will be instructed to solve problems across disciplines. Periods: • Late Antiquity • Middle Ages • Early Modern Age • Modern Era and the Present Research focuses: The "Systematics" module promotes scientific initiative and early participation in research. In the "case studies", topics from the entire spectrum of art history are dealt with as examples. The "field studies" include one major excursion and one project seminar. Parts of the third and fourth semesters are reserved for the final thesis and accompanying colloquia. Furthermore, the degree programme offers you the freedom to choose modules from other degree programmes in order to set your own individual focus.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

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: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/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: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/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: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/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: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

Winter semester (2025/2026)
  • 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: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/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: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/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: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/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: www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/bewerbung/bewerbungsfristen

Tuition fee

Fees

Currently, the German federal state of Hesse does not charge tuition fees.

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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