General information
Credit transfer system
The Master's degree program accords with the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). This ensures comparability and transferability of learning achievements among participating European institutions of higher education. The ECTS credits are a measure of the workload needed to complete individual course units of the study program. The ECTS allocates up to 120 credits for a successful completion of the Master's degree program.
| Core Course | 9 Credits |
| Special Options Course | 6 Credits |
| Special Skills Course (Research Methods) | 8 Credits |
| Master's Thesis, incl. Research Colloquium and Oral Presentation | 30 Credits |
| Internship (8 weeks) | 10 Credits |
Students are advised to earn 60 credits a year, as suggested in the table below:
| Core Courses | Special Options Courses | Special Skills Courses | Credits | |
| 1st semester | 2 | 2 | - | 30 |
| 2nd semester | 2 | - | 8-week internship | 28 |
| 3rd semester | 1 | 3 | 1 | 32 |
| 4th semester | Master's thesis | Oral presentation of the MA thesis | 1 research colloquium | 30 |
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