East European Studies

The inter­disci­plinary two-year master pro­gram in East Euro­pean Studies pro­vides quali­fied stu­dents with special­ized, region­ally focused knowledge on East Central, South East and Eastern Europe. Stu­dents learn to analyse devel­op­ments and situa­tions in Eastern Europe and situate them in their politi­cal, legal, eco­nomic, histori­cal and cultural con­texts.

The modu­larized master pro­gram is offered by the univer­sities of Munich and Re­gens­burg. The partici­pating de­part­ments are His­tory, Slavon­ic Stud­ies, Com­parative Litera­ture, Law, Eco­nomics, Euro­pean Ethnol­ogy, Politi­cal Sci­ence, Turkish and Otto­man Stud­ies, and Jewish History and Cul­tu­re.

In addi­tion to special­ist knowledge and linguis­tic compe­tence, the course fur­nishes stu­dents with key skills they will need in order to take up posi­tions of respon­sibility in poli­tics, culture, busi­ness and aca­demia. To this end, the chal­lenging theoret­ical curricu­lum is aug­mented by practi­cal mod­ules and an inter­disci­plinary project course. The pro­gram has an interna­tional orienta­tion and in­volves an ob­ligatory intern­ship at a com­pany or institu­tion located in or con­nected to Eastern Europe. Fur­ther­more, each year group partici­pates in a spe­cially de­signed summer school in the re­gion.