Peace Educationfull time
- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Master
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 3 semesters
- Location
- Freiburg
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer Semester only
Area of study
Pedagogy, Educational Science
Focus
Peace and Human Rights Education in the 21st Century, Interdisciplinary peace and conflict research as the basis for human rights-oriented, transformative educational work, Intercultural, Intersectional and International Dimensions of Peace Education and Peacebuilding, Basics and concepts of civil conflict management and violence prevention, Mediation in Education and Community Work
Target group
Are you a Bachelor’s degree graduate? Are you interested in socio-political issues and the practice of peace education? Do you want to mediate in conflicts and learn mediation? Would you like to learn about fields of action in peace education and peace work? Are you enthusiastic about practice-oriented peace research and the corresponding philosophical, theological and ethical topics? Leadership roles in transformative education work are your goal? Then our degree course is just right for you!
Admission requirements
The course requires at least a Bachelor's degree (or a comparable degree from a university) in a subject-related degree course, e.g. religious education, social work, childhood education, theology, educational science, political science or psychology. Foreign language skills in English are a condition for participation. Selection interviews are scheduled. In the case of a degree with 180 CP, 30 CP must be made up in bridge modules as part of a four-semester degree course. This is necessary because of the state requirement of at least 300 CP for the Master's degree.
Application deadlines
Summer semester (2026)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Until 28.01.2026
Applications are possible until 28 January of the year for the summer semester in the current year – every two years (2024, 2026, etc.). In the event that not all places are taken in the summer semester of 2024, application for the winter semester of 2024 for the part-time variant (five semesters) will be possible (portal will open in April 2024). We recommend that you contact us and apply early on.
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
No information
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Not applicable
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
as per acceptance letter
Tuition fees
The tuition fee of EUR 500 per semester is charged for the first 3 semesters, for the 4th to 6th semester, if applicable, no tuition fee is charged\; for all further semesters, the fee is mandatory (EUR 500). The administrative costs (EUR 60) as well as the contributions to the Studierendenwerk including the basic contribution for the semester ticket (EUR 68.50) have to be paid in all semesters.
Languages of instruction
Main language
German
Further languages
English