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9 Master's degrees offered by the university
American Studies
The objective of the degree programme American Studies from Heidelberg University is to convey further knowledge of history, culture and society in the US.
Transcultural Studies. Literature and Language Contact Within the Francophone Area
The degree programme in Transcultural Studies. Literature and Language Contact Within the Francophone Area at Heidelberg University entails analysis of the literary, linguistic and cultural phenomena which have arisen as a result of contact across territorial, ethnic, political and religious boundaries within the francophone linguistic and cultural area.
Development, Environment, Societies, and History of South Asia
Students in the academic programme Development, Environment, Societies, and History of South Asia from Heidelberg University focus on historical, societal and current political and economic developments and events, as well as physiogeographical processes, in the countries of South-East Asia.
French - Transcultural Studies
The French - Transcultural Studies degree programme from Heidelberg University entails analysis of the literary, linguistic and cultural phenomena which have arisen as a result of contact across territorial, ethnic, political and religious boundaries within the francophone linguistic and cultural area.
English - Component in the Master of Education
The objective of the English language studies component of this English - Component in the Master of Education from Heidelberg University is to expand and strengthen the fundamental methodological and specialised knowledge that has been acquired as part of a Bachelor’s degree in English Studies as well as to provide practice in research-based learning.
Computational Linguistics
The Computational Linguistics programme from Heidelberg University explores how computers might be used to automatically process and interpret human language. Research in this area considers the mathematical and logical characteristics of natural language, and develops algorithms and statistical processes for automatic language processing.
South Asian Cultural and Religious History (Classical Indology)
The South Asian Cultural and Religious History (Classical Indology) programme from Heidelberg University allows students to study the cultural and religious history of South Asia with a special emphasis on the acquisition of philological and ethno-Indological methods.
Near Eastern Archaeology
The Near Eastern Archaeology programme from Heidelberg University focusses on the settlement and cultural history of the Ancient Near East, from human settlement to the stages of urbanisation and the development of territorial states, and finally to the formation and demise of the ancient Near Eastern empires.
Italy in Contact - Literature, Arts, Languages, Cultures
This Italy in Contact - Literature, Arts, Languages, Cultures programme from Heidelberg University mainly focuses on those core areas of Italian literature and culture studies as well as linguistics that share a connection with transcultural contact phenomena in the field of Italian-Romance cultures.