North American Studies

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University University of Hannover
Degree Master of Arts

Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission local admisssion restriction
Application Deadline for Beginning Students 01.06.2025 — 15.07.2025
Bitte beachten Sie die Angaben unter www.uni-hannover.de/studienbewerbung
Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) full time
Location (main / branches campus) Hannover
Admission semester summer and winter semester
Subject

Das American Studies gehört zum Studienbereiche English Studies, American Studies der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich English Studies, American Studies.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
American Studies

Das Cultural Studies gehört zum Studienbereiche Cultural Studies der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich Cultural Studies.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
Cultural Studies

Das English Studies gehört zum Studienbereiche English Studies, American Studies der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich English Studies, American Studies.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.
English Studies
Areas of Concentration American Studies, Gender and Queer Studies, Literary and Cultural Studies, Media Studies and Media History, Popular Culture Studies, Postcolonial and Diaspora Studies, Studies of Digital Cultures, Transnational Literatures and Globalisation

Field of study
- Target group cf. http://www.uni-hannover.de/studienangebot
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language English
- Course Website
- Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission local admisssion restriction
- Admission semester summer and winter semester
- Applicants to the Master's degree course must have a certificate of academic degree in English/American Studies or a degree course in a compatible subject. Candidates must also demonstrate special language proficiency.
  
  For detailed information on the requirements see the admission regulations and the language regulations for this course:
  www.uni-hannover.de/zugangsordnung
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree Bachelor/Bakkalaureus
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Sommersemester 2026
- - Lecture period
  - 07.04.2025 — 19.07.2025
    Unterbrechung vom 10.06. bis 14.06.25 (Exkursionswoche).
  - Application Deadlines for Germans and Inhabitants
    Beginning Students
    
    01.12.2025 — 15.01.2026
    Bitte beachten Sie die Angaben unter www.uni-hannover.de/studienbewerbung
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    01.12.2025 — 15.01.2026
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.12.2025 — 15.01.2026
    Es gibt keine gesonderten Fristen für EU-Bürger.
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 15.10.2025 — 30.11.2025
    Bitte beachten Sie, dass eine Bewerbung für diesen Studiengang an der Leibniz Universität Hannover nur mit einer Vorprüfungsdokumentation (VPD) von uni-assist möglich ist. Please note that an application for this degree programme at Leibniz University Hannover is only possible with a preliminary review documentation (VPD) from uni-assist.
- Wintersemester 2025/2026
- - Lecture period
  - The deadline for the Winter Semester 2025/2026 has expired
  - Application Deadlines for Germans and Inhabitants
    Beginning Students
    
    01.06.2025 — 15.07.2025
    Bitte beachten Sie die Angaben unter www.uni-hannover.de/studienbewerbung
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    01.06.2025 — 15.07.2025
    Es gelten die regulären Bewerbungsfristen zum Wintersemester.
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.06.2025 — 15.07.2025
    Es gibt keine gesonderten Fristen für EU-Bürger.
  - Application Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 15.04.2025 — 31.05.2025
    Bitte beachten Sie, dass eine Bewerbung für diesen Studiengang an der Leibniz Universität Hannover nur mit einer Vorprüfungsdokumentation (VPD) von uni-assist möglich ist. Please note that an application for this degree programme at Leibniz University Hannover is only possible with a preliminary review documentation (VPD) from uni-assist.
Tuition Fee
- Tuition fee more information regarding tuition fees
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- Hochschulbüro für Internationales / International Office
- Street address Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover
- Phone 0511 762-2548
- Fax 0511 762-4090
- internationaloffice(at)uni-hannover.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Englisches Seminar
- Contact person Prof. Dr. Ruth Mayer
- Street address Königsworther Platz 1, 30167 Hannover
- Phone 0511 / 762- 2456
- Fax 0511 / 762- 3229
- ruth.mayer(at)engsem.uni-hannover.de
- Zentrale Studienberatung (ZSB)
- Street address Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover
- Phone 0511 762-2020
- Fax 0511 762-5504
- studienberatung(at)uni-hannover.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact Herr M.A. Martin Scholz
- Function Leiter
- Responsibility Leiter
- Phone 0511 762-2020
- Fax 0511 762-5504
- martin.scholz(at)zuv.uni-hannover.de
- Internet page

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