Charles University (Prague) and institutions in Munich and Regensburg, including: Graduate Schools for East and Southeast European Studies, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS), Institute for East European Law, East European Department of the Bavarian State Library, Collegium Carolinum and others
Courses are held in German, and some optional courses and lectures at summer schools are held in English.
For students of the double degree programme with Charles University, the courses in Prague are held primarily in Czech.
15 June for the following winter semester
The programme can be studied in either Munich or Regensburg. In Munich, we offer courses in History, Slavonic Studies, Political Science, European Ethnology, Turkish/Ottoman Studies, Albanian Studies, Modern Greek Studies, Finno-Ugric Studies and Romanian. In Regensburg, the courses on offer include Law, Slavonic Studies, History and Economics.
It is also possible to study the German-Czech double degree MA programme in "East Central Europe: History, Politics and Culture", offered jointly by LMU Munich and Charles University in Prague. In this programme, the students spend the first year in Munich and the second in Prague.
For more information, please see the course website.
Requirement for completion: 120 ECTS credit points
Munich:
During the first semester, students attend a course in the research methodology of the various fields represented in the programme. It is taught in cooperation with the Bavarian State Library in Munich. The project module is completed in the first two semesters. In the summer break after the second semester, students take part in a summer school in Eastern Europe.
Students participating in the double degree programme with Charles University spend the first year in Munich and the second in Prague.
Students choose to complete their degree in Munich/Regensburg or to take the German-Czech double degree programme in "East Central Europe: History, Politics and Culture", offered jointly by LMU Munich and Charles University in Prague. In this programme, the students spend the first year in Munich and the second in Prague, and the MA thesis is supervised jointly.
An internship of at least four weeks duration related to or taking place in Eastern Europe is to be completed in one of the semester breaks during the four semesters of study.
85 EUR per semester (Munich)
198 EUR per semester (Regensburg)
Living costs (including accommodation and health insurance) in Munich and Regensburg range from 1,500 to 2,000 EUR per month.
Applicants must provide proof of their language skills in German (TestDaF 4, DHS 2 or equivalent), in English (at least five years consecutive English courses at school), and one Eastern European language (UNICERT I or equivalent, secure basic knowledge).
Double degree students must provide proof of adequate knowledge of Czech.
15 June for the following winter semester
You can find our application portal at https://www.en.osteuropastudien.uni-muenchen.de/application/index.html
There is an abundance of student jobs related to Eastern Europe offered in Munich and Regensburg.
Both universities offer career services for their students:
https://www.lmu.de/en/workspace-for-students/career-services/index.html
Both universities have international offices to support their students:
https://www.lmu.de/en/study/important-contacts/international-office/index.html
https://www.uni-regensburg.de/ur-international/international-office/index.html
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