Courses are held in English.
Lectures and seminars usually start in the third week of October in the winter semester and in the third week of April in the summer semester.
Winter semester: 1 April to 30 September
Summer semester: 1 October to 31 March
If you need a visa to enter Germany, please check in advance with the German embassy or consulate responsible for you about the duration of a visa application. Therefore, plan your application early enough so that you have enough time, including application for the degree programme, visa application, travel preparations and "arriving in Germany", in order to be able to be in Heidelberg in time before lectures start.
Students from EU and EEA countries only pay the semester contribution.
The tuition fee for international students from non-EU/EEA countries is 1,500 EUR per semester plus the semester contribution. The tuition fee ordinance is currently under review for elimination by the federal state.
https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/study/management-studies/tuition-fees/
This two-year degree programme is one of three Master's programmes offered by the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University, Germany. The classes are taught in English, in small groups comprising students from all over the world.
Students can choose from a large selection of classes to support a research-oriented programme that engages with historical, social, and current political and economic developments and events as well as geography and environment in the countries of South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
The goal of the programme is to familiarise students with interdisciplinary approaches from various fields in the humanities and social sciences and to enable them to work independently and self-reflectively. Students choose a focus area, which they can supplement with other courses, including languages.
The following focus areas can be selected:
- Political Science
- History
- Anthropology
- Art History and Visual Culture
- Development Economics
- Geography
The governments of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka also sponsor guest professorships, which complement and enrich the curriculum.
Additionally, open talks by professors, writers and social and cultural activists are organised throughout the year.
Students who are interested in learning a South Asian language or continuing their language studies can choose among regularly offered courses of eleven languages: Bengali, Dari, Hindi, Classical Tibetan, Nepali, Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhala, Tamil, and Urdu. The languages are part of in-house minor programmes, which can be flexibly combined with the major.