Courses are held in English or German. Students can write their assignments or the Master's thesis in German or 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", to be able to be in Heidelberg in time before lectures start.
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.
www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/study/management-of-studies/tuition-fees
Students from EU and EEA countries do not pay these tuition fees.
This programme aims to enable a student to conceive and phrase research questions in the field of Cultural and Religious History of South Asia and work them out using the scientific methods of the discipline. During the Master's programme, the students acquire a comprehensive and strengthened knowledge of the contents of the subject area specially the methodological and theoretical foundations of ethno-indology. The focus on Sanskrit facilitates the study and interpretative analyses of primary sources with the methods of philology and comparative linguistics and situates them in their historical contexts as also their later receptions. It also encourages the students to pursue a second language of South Asia, e.g. Pali or another language offered at the South Asia Institute.
The programme can be studied as a major (120 CP / 100 CP) or as a minor (20 CP) in combination with another major. As a minor, several different combinations can be chosen to combine with your major subject.
Major 120 CP
This is a fully focussed option in which 90 credit points are meant for subject-related courses, 5 credit points are for the final oral examination and 25 credit points are for the Master's thesis.
Major 100 CP
In this option, a student can combine the major with another minor subject (with 20 CP). In this case, 70 credit points are meant for subject related courses, 5 credit points are for the final oral examination and 25 credit points are for the Master's thesis.
Minor 20 CP
This option of a minor subject with 20 credit points for subject-related courses can be combined with another major subject with 100 credit points.
PDF DownloadThe 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.
www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/study/management-of-studies/tuition-fees
Students from EU and EEA countries do not pay these tuition fees.
Approx. 186 EUR
Funding opportunities within and in cooperation with the university
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", to be able to be in Heidelberg in time before lectures start.
Expect to spend at least 750 EUR per month for general living expenses, accommodation, health insurance, public transport, etc. For example, medical insurance premiums are currently approx. 70 EUR per month. At present, the monthly rent for a room or a small flat is approx. 250 to 500 EUR. The semester ticket, which allows students to use almost all forms of public transport in the Heidelberg area free of (further) charge during the semester, costs 185 EUR (for six months).
To find student residences or rooms on the private accommodation market, please have a look at our website: www.stw.uni-heidelberg.de/en/.
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