Master’s · Political Science & Public Policy

European Studies M.A.

Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg · Magdeburg · Official programme page

18 facts from 8 official pages · last checked 14 November 2026

Reviewed by Dennis Maaß, admission and immigration expert
Published 8 November 2026 · Last reviewed 8 November 2026

Key facts

Length, deadlines and costs

Language: English
Source
“Language English”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/European+Studies.html · checked 7 November 2026
Both focus areas are taught in English; the entry requirements name '(language: English)' for each.
Study mode: On campus
Source
“Phase(s) of attendance in Germany (applies to the entire programme) Yes, compulsory”
www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/3986/ · checked 7 November 2026
From the university's own DAAD International Programmes entry; no OVGU page states the mode.
Length: 4 semesters
Source
“Degree Conferred Master of Arts (M.A.) Duration 4 Semesters Enrollment Wintersemester Admission restriction No restricted admission”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/European+Studies.html · checked 7 November 2026
Credits: Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026
www.ovgu.de/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English.html
www.verwaltungshandbuch.ovgu.de/H%C3%B6B+Teil+I/1_06+Pr%C3%BCfungsordnungen-media_id-1394-p-48.html
The datasheets and the English-programmes overview give only the standard period of study in semesters. Credit totals appear solely in each programme's Studien- und Prüfungsordnung in the German Verwaltungshandbuch, which is reached through a multi-level index and whose links from the English pages are partly stale, so no figure is recorded.
Intakes: Winter
Source
“Degree Conferred Master of Arts (M.A.) Duration 4 Semesters Enrollment Wintersemester Admission restriction No restricted admission”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/European+Studies.html · checked 7 November 2026
Conflict inside the page: the 'Enrollment' field says winter semester only, while the deadline table also lists a summer deadline (15 January). Both are recorded — the summer date under deadlines — but the Enrollment field is treated as authoritative for the intake.
Non-EU deadline: 15 Jan 2027 (summer 2027)Listed on the page although the Enrollment field names only the winter semester.15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)
Source
“Applicants with international Bachelor degree über uni-assist Winter 15 July … Applicants with international Bachelor degree über uni-assist Summer 15 January”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/European+Studies.html · checked 7 November 2026
Non-EU tuition: None
Source
“There are no tuition fees and the semester fee already includes the Deutschland-Ticket.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Organization+of+the+Stay/Finance-p-48630.html · checked 14 November 2026
Saxony-Anhalt charges no general tuition and OVGU charges none by nationality. Fees apply only for a second degree (500 EUR per semester), for guest students and for students over 60.
Application fee: €75 one-off uni-assist handling fee for the first chosen course of study in a semester€30 one-off each additional chosen course of study in the same semester
Source
“Cost for the first chosen course of study: EUR 75.00 For each additional chosen course of study: EUR 30.00”
www.uni-assist.de/en/how-to-apply/apply-online/pay-submit/ · checked 7 November 2026
OVGU itself charges no application fee; applicants with a foreign qualification pay uni-assist's handling fee.
Places: Unrestricted
Source
“Admission restriction No restricted admission”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/European+Studies.html · checked 7 November 2026

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s: Accepted
Source
“applicants must hold a Bachelor's degree (at least 180 ECTS credits)”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/European+Studies.html · checked 7 November 2026
Subject background: Bachelor's degree (at least 180 ECTS), university diploma or equivalent state-recognised degree in social sciences, economics, cultural or media studies or a closely related field. Focus area European Social and Economic Policy Analysis: social sciences or economics with at least 18 CP in quantitative methods. Focus area European Social and Cultural Policy Analysis: at least 40 CP in two of political science, sociology, history, linguistics, cultural science, media studies
Source
“According to the examination regulations, applicants must hold a Bachelor's degree (at least 180 ECTS credits), a university diploma, or an equivalent state-recognised degree in social sciences, economics, cultural or media studies, or a closely related field.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/European+Studies.html · checked 7 November 2026
Applicants apply for one of the two focus areas and are admitted to one according to their pre-qualification.
Minimum grade: Not stated by the university
1 page checked, 7 Nov 2026
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/European+Studies.html
English: Level C1. IELTS 7 · TOEFL iBT 95 · TOEFL band 5 · Home Edition accepted · PTE 76. Cambridge: Cambridge First Certificate in English + Grade A (FCE), or Certificate of Advanced English + Grade B or C (CAE). Also accepted: TOEIC (Listening and Reading 865, Speaking 170, Writing 160 at B2; 945/180/180 at C1 — all three tests required), telc B2/C1, UNIcert II (B2) or III (C1). The IELTS online version is accepted. The Duolingo English Test does not appear anywhere in OVGU's list.. Exemption: No certificate is needed with a secondary school certificate from Australia, Canada (except Quebec and New Brunswick) or the USA, with British or international GCE A-Levels, an Irish Leaving Certificate, a New Zealand NCEA, a Scottish Qualifications Certificate, an IB Diploma (Language A or Language B HL) or a European Baccalaureate (L1 or L2); with a university degree from Australia, Canada (same exception), Ireland, Great Britain, New Zealand or the USA; with a qualification equivalent to a German degree from Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the British Overseas Territories, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Malta, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines or Trinidad and Tobago; or with the German Abitur.
Source
“- English language C1 level”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/European+Studies.html · checked 7 November 2026
Scores are read from the OVGU framework of reference (senate decision of 28.01.2026), which every programme datasheet links as 'OVGU Framework of reference'; the programme pages themselves state only the CEFR level. The framework prints both TOEFL iBT scales (0-120 and the 1-6 scale valid from 2026) and a footnote says the faculties may recognise further tests, references or levels.
German: When applying: None; German language skills are recommended for the European Social and Economic Policy Analysis focus area
Source
“- German language skills are recommended”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/European+Studies.html · checked 7 November 2026
GRE / GMAT / GATE: Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 7 Nov 2026
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/European+Studies.html
www.ovgu.de/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English.html
Selection: Evidence of the subject credits for the chosen focus area
Source
“In addition, evidence must be provided for the focus areas.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/Study/Study+Programmes/Study+Programmes+in+English/European+Studies.html · checked 7 November 2026

India, Pakistan, Nigeria

Rules for applicants from India, Pakistan and Nigeria

English test waiver: No waiver stated for India, Nigeria or Pakistan: plan for an English test
Source
“Some applicants are exempt from showing an additional proof of their English proficiency. This is the case for the following … All other applicants must submit official language certificates with their application.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/International/Incoming+_+Ways+to+the+University/International+Students/Full_Time+Studies/General+Requirements.html · checked 7 November 2026
The exemption list covers secondary school certificates from Australia, Canada (except Quebec and New Brunswick) and the USA, British and international GCE A-Levels, the Irish Leaving Certificate, the New Zealand NCEA, the Scottish Qualifications Certificate, the IB Diploma (Language A or B HL), the European Baccalaureate (L1 or L2), university degrees from Australia, Canada, Ireland, Great Britain, New Zealand and the USA, a qualification equivalent to a German degree from 14 Caribbean and Commonwealth states, and the German Abitur. India, Nigeria and Pakistan appear nowhere in it, and no OVGU page accepts a medium-of-instruction letter or an English-taught degree earned in those countries, so applicants from the three always submit a certificate. An applicant from one of them who happens to hold a listed qualification (most plausibly international GCE A-Levels) is exempt on that qualification, not on their country.
Rules that name these countries: India: Applicants from India must enclose a digital original APS certificate from the Academic Evaluation Centre in New Delhi with their application.
Source
“Applicants from India, the People's Republic of China and Vietnam must enclose a (digital) original certificate from the Academic Evaluation Centre (APS) in New Delhi, Beijing or Hanoi.”
www.ovgu.de/unimagdeburg/en/International/Incoming+_+Ways+to+the+University/International+Students/Full_Time+Studies/Applying+via+uni_assist+e_V_-p-107054.html · checked 7 November 2026
Listed among the documents the application itself must contain, so the certificate is needed at application, not at enrolment. China and Vietnam are named in the same sentence.

The rules for your country across all universities, and the visa rules on English tests, are on the India, Pakistan and Nigeria pages.

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Every value was read on an official page and is stored with a verbatim quote; open “Source” to see it. “Not stated by the university” means none of the pages we checked says, and lists those pages. Rules change: confirm with the university before you apply or pay.