Master’s · Political Science & Public Policy
English-taught master’s programmes in Political Science & Public Policy in Germany
16 programmes at 8 universities in our dataset. 6 charge no tuition for non-EU students. Where tuition is charged per semester, it runs from €2,000 to €6,800. For a 3-year (180-credit) bachelor’s: 10 accept it outright, 2 accept it with conditions, 3 decide case by case. Non-EU deadlines for winter 2027 run from 1 Mar 2027 to 1 Sept 2027; 1 admit on a rolling basis. Minimum IELTS scores range from 5.5 to 7. TOEFL Home Edition is accepted by 8 and Duolingo by 1. Admission: 4 are unrestricted, 11 use a selection procedure and 1 has limited places.
Public university
Technical University of Munich (5)
Responsibility in Science, Engineering and Technology (RESET) M.A.
- Length
- 4 semesters
- Campus
- Munich
- Non-EU deadline
- 31 May 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- €4,000 per semester (until summer 2027); €4,600 per semester (new students from winter 2027/28)
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Accepted
Science and Technology Studies (STS) M.A.
- Length
- 4 semesters
- Campus
- Munich
- Non-EU deadline
- 31 May 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- €4,000 per semester (until summer 2027); €4,600 per semester (new students from winter 2027/28)
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Accepted
AI in Society M.Sc.
- Length
- 4 semesters
- Campus
- Munich
- Non-EU deadline
- 31 May 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- €4,000 per semester (until summer 2027); €4,600 per semester (new students from winter 2027/28)
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Accepted
Data & Society M.Sc.
- Length
- 4 semesters
- Campus
- Munich
- Non-EU deadline
- 15 Jan 2027 (summer 2027); 31 May 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- €6,000 per semester (until summer 2027); €6,800 per semester (new students from winter 2027/28)
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Accepted
Politics & Technology M.Sc.
- Length
- 4 semesters
- Campus
- Munich
- Non-EU deadline
- 31 May 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- €4,000 per semester (until summer 2027); €4,600 per semester (new students from winter 2027/28)
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Accepted
Public university
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) (2)
Development Economics and International Studies (DEIS) M.A.(university’s page; too little data for our own)
- Length
- 4 semesters
- Campus
- Erlangen
- Non-EU deadline
- Not stated
- Non-EU tuition
- Not stated
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Accepted
Human Rights M.A.
- Length
- 4 semesters
- Campus
- Erlangen and Nürnberg
- Non-EU deadline
- 31 May 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- €2,000 per semester (new students from summer 2027)
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Accepted
Public university
RWTH Aachen University (1)
European Studies MPA
- Length
- 3 semesters
- Campus
- Aachen
- Non-EU deadline
- 1 Mar 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- €6,000 per semester
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Case by case
Public university
University of Duisburg-Essen (3)
Contemporary East Asian Studies M.A.
- Length
- 4 semesters
- Campus
- Duisburg
- Non-EU deadline
- 15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- None
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Accepted with conditions
Development and Governance M.A.
- Length
- 2 semesters
- Campus
- Duisburg
- Non-EU deadline
- 31 Mar 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- None
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Not accepted
Modern East Asian Studies M.A.(university’s page; too little data for our own)
- Length
- Not stated
- Campus
- Duisburg
- Non-EU deadline
- 15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- None
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Accepted with conditions
Public university
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (2)
European Studies M.A.
- Length
- 4 semesters
- Language
- English
- Non-EU deadline
- 15 Jan 2027 (summer 2027); 15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- None
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Accepted
Peace and Conflict Studies M.A.
- Length
- 4 semesters
- Language
- English
- Non-EU deadline
- 15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- None
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Case by case
Public university
Leibniz University Hannover (1)
Religion in the Public Sphere M.A.
- Length
- 4 semesters
- Language
- English
- Non-EU deadline
- 31 May 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- None
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Case by case
Private, state-recognised
University of Europe for Applied Sciences (1)
Diplomacy MBA
- Length
- 3 semesters
- Campus
- Berlin
- Non-EU deadline
- 28 Feb 2027 (summer 2027); 1 Sept 2027 (winter 2027)
- Non-EU tuition
- €8,590 per year
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Accepted
Private, state-recognised
Fresenius University of Applied Sciences (1)
Sicherheits- und Katastrophenmanagement MBA
- Length
- 4 semesters
- Campus
- Online campus
- Non-EU deadline
- Rolling, no fixed deadline
- Non-EU tuition
- €545 per month
- 3-year bachelor’s
- Accepted