International students can study the Modern Sinology at University of Göttingen on the Göttingen campus in Munich, Germany. This Bachelor degree is available as a Full Time program delivered on campus in English and Chinese. The program has a duration of 2 years and is offered at the Göttingen campus. Students can apply for the next intake starting on October 1, 2026.

About Bachelor of Modern Sinology

The four-semester English-language Masterâ€™s programme in Modern Sinology / Modern Chinese Studies in GÃ¶ttingen offers students a wide range of thematic specialisations relating to modern China (beginning from the 17th century). It has a focus on combining an intensive training in Chinese language with intensive content-oriented as well as methodological training. Our students get the chance to acquire cultural competencies, and they learn to investigate the Chinese world from a variety of contextualising perspectives. In this context, we familiarise our students with social science and cultural studies-oriented methodologies and theories, analysing them critically. The degree programme can be studied as specialist course of study for the Single Honours MA in Modern Sinology and as specialist course of study for the Joint Honours MA in Modern Sinology, in combination with one or two subject-external module packages (minor â€“ one package of 36 credit points [C] or two packages of 18 C). The course employs a variety of approaches to study the Chinese world. Students get access to various methodological approaches and comparative lenses. Through the programme, "China" is not looked at as an isolated cultural universe; rather, the wealth of the global interactions that have characterised the important facets of the Chinese world and its region is accentuated. The Master's degree programme offers youâ€¦ 1. â€¦excellent and intensive training in both spoken and written modern Chinese. The teacher-student ratio is strictly maintained to be around 1:10. From there, the language plays not only the role of being an essential tool for communication, but also of being the main tool to understand Chinese culture and society. The Master's programme in Modern Sinology prepares for all professions for which exceptional knowledge of the language and culture of modern China is a prerequisite. 2. â€¦the opportunity to spend a semester abroad in a Chinese speaking area with our world-renowned partnering universities/institutions, such as: Beijing Foreign Studies University (åŒ—äº¬å¤–å›½è¯å¤§å¦), Beijing Fudan University (å¤æ—¦å¤§å¦), Shanghai Nanjing University (å—äº¬å¤§å¦), Nanjing National Chengchi University (å°ç£æ”¿æ²»å¤§å¸), Taipei National Taiwan Normal University (å°ç£å¸«ç¯„å¤§å¸), Taipei Peking University (åŒ—äº¬å¤§å¦), Beijing Renmin University (äººæ°‘å¤§å¦), Beijing Sichuan University (å››å·å¤§å¦), Chengdu Wuhan University (æ¦æ±‰å¤§å¦), Wuhan Zhejiang University (æµ™æ±Ÿå¤§å¦), Hangzhou In addition to that, the East Asian Studies Department works very closely with Beijing University (Beijing Daxue) and the People's University (Renmin Daxue). 3. â€¦an interdisciplinary atmosphere and an exceptional diversity of research and teaching emphases. Our courses cover such diverse fields as the history, philosophy, religion, politics, society, economy and judicial system of modern China. 4. â€¦an active research and teaching landscape, with a steady flow of international visiting professors, academic talks and conferences.

Requirements and Admission Criteria for Bachelor of Modern Sinology at University of Göttingen

Entry Requirements

Academic admission requirements include a good Bachelor's degree that is related to Chinese Studies/Modern Sinology. For details, click here. To apply for the MA programme in Modern Sinology, you will need level five from HSK or TOCFL Band 3 Level 3 and at least 120 C in Sinology, including credits totalling at least 24 C from subjects on Modern China in at least two of the following areas: history, religion, politics, law, society or economy. You will also need to have obtained 150 C of your BA degree (regardless of the grade) and sufficient knowledge of English, which needs to be demonstrated with an internationally recognised test. For further information concerning the application, click here.

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