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Degree

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Standard period of study

3 Semester - 90 Credit Points (CP)

Date of first accrediation

2006 by ASIIN

Admission Requirements

The Admission Requirements are

at least a Bachelor in agriculture, nutrition, natural or environmental sciences, economics, law, or political science with an ECTS grade of B- or higher and 180 ECTS credit points (or an officially equivalent accepted academic degree);
a good level of English (written as well as spoken) is mandatory. Accepted as language proofs are: 550 points in TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or 7 points in IELTS Academic Test (International English Language Testing System).

Application

Foreign applicants outside the European Union who do not have a German ‘Abitur’ (university en-trance certificate) must submit their application to JLU Giessen via uni-assist (details)

For further information you may contact:
Studierendensekretariat: Außenstelle Ausländerzulassung
Gutenbergstraße 6
Postal address: Postfach 11 14 40, 35359 Giessen
Tel.: 0641/99-16400 (Herr Erdmann)
Detailed information on the application process

Courses start

Summer Semester (April) and Winter Semester (October)

Fees and Expenses

The Master's Programme "Transition Studies" is a further education study and therefore subject to a fee. A tutorial fee of 1,200 Euro per semester is charged. Furthermore, there are additional registra-tion fees of approximately 210 Euro per semester (including the ‘semester ticket’ for public transpor-tation).
To obtain a visa from the German Embassy you also need to have proof of sufficient financial resources for your stay, which at the moment amounts 600 Euro per month.
You can get information about scholarships at the German Embassy or the DAAD office of your home country. Applications for scholarships of the DAAD have to be submitted from your home coun-try. Unfortunately, the chances of receiving a scholarship while already studying in Germany are not very high.

Transition Countries - Transition Studies

Transition countries are characterised by enormous economic and political transformations. Their societies are changing from a stateled command system to a market economy, from autocracy to democracy. The group of transition countries includes the successor states of the former Soviet Union, the countries of Eastern and South Eastern Europe, as well as recent transition countries in Africa and Asia, for example China.

The Master's Programme "Transition Studies" is an interdisciplinary study programme established by five faculties of Giessen University, headed by the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences and Environmental Management (Faculty 09). The technical organisation is carried out by the Center for International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU).

Justus Liebig University Giessen is the first university in Germany addressing the specific problems of transition countries in an international, interdisciplinary study course combining both theory and practical experience.

The Master's Programme will enable students:

to understand the complex processes and specific demands of transition countries
to link the various areas of transition, as economic, legal, political, social, agricultural, and environmental aspects and their interrelation
to gain knowledge as well as practical competences on methods and strategies to enhance the transition process
to train their soft skills by learning and working in international and interdisciplinary teams.

By the end of the course students will be skilled in devising integrative approaches to transition issues applicable to the private and public sector.

Target Group

Target Group: The Master's Programme appeals to students who are interested in both, learning about the complex problems of transition countries as well as developing approaches to overcome these problems by linking economic, political and environmental aspects. A background in related sciences is required. The central target group are primarily graduates from transition countries who want to deepen and broaden their knowledge by attending this further education programme.

Plan of Degree Course

The Master’s degree course consists of 12 modules (90 credits):

10 teaching modules (classes)

Core - 6 specialist modules (36 credits)
Profile - 4 optional modules (24 credits)

Internship (1 module - 6 credits)

Master’s thesis (1 module - 24 credits)

The course of studies is regarded as successfully completed if all required modules have been passed.

The Core Modules (Compulsory Modules) are:

Economic Development and World Agricultural Markets
Transition and Integration Economics
Law in Transition
European Studies and Political Transformation
Empirical Research Methods
Transition in Practice

Profil Modules (Optional Modules)

The student hast to choose 4 further modules from among the following: Economy of Agrarian Institutions
Nutritional Behaviour and Communication
Methods of Regional Analysis and Planning
Production and Logistics Management
Resource Economics and Environmental Management
Production and Quality Management
Methods in Physical Geography
Risk Assessment, Ethics and Patent Law
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Course Specific Academic Counselling ("Studienfachberatung")

Prof. Dr. P. Michael Schmitz
Institute of Agricultural Policy and Market Research
Senckenbergstr. 3 (Zeughaus), 35390 Giessen
E-Mail: Michael.Schmitz@agrar.uni-giessen.de

Links

Faculty 09 - Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences and Environmental Management
ZEU - Center für International Development and Environmental Research

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Date of first accrediation

Admission Requirements

Application

Courses start

Fees and Expenses

Transition Countries - Transition Studies

Target Group

Plan of Degree Course

Course Specific Academic Counselling ("Studienfachberatung")

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