Master’s degree programmes

Master's degree programmes for postgraduate study

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As one of the strongest research universities in Germany, FAU offers over 70 Master’s degree programmes. More than 5000 international students currently study at FAU.

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  • Advanced Materials and Processes (MAP) (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Advanced Optical Technologies (MAOT) (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Advanced Signal Processing & Communications Engineering (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Ancient Languages and Cultures (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Arabic, Islamic and Semitic Studies (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Archaeological Sciences (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Art History (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) (M.Sc.)
    Making machines think!
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Autonomy Technologies (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Berufspädagogik Technik (M.Sc.)
    Fields of study electrical engineering and information technology or metal technology
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen, Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Business Education (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Business Management (MBA)
    Type: Master of Business Administration
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Individual Qualification assessment
  • Cell and Molecular Biology (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Chemical and Biological Engineering (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Chemical Engineering - Sustainable Chemical Technologies (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Chemistry (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Chinese with Subject-Specific Focus (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Clean Energy Processes (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Communications and Multimedia Engineering (CME) (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAM) (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Computational Engineering (CE) (M.Sc.)
    Bridging the gap between the disciplines
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Data Science (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Development Economics and International Studies (DEIS) (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Digital Business (MDBA)
    Type: Master of Digital Business Administration
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Individual Qualification assessment
  • Digital Humanities (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Digital Japanese Studies (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Economics (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Education (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Educational Research on Learning and Instruction (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Electrical Engineering - Electronics - Information Technology (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Electromobility-ACES (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Empires and Transcontinental Spaces (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Energy Technology (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • English Studies (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Ethics of Textual Cultures (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • European Master in Lexicography (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Finance, Auditing, Controlling, Taxation (FACT) (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Geography: Cultural Geography (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Geosciences (M.Sc.)
    Geology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Geothermal Energy (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen, Erlangen and Munich
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • German and French Law (LL.M.)
    Type: Master of Law
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen, Erlangen and Rennes
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • German Language and Literature (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Gerontology (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Health and Medical Management (MHMM)
    Type: Master in Health and Medical Management
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Individual Qualification assessment
  • Health Business Administration (MHBA)
    Type: Master of Health Business Administration
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Individual Qualification assessment
  • Health Management and Health Economics (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • History (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Human Rights (M.A.)
    Politics | Philosophy | Law
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Industrial Engineering and Management (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen, Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Industrial Mathematics (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Informatik (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Information and Communication Technology (IuK) (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Integrated Immunology (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Integrated Life Sciences: Biology, Biomathematics and Biophysics (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • International Business Studies (MIBS) (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • International Information Systems (IIS) (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Islamic Religious Studies (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Labor Market and Human Resources (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Law and Computer Sciences (LL.M.)
    Type: Master of Law
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Law (LLM) (LL.M.)
    Type: Master of Law
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Learning Design – Digital transformation in education (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Lehramt an Beruflichen Schulen (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen, Nuremberg
    NC: Individual Qualification assessment
  • Life Science Engineering (LSE) (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Linguistics (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Literary Studies – intermedial and intercultural (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Management (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Marketing and Sales Management (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Individual Qualification assessment
  • Marketing (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Materials Science and Engineering (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Mathematics (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Mechanical engineering (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Mechatronics (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Media, Ethics, Religion (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Media Science (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Mediation of Art (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen, Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Medical Engineering (M.Sc.)
    "Medical Image and Data Processing", "Health & Medical Data Analytics and Entrepreneurship" or "Medical Robotics"
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Medical Process Management (MPM) (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Medieval and Renaissance Studies (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Middle Eastern Studies (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Molecular Medicine (M.Sc.)
    Translational Research in Biomedicine
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Molecular Science (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Nanotechnology (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • North American Studies: Culture and Literature (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Organizational Development and Human Resources (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen, Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Philosophy (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Physical Activity and Health (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Physical Geography: Climate and Environmental Sciences (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Physics (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Political Science (M.A.)
    Areas of focus: Public law, digitalization and social change
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Psychology (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Psychology with focus on Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Socioeconomics (M.Sc.)
    Type: Master of Science
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Sociology (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Standards of Decision-Making Across Cultures (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Sustainability Management (MBA)
    Type: Master of Business Administration
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Nuremberg
    NC: Individual Qualification assessment
  • Teaching-related Master's Degree Program Gymnasium M.Ed. (Other Masters)
    Type: Other Masters
    Start: Summer semester, Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Textual cultures and digital transformation (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment
  • Theatre – Research – Transfer (M.A.)
    Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
    Start: Winter semester
    Location: Erlangen
    NC: Qualification assessment

Degree programmes taught in English

Some of our Master’s degree programmes are also available in English. Our international Master’s degree programmes have a high percentage of foreign-language lectures and courses, feature compulsory language courses and semesters abroad and are specifically targeted at international applicants.

Overview of all FAU Master’s degree programmes