FAQs

Please visit Campo to register for the SDAC masters program and upload the necessary documents for your application.
You can find an introduction to the online portal in this video.

Please contact technical support: campo@fau.de

Yes, you are required to submit a Letter of Motivation (max. 2 pages).

Please upload your application documents to Campo.

For the application, it is not necessary to send the documents by post. It is enough to upload the documents to the application portal Campo.

When you are accepted to the study program, printed documents are required for enrollment at the university. You will get more details via Campo after you are accepted and move on to the enrollment process. For more information, please visit the “applying for a Master´s Degree” website here.

Please contact the Master’s Office in Erlangen.

The application portal Campo shows your application status and sends out notifications as soon as it changes. Please make sure to sign up with an Email address that you regularly use.

APS certificate is required for applicants who have completed previous periods of study in China, India, or Vietnam.

It is not possible for us to make exceptions for APS certificates. By law, applicants from the above countries are required to present these certificates when applying to a German university.

Applicants will go through the application process only after submitting their entire application documents to Campo. The sooner we receive all the documents needed, the faster we can start reviewing your application and come to a decision.

For more information on the application and selection procedure, please read the Application page.

Please contact our program coordinator Jessica Wengel (jessica.wengel@fau.de).

The SDAC program is an interdisciplinary qualitative social sciences program with a strong focus on social and cultural anthropology and the study of East Asia and Southeast Asia. Different Bachelor degrees can be accepted. Those who completed previous degrees in a subject that focuses on social sciences, social and cultural anthropology, ethnology, and Asian languages and area studies are particularly welcome to apply.

We consider individual applications from applicants with relevant degrees and interests as long as their final grade is not beyond 2.50 in German Grading System.

You are required to have at least a B2 Level on the scale of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) to apply. If you wish to know more about TOEFL or IELTS scores and their equivalent levels, please visit “Compare TOEFL Scores” as well as “Cambridge English Qualification“. For further information on the comparability of internationally recognized language tests to be accepted as proof of English language proficiency to study at FAU, please read this page.

No proof of English language skills is required for applicants who have completed their previous academic degrees in English as well as those who are from countries/regions where English is the official language and are considered to be native speakers of English.

However, as the quality of English varies quite a lot internationally, applicants who are not native speakers of English are recommended to submit international language certificates. Additionally, applicants who obtained their academic degrees in English more than three years before applying to SDAC are also encouraged to submit certificates.

You are required to have at least A1 Level by the end of the 2^nd  semester of the Master’s Program.

The SDAC program is intensive, and students should have finalized their BA before entering into it. In exceptional cases, some students can be conditionally allowed to enter the program if they have submitted all the requested works for the completion of their BA but do not have yet received officially all their grades. These cases are examined individually and only permitted in exceptional circumstances. 

Please contact our program coordinator Jessica Wengel jessica.wengel@fau.de.

No, there are no tuition fees required to apply for the program. However, you need to pay a semester fee twice a year in order to register to start studying and re-register to continue. For more information about the semester fee, please click here.

For general information on estimated living costs, please click here.

The SDAC program does not provide any scholarships or grants. Interested applicants are kindly requested to apply individually for suitable scholarship opportunities. For more information about scholarship organizations, applications, and opportunities, please click here.

For more information on re-registration deadlines, please click here. For semester dates and lecture periods, please click here.