Theater, the Arts, and Performative Cultures
Whether it is possible to apply for a spot in a program and whether the program has an admission cap (NC) or has unrestricted (no NC) is determined anew each semester. A distinction is made between the first semester and higher semester.
Find Information about admission regulation for all degree programs: Master of Arts
- Master´s programs
Institute for Theater Studies
12165 Berlin
For admittance to the master’s program applicants need to fulfill the following admission requirements:
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Professionally qualifying German or an equivalent foreign degree from a university with a theater studies component that is at least equivalent to the 60-credit point module in theater studies offered by the Department of Philosophy and Humanities at Freie Universität Berlin.
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English language proof, level B2 (GER).
The DSH - or German Language University Entrance Exam for Foreign Students - is obligatory for all applicants whose first language is not German and who have earned their initial degree from a university (or equivalent institution) where the language of instruction is not German.
Theater studies, as taught in the master’s program, is understood as a discipline at the intersection of cultural studies, art history, and media studies, maintaining interdisciplinary openness and taking into account the mutual relationship between theory and practice, arts and humanities. The discipline is not only concerned with theatrical performances of all genres (theater, music theater, dance theater, performance art) but also with theatrical ways of thinking and acting. The master’s program includes the areas of theater history, contemporary theater/performance analysis, theory and aesthetics, and theater/arts/media.