Application Global Public Policy (M.A.)

Admission Requirements

The admission procedure is carried out in accordance with our admission regulations. In order to be accepted into our master degree program in political science, you must fulfil three criteria:

1. You must have obtained a grade point average of 1.7 or better in your first degree. If you are an international student, please convert your grade with the Bavarian formular;
2. You must have obtained at least 90 ECTS in political science classes in your first degree, in particular in the areas political theory, political systems and international relations.
3. You must have obtained at least 9 ECTS in empirical political science research classes (quantitative).

Please note: For courses where the relevance to political science is not evident from their titles, you may include a brief, official course description from your university.

Evaluation of Admission Requirements

You fulfill all three criteria

The admission requirements are met.

You fulfill two criteria

The written assignment will be checked to ensure it meets the requirements. In accordance with our admission regulations, you must have at least 9 ECTS credits in the field of empirical political science research classes and at least 90 ECTS in political science classes.

You do not fulfill at least two criteria

Your application will be rejected.

Application Deadlines and Timeline

Our application portal will open on February 15

Online Application Portal

 Please note that application documents submitted outside the application period or not through the online application portal will not be considered.

May 1 (23:59 CET): Master Degree in Global Public Policy at LMU Munich

Required documents

• Curriculum vitae in tabular form
• Copy of the leaving certificate from your first academic degree program with the details of all your examination results ("transcript of records") and the official grade point average. If you do not yet have the first degree leaving certificate at the time of your application, please include an up-to-date transcript of records with the seal and stamp of the responsible examination office and the grade point average of your studies thus far;
• Written Assignment
• Unceritifed copy of proof of English language skills. The minimum acceptable level is C1. Proof of English language skills may be provided in any form that demonstrates that you have attained the minimum acceptable level of C1 on the scale of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Please refer to our list of accepted tests;

! Foreign Applicants
Foreign applications, who have neither a German higher education entrance qualification, nor a first university degree taken in Germany, are required to submit an additional application to the International Office. Deadline for the application to the International Office is July 15.

Contact

masterstudiengang@gsi.uni-muenchen.de