Early-Bird Application for the Academic Year 2026/2027: 01.-31.12.2025

Regular Application Phase for the Academic Year 2026/2027: 01.01.2026 - 01.07.2026

Welcome

Dear Candidate,

as the Director of Studies, I am delighted to introduce you to our Master's degree in Ecumenical Studies (MESt), an international program which aims to make a contribution to the ever-increasing and challenging interreligious dialogue today. We believe that a sound engagement in ecumenism requires an adequate historical and theological knowledge, therefore we seek to equip our students with the necessary tools to make advances in this field. Lectures will include special attention to the insights and methodology of German theology, owing to the singular influence of German-language research on theological scholarship since the Reformation. Moreover, the Modules offered in the MESt have been particularly designed to provide an understanding of the relation between religion, church, and society, both throughout history, and in present.

We welcome students from all over the world, with different religious and cultural backgrounds. Our Master's program, thus, becomes a place of vibrant interaction and fruitful dialogue. Attracted by the dynamic academic environment at the University of Bonn, many of the MESt students decide to stay, and pursue their doctoral studies. We pride ourselves on that, and hope to see them create a network of professionals in the service of ecumenical relations.The Historic city of Bonn, situated in the beautiful region of the Rhineland, will definitely make you feel at home. Its friendly people, the wide range of tourist attractions and cultural events render it an enjoyable place to live and learn.I wish you good luck with your studies!

Admission Prerequisites

You are interested in the Master's degree in Ecumenical Studies?
You can find the admission prerequisites here.

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How to apply

You can find all information for your application here. The first deadline for the 2024/2025 Academic Year is on April 30th.

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Scholarships

A wide range of scholarship programs can be found here.

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Get to know the Master's degree in Ecumenical Studies

The MESt covers a field of knowledge: the plurality of Christianities, the plurality of European and non-European churches and theologies, the plurality of religious differences in general and in their cultural contexts, and main concepts of the types of unity of Churches/Christianity to be desired as well as concepts regarding peaceful and respectful interactions of religions. In Bonn you will study this within the context of topics.

About the MESt

New Ph.D. Program
The Master's program in Biblical Studies is research oriented and opens up the possibility of subsequent doctoral studies. The Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Bonn offers international students a Ph.D. programme with different majors. Find details on the Faculty's website.

MESt Student Ambassadors

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The Student and Alumni Ambassadors are committed to representing our (Extended) Ecumenical MA Program at home and abroad.

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Student testimonials

"The program was one of the best choices I have made in my life. The curriculum is best designed to learn ecumenism and its movement across the world, and the friendly staff and lecturers make the program even better. The MESt does not only concern the theological interpretation on reconciliation among Christian denominations but also the global/local transformation and justice in the eyes of Christianity. Also, the city, Bonn, and the University provide the perfect conditions for international student life. Come and join the program!"

(Hyukmin K., South Korea)

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