Entrance Examination

Type of entrance examination: Oral
Place of entrance examination: Online

Applicants with a full application package will be notified after the application deadline about the exact time and date of application interviews conducted via MS Teams. Applicants are responsible for having technically suitable conditions for the interview from their side.

Preparation for the Interview

The committee first asks applicants to briefly introduce their educational background, previous studies, and personal interest in cultural anthropology. Applicants are then asked to briefly describe their planned anthropological field research, including the topic they would like to research, the particular community they would focus on, and the methodology they would use. The recommended readings can help applicants become familiar with key anthropological concepts, approaches, and methods, and provide a basis for discussing their planned research.

Admission Decision

After the admission interview, applicants are informed of the selection outcome through the online application system within approximately one month. A successful oral entrance exam is the prerequisite of getting admitted. If the applicant fails the oral entrance exam, the application will be rejected. If the offer is accepted, admission letters are sent out through the online application system as soon as possible, as specified in the offer decision.

Based on the results, certain students may be placed on a waiting list. Final results are expected by the first half of August.

Recommended Readings

You are also welcome to choose other readings by these authors.

• Edmund Leach: Social Anthropology (1976)
• Claude Lévi-Strauss: Structural Anthropology (1963)
• Margaret Mead: Coming of Age in Samoa (1928) or Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies (1935)
• Bronislaw Malinowski: Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise (1922) or Baloma: The Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands (1919)
• Clifford Geertz: The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays (1973) or Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology (1983)

Entry Requirements

Full credit value can be considered in case of the following programmes: from the field of social sciences, Communication and Media Science, International Studies, Political Science, Social Work, Social Pedagogy, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Social Studies, and Political Studies; and, from the field of humanities, Community Organization, Ethnography, and Roma Studies Bachelor’s programmes.

Applicants with other Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees may also be eligible, subject to an individual credit assessment of their previous studies.

In these cases, applicants must have at least 30 credits from the fields of humanities, education, economics, law, arts, social sciences, or natural sciences. 

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