Studying

The study programme is designed to meet the increasing labour market demand for knowledge in the field of gender and gender relations. The students are enabled in didactic and methodological terms to use the acquired knowledge and the corresponding practice-relevant competences for the analysis and reflection of gender relations and the implementation of gender justice and equal opportunities in professional work contexts.
Gender Studies graduates are thus particularly qualified for a wide range of occupational fields. Business, politics, science, administration, counselling, as well as association and educational work, media, health care, or social work are possible occupational fields. practical employment opportunities.

Finally, the MA "Gender Studies - Interdisciplinary Research and Application" programme enables research-related learning and introduces students to the practice of transdisciplinary academic work. The systematic anchoring of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in the study programme (especially in the form of co- and team-teaching) is ensured through the close connection to the research activities of the professors and junior researchers engaged at the IZG (Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies).

Students are supported on their way into professional life by a wide range of services, for example the university career service, the study programme advisory service or the Federal Employment Agency at the university. In addition, there is the Internship Office, which offers assistance in gaining work experience in an internship.

"The Master Gender Studies has helped me to be able to take many different perspectives and to constantly reflect on myself and my environment. At the same time, the degree has equipped me with gender-related expertise, arguments and skills." - Joana Rieck, Gender Studies graduate

"The MA Gender Studies has opened up new academic and professional perspectives for me. I am enthusiastic about the topics, the interdisciplinary orientation and the practical relevance of the degree programme. The reputation and personal commitment of the professors and contributors in the various faculties also had a motivating effect on me." - Kerstin Schachtsiek (MA Gender Studies graduate -(part-time) managing director of BellZETT Bielefeld)