GeT MA – the German Turkish Masters Program in Social Sciences – is an interdisciplinary two-year double-degree program of the Middle East Technical University (METU) Ankara and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. It offers academic teaching in a large variety of topics in the field of social sciences such as modernization and democratization, Europeanization and migration. While studying in Berlin and Ankara, students deepen their empirical knowledge of political processes using Germany, Turkey and other regions of Europe as examples: "Our aim is to do research together rather than about each other."
Teaching and research in the GeT MA program have an interdisciplinary focus: this international masters program covers various sub-disciplines of the social sciences - with focus on political science and sociology - while incorporating cultural and economic questions into the curriculum.
Academic courses are taught by highly qualified professors from different academic disciplines on various topics such as modernization and democratization, Europeanization, and migration. Students deepen their empirical knowledge of political processes using Germany, Turkey, and other countries and regions of Europe as examples.
Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi Information
Established in 1956, Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi (Middle East Technical University) is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the suburban setting of the metropolis of Ankara (population range of over 5,000,000 inhabitants). This institution has also branch campuses in the following location(s): Northern Cyprus Campus, Mersin-Erdemli. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the YÖK - Yüksekögretim Kurulu (YÖK - Council of Higher Education), Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi (METU) is a large (uniRank enrollment range: 25,000-29,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi (METU) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees, master degrees, doctorate degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. This 62 years old higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations. The admission rate range is 0-10% making this Turkish higher education organization a most selective institution. International applicants are eligible to apply for enrollment.
Offered Benefits
GeT MA provides a certain number of scholarships for non-German students and a limited number of tuition fee reductions to qualified students of the program. Applicants interested in these scholarships should state their need in their statement of purpose in the application form. The distribution of scholarships will be decided during the admissions process. Applicants will be notified when being made an offer for the program.