MA in Critical Gender Studies

Earn a valuable degree

This program is designed for applicants with a three-year bachelor’s degree or with limited background in gender studies. You can choose from two tracks: the research track with an extended research component or the applied track with focused training in critical policy studies and an internship.

Quick Facts

Duration 2 years
Starting in September
Application Deadline 1st of February
Tuition Fee €12,000/year
Location Vienna, Austria
Degree Dual Austrian and the U.S. degree

The program aims at developing independent and critical thinkers with a broad basic knowledge of gender studies. It is designed to educate and train future generations of gender specialists in a variety of fields and professions that address the many gendered political, cultural and social challenges of contemporary society. These fields include education, academic research, social services, non-governmental organizations, policy, social change advocacy, government advising and applied research, journalism, as well as jobs that entail various kinds of artistic production.

You will be trained to critically analyze established ideas, systems, and inequalities that decrease the possibilities for women and men to fully reach their human potential. The program offers rigorous training in critical gender analysis, writing, research skills, oral presentations, and internship experience. It also allows you to develop additional skills and knowledge in one of the two special tracks:

  • The specialization in research prepares students to enter a PhD program or any number of relevant professions. Students in the Research Track do substantial research on theses in a wide range of disciplinary approaches to gender studies.
  • The specialization in applied gender studies involves similar coursework in theory and method but requires focused training in critical policy studies from a gender perspective and a thesis that is based on a guided internship in a field and institution within the student’s area of interest. Graduates of the Applied Track are prepared to enter careers as gender professionals in a variety of governmental and non-governmental institutions where policy is made, analyzed, and/or challenged.

Study your passion

Courses include:

  • Foundations of Gender Studies
  • Bodies Across Borders: Global Migration in Historical Perspective
  • Communism and Gender: Historical and Global Perspectives
  • Critical Race Theory: Race and Law from the United States to Europe
  • Gender and War
  • Gender, Labor Markets, Neoliberalisms
  • Gender, Sexuality, and the Non/Human
  • Intersectionality & Interdisciplinarity in Gender Studies Research
  • Feminism and Masculinity
  • Feminist Research the of Media and Popular Culture
  • Gender, Memory and Nationalism
  • The Law and Politics of Combating Violence Against Women

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Admissions requirements:

  • Completed online application form
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Letters of recommendation
  • CV
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Academic records
  • Statement of purpose
  • Some knowledge of gender or feminist scholarship

Application deadlines:

  • February 1, 2023 for master’s and PhD studies with financial aid
  • March 15, 2023 for self-financing master’s candidates who will require a study visa
  • August 15, 2023 for self-financing master’s candidates who will not require a study visa

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“Through feminist pedagogical practices that foster multiple facets of understanding, including empathy and self-knowledge, our department strives to create learning environments where needs and differences are treasured and, when necessary, respectfully negotiated. As a scholar, a teacher and a mother, I think that without these we risk raising generations who are socially disengaged and fail to realize their potential as thinking and feeling human beings.”

Petra Bakos
Serbia

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