Cultural Studies — Organisation, Society, and the Arts (BA) Leuphana University Lüneburg

Are you interested in the arts and cultural sector? Are you curious about the role of the arts, cultural production, and cultural theory in social change? Would you like to study changes in the organisation of art and culture through digital platforms and social media, ecological change and sustainable organisation, urbanisation and creative cities, or migration and new forms of cultural participation? Would you like to learn to understand, research, and analyse the connections between art, culture, and social change?

The international, English-language, Cultural Studies: Organisation, Society, and the Arts study programme combines classical and contemporary cultural theory with central issues of our time, as they are reflected, negotiated, and advanced through art, cultural life, and cultural production. This comprehensive major is designed to prepare you for a thriving career in the continuously evolving global arts, media, and culture sectors, while also laying a solid foundation for pursuing international advanced studies at the graduate level.

The Cultural Studies programme at Leuphana University of Lüneburg consists of four basic elements: the Cultural Studies major (90 ECTS credits), the minor (30 ECTS credits), the Leuphana Semester (30 ECTS credits), and the complementary studies (30 ECTS credits).

In the Cultural Studies: Organisation, Society, and the Arts programme, we actively cultivate a diverse range of skills in our students. Through this programme, you will gain the ability to analyse cultural studies, empowering you to explore the intricate relationship between culture, art, and society in a theoretically robust and empirically supported manner. Reflecting on these analyses will cultivate practical and imaginative knowledge, especially within the realms of cultural organisation, management, entrepreneurship, and alternative methods of cultural production.

By providing internationally compatible instruction in English, the programme will widen your access to the global art world, the cultural sector, and international academic research and debates. It will also offer coursework designed to enhance your academic and professional reading and writing skills in English.

For personal growth, the programme offers interdisciplinary skills training, including fostering reflective competence, honing project management abilities, conducting empirical research, fostering interdisciplinary and international cooperation, and building teamwork skills.

This diverse array of skills will open up numerous career pathways and will serve as a solid foundation for further study and research opportunities. Consequently, the Cultural Studies: Organisation, Society, and the Arts degree programme will not only enrich you professionally but will also thoroughly prepare you for the complexities of modern cultural practice and research.

You can find a detailed overview of the programme content on our website.

Admission requirements include the following:

• university entrance qualification
• English language skills

Find out now — click here to see if you meet the admission requirements.

The programme is particularly suitable for students coming from the European Union / EEA countries. Five percent of the study places are available for students from non-European Union / non-EEA countries.

You do not have to pay tuition fees. You only have to pay a semester contribution of approx. 450 EUR per semester (subject to change). This will entitle you to receive a "semester ticket", which covers public transport in Lüneburg and the surrounding area.

Approx. 900 EUR per month to cover personal expenses in Lüneburg:

• Accommodation: 300 to 450 EUR
• Food: 200 to 230 EUR
• Health insurance: 110 EUR
• Leisure activities, books, clothing: 80 to 250 EUR

Proof of adequate financial resources is required for the visa application.

International students with a residence permit are allowed to undertake a limited amount of paid employment (a maximum of 120 days per year, or alternatively, 240 days part time — up to four hours a day).

Leuphana Career Service

Websites and relevant addresses for finding accommodation in Lüneburg are listed on the website of the International Office.

The Leuphana University of Lüneburg emerged from the special legal mandate of the Lower Saxony state parliament to rethink university and create a model university for the Bologna Process. It is supported by a foundation under public law and sees itself as a space for freely pursuing knowledge, imagination, personal development, and social commitment. For its educational programmes, it has developed a multi-award-winning study model featuring three schools, which is still unique in Germany today. The sponsors of transdisciplinary science initiatives are the five faculties, which align with Leuphana's research priorities in the realms of education, culture, sustainability, management and entrepreneurship, and public affairs.

As a city renowned for its salt, the Hanseatic League, and the Heath, as well as being a university town, Lüneburg offers numerous leisure activities to enrich student life — from the Salt Museum to water-based activities, and from the Heath landscape to student initiatives. For those who would like to explore the surrounding area, the North Sea and Baltic Sea, Hamburg, Hannover, and Bremen are all located nearby. A small, but certainly not comprehensive, glimpse into the leisure activities in Lüneburg can be found below.

Student life in Lüneburg