Professional fields

The Atlantic Studies Master's degree programme trains regional and globalisation experts on the South Atlantic region of Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa as well as historians who are able to work in a project-oriented manner in research and communication. Graduates have a wide range of language skills and intercultural competences, unusual experience abroad and project management skills.

These include:

• a broad knowledge of social sciences and humanities
• regional expertise on Latin America and Africa
• practical experience in conducting own research projects
• foreign language skills, experience abroad and intercultural competencies
• professional field competence e.g. in the areas of development aid, political education, diplomatic service, media, cultural management, museums, archives, and libraries, university and non-university research
• In the History specialisation, a special regional or epochal focus can be set with different methodological approaches.

This knowledge and competence can be applied to the following professional fields