• The Master of Arts in Health and Society in South Asia combines Medical Anthropology with South Asian Studies. The programme imparts theories and methods of medical anthropology and includes a variety of health-related topics, such as plural medical systems, social justice and health, mental, public, and global health, as well as ethnographic methods.
  • The programme was designed to offer an interdisciplinary approach, where students may attend courses taught at other departments of the South Asia Institute, such as political science or geography, as well as those offered by other institutes, such as the Karl Jaspers Centre for Advanced Transcultural Studies and the Institute of Anthropology.
  • Students also regularly attend the Medical Anthropology Forum, a lecture series in which senior and junior scholars of Medical Anthropology and related disciplines present and discuss their latest research. At the conclusion of their studies, students will have gained a broader understanding of Medical Anthropology in the context of South Asia at large. The Master’s degree programme places great emphasis on teaching, presentation, and academic working skills, as well as on field work methods.