Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences

Welcome to the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences’ (BGSS) website! The BGSS serves as the platform for international graduate training at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin’s Institute for Social Sciences. The graduate school provides research-oriented training to doctoral researchers while also operating numerous international masters programs.

Doctoral Programs

• BGSS International Doctoral Program
• Sess. EuroPhD

International MA Programs

• Euromasters
• TransAtlantic Masters
• German-Turkish Masters Program in Social Sciences
• Master of European Governance and Administration

The BGSS is funded by the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and State Governments via the German Research Association, the German Academic Exchange Service and the Federal Ministry of the Interior.