Master's Programme in Religion in Peace and Conflict

Education facts

Code: RRP2M

How are we to live in a world of other people's pain? What are the obligations of those who are living well to those who suffer? Throughout history and across cultures, people have been inspired by visions of a better world. If you are interested in the moral and ethical predicaments of the world we are living in, then this programme may be for you. The Master's Programme in Religion in Peace and Conflict will help you to evolve into a public intellectual, a person who reflects upon his or her engagement and wishes to argue for personal ideas and visions in the public discourse. The programme prepares you for a career in, for example, civic-society organisations, religious organisations, public authorities and international organisations. You will acquire comprehensive knowledge of religiously and ethically biased social activism in history and the present. It provides you with a set of methodological tools to be able to identify and analyse contested issues both independently and critically. The programme also develops your skills in writing longer academic texts, as well as further planning, shaping, and completing research projects in the area of religiously and ethically grounded engagement. The programme is given online on a full-time basis, except for a compulsory on-campus week once a year. The language of instruction is English.

Entry requirements

_Academic requirements_ A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. The main field of study must be within the Faculty of Theology, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Languages, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Educational Sciences or the Faculty of Social Sciences. In addition, a documented independently written Bachelor's thesis (or Master's thesis) is required. _Language requirements_ Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6. This requirement can be met either by achieving the required score on an internationally recognised test, or by previous upper secondary or university studies in some countries. Detailed instructions on how to provide evidence of your English proficiency are available at [universityadmissions.se](https://www.universityadmissions.se/en/entry-requirements/english-language-requirements/).

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Master's Programme in Religion in Peace and Conflict

  Uppsala University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 4 June 2028

  Pace of study: 100 %