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Welcome Week 2025 provided our EUS students with a wonderful start to the new semester – featuring introductory sessions, new connections, and two Friday highlights: the presentation of the MA projects and a guided city tour through Magdeburg.

A big thank you to everyone who participated and provided feedback, making this week a success.

Welcome to Magdeburg! From October 6–10, 2025, the European Studies team invites all new Master’s students to the Welcome Week with info sessions, campus and city tours, and social events. Join us to kick off the semester together!

In a newly published book chapter, Prof. Dr. Eva Heidbreder and Dr. Daniel Schade examine the third application of the Spitzenkandidaten procedure. Their contribution appears in the edited volume The 2024 European Parliament Elections: A Turn to the Right in the Shadow of War (Springer, 2025), which analyses the 2024 European Parliament elections from various angles.

The English-taught Master’s program European Studies at OVGU is now open for summer semester entry. Choose between two specializations, study in small groups, and explore Europe through an interdisciplinary lens.

Apply by January 15.

More info: www.ovgu.de/European_Studies_Master

During the Long Night of Science, two groups of Master's students in European Studies presented their current projects in a poster session. The first group focused on social cohesion in the context of Chemnitz 2025, while the second group compared EU enlargement discourses in Ukraine and the Western Balkans. The final results will be showcased in October during orientation week.