120 Master's in Asian Studies in Europe

The Master's program in Korean Studies from University of Tübingen is a consecutive course that deals with the history, culture and society of modern Korea in a regional and global context .

Asian-Pacific Studies in a Global Context at Pompeu Fabra University offers a training path for university graduates, professionals and researchers from a variety of curricular and disciplinary backgrounds, whether in Asian studies or other areas of the humanities, social sciences or technical sciences.

In the Asia - Europe Cultural Curatorship Studies from University of Antwerp aims to provide prospective Asian and European students the knowledge and skills to become contemporary curators in the art, cultural and/or artisanal sector. It focuses on translation and cultural mediation between Asian and European cultural and political traditions.

Taught by top researchers from a wide range of disciplines, the MA Chinese Studies at Leiden University combines in-depth knowledge with advanced language proficiency. Expertise on Asia at Leiden University is internationally renowned. You will learn from some of Europe's best scholars in the field.

The Modern Asian and Middle Eastern Studies program at University of Zurich introduces the social, cultural, and political dynamics of modernization and globalization processesacross Asia and the Middle East from a comparative and historical perspective.

The Master of Arts Program in Asian Studies at Bogazici University (MAAS) aims to provide students from different academic and professional backgrounds with a solid foundation in this field, and to prepare them for the challenges of the 21st century.

The Politics and Business in Asia and Russia program at Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) is devoted to the peculiarities of the modern development of society, politics, business and entrepreneurship in the countries of East, Southeast and South Asia, taking into account the national characteristics of the socio- political system and business culture. 

SOAS-Alphawood MA in Asian Art at SOAS University of London offers a unique programme renowned for its excellence. They lead you on a journey of object-based study through lectures and contributions from a wide range of leading scholars, curators, and art market professionals.

SOAS-Alphawood MA in Asian Art (Online) at SOAS University of London leads you on a journey of object-based study through lectures and contributions from a wide range of leading scholars, curators, and art market professionals.

At the centre of these transformations lies Eurasia — a vast, dynamic region where the world’s major currents meet: energy and trade, security and technology, culture and ideas. To understand the global order today — you must understand Eurasia. Global Affairs and Eurasian Studies (Joint Degree with Nazarbayev University) at SOAS University of London is your gateway to this pivotal region.

SOAS-Alphawood MA in Asian Art (Online) at SOAS University of London brings the esteemed programme to you, wherever you are in the world, for flexible, full-time or part-time study via an entirely online learning programme.

Taught by international staff affiliated of the Centre for East Asian Studies this International Relations Master's programme at the University of Groningen focuses on the political economy and international relations of China, Japan and Korea.

The research master's in Asian Studies gives you access to Leiden University's leading expertise in the countries of Asia. Designed for high-achieving students, Leiden University's research MA Asia Studies offers access to unique resources and expertise. Asian Studies at Leiden University has a reputation for excellence that is unmatched in Europe.

The MA Southeast Asian Studies at Leiden University explores Southeast Asia in-depth and from the perspective of its history, literature, media, culture, religions, philosophy or philology.

The Master’s in Contemporary East Asian Studies at University of Duisburg-Essen is an English-taught social science-based program with a contemporary and interdisciplinary profile. 

The Asia and Middle East Studies programme of the University of Oslo offers a combination of higher degree studies in the languages, cultures, societies and histories of Asia and the Middle East.

This is a twelve-month Japanese Studies programme at the Faculty of Oriental Studies and the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies from the University of Oxford that combines courses about Japan, an intensive language programme, a research methods course and a dissertation. Native speakers of Japanese or those with native speaker competence are also encouraged to apply.

The Modern South Asian Studies, taught master's course, offered jointly by the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA) and the Faculty of Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford. You will study this important region, with its rich history and its complex present-day societies, via an intensive language route or a non-language route, culminating in a thesis.

The Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Hebrew and Pre-Modern Jewish History and Culture) course from the University of Cambridge is designed for highly motivated students who would like to develop their knowledge and understanding of the pre-modern Jewish history and culture of North Africa and the Middle East.

Korean Studies and East Asian Studies from Freie Universität Berlin places a special focus on the analysis of gender relations in various social, political, and historical contexts. Students will acquire the ability to engage in independent scholarship in this field.