60 Full-time Master's in Area & Cultural Studies in Netherlands

Executive Master in Cultural Leadership from Maastricht University is a two-year masters programme designed for applicants who wish to gain a Master of Arts qualification without pausing full-time work. 

This one-year master’s degree explores Russia and the Eurasian world from the perspectives of language, literature and culture, or politics, history and economics. Leiden University's Faculty of Humanities has been studying Russia and the Slavic world since 1913. Scholars from around the world come to Leiden University to study and teach this important field.

In the Sociology of Culture, Media and the Arts programme from Erasmus University Rotterdam, you will gain in-depth knowledge of the main theoretical insights into, and academic debates within, the field of media, culture and sociology.

The research master's in Assyriology, a specialisation of the Classics and Ancient Civilizations (Research) programme, at Leiden University provides you with a multidisciplinary study of the languages, literatures and cultures of the Ancient Near Eastern world.

In the Comparative Cultural Analysis (Arts and Culture) programme of the University of Amsterdam you will explore 'culture' in the broadest sense - from art, film and new media, to popular culture and social movements - in relation to contemporary issues such as globalisation, technology and social and cultural conflicts and identities.

Taught by cultural historians, art historians, architectural historians, archaeologists, and sociologists, the Heritage and Memory Studies (Heritage Studies) programme of the University of Amsterdam offers a professional, interdisciplinary programme in which you study heritage and memory from a critical, cultural-historic and spatial perspective.

In the one-year East European Studies (European Studies) programme of the University of Amsterdam you develop a thorough understanding of the history of Eastern European countries (including Russia), and insight into recent developments in the region. 

The Psychology - Cultural Psychology programme of the University of Amsterdam combines approaches from cultural and cross-cultural psychology and deals with three central issues: how does culture shape our psychological functioning, the consequences of cultural similarities and/or differences and design and evaluate interventions and programs that are culturally sensitive.

The Humanities Research - Critical Studies in Art and Culture programme from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam focuses on current developments within four main disciplines – visual arts, architecture, design and media – from both a theoretical and a historical perspective.

Religion and Cultural Heritage is a unique one-year interdisciplinary MA-programme at University of Groningen focusing on a major trend at the interface of religion, identity, politics, and heritage studies.

The two-year Cultural Analysis (Arts and Culture) programme of the University of Amsterdam is dedicated to the interdisciplinary analysis of culture at large, including art, literature, cinema, and new media.

In this Master in Cultural History and Heritage from Utrecht University you will study the culture of the past and the use of history in the present. In our programme you will learn to approach heritage issues from the perspective of cultural history and cultural theory. At the same time, it is our goal to turn our work in cultural history into products of public history.

The Anthropology of Religion and Culture course from University of Groningen equips you with the skills to explore specific lifeworlds across various contexts in order to gain a thorough understanding of the role of religion and culture in different societies.

Are you curious, eager to learn and ready to shape the role of the arts and the media in society and culture? Then you are the right person for this Research Master! The two-year Master's track in Arts, Media and Literary Studies from University of Groningen is a specialization within the Research Master's degree in Arts and Culture.

In this Theology and Religious Studies (research) programme in at University of Groningen you will study how religion is embedded in present-day and in historical cultural contexts.

The master’s programme in Arts and Heritage - Policy, Management and Education offered by Maastricht University explores approaches towards the interpretation, management, and dissemination of art and heritage within private and public organisations.

The master’s programme in Egyptology at Leiden University provides you with a multidisciplinary study of the languages, literatures and cultures of Ancient Egypt. Join an acclaimed programme that has its roots in the 19th century when Leiden’s National Museum of Antiquities acquired its famous collection of Egyptian antiquities.

In the Arts and Culture - Design Cultures programme offered at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam you explore the history and theory of design, but also discover how design intersects with contemporary issues such as identity, mobility, ecology, overconsumption and inequality. 

The research master's in Egyptology, a specialisation of the Classics and Ancient Civilizations (Research) programme, at Leiden University provides you with a multidisciplinary study of the languages, literatures and cultures of Ancient Egypt.

Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology: Specialisation Global Ethnography Are you eager to conduct your own three-month research project? Do you have excellent analytical, organisational and communication skills? Are you creative, flexible and hard-working? Then Global Ethnography is the right specialisation for you!