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Cultural Heritage Studies (Heritage and Museums)
Discover the cultural heritage industry on this master’s degree at the University of Southampton. With the Cultural Heritage Studies (Heritage and Museums) programme you'll gain a behind-the-scenes insight into how museums communicate the past, drawing on our links with museum and heritage partners.

Health, Cultures and Societies
The Health, Cultures and Societies degree delivered at University of Liverpool provides an exciting opportunity to explore issues around health, illness, wellbeing, and medicine. The MA provides advanced training in associated methods within a critical practice-oriented framework distinctive to the University and the city of Liverpool.

Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies
Museums and heritage organisations shape how we understand history and culture. This dynamic MA in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies from the University of East Anglia places you at the centre of that world.

Languages and Cultures of the Nordic and Baltic Sea Region
The Languages and Cultures of the Nordic and Baltic Sea Region degree from Vilnius University invites you to deepen your expertise in Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, or German – while broadening the perspective through comparative and cross-cultural study.

Art History, Curatorship and Renaissance Culture
The Art History, Curatorship and Renaissance Culture from School of Advanced Study, University of London is offered by the Warburg Institute in collaboration with the National Gallery. The Institute is a leading centre for the study of the interaction of ideas, images, and society, and provides students with access to world-leading research, teaching and expertise.

Conservation Practice
This hands-on conversion programme is dedicated to teaching the next generation of conservators through problem-based learning on real heritage objects.

Maori and Indigenous Studies (Thesis)
The Maori and Indigenous Studies (Thesis) course from University of Canterbury offers you the opportunity to research a broad subject that explores the culture, knowledge, and philosophies of Māori and Indigenous peoples, and their economic, political, and social experiences.

Creative and Cultural Industries
Embrace an entrepreneurial approach to the creative and cultural industries and familiarise yourself with key policies while building your understanding of debates changing and shaping the sector.

Migration and Diaspora Studies
The Migration and Diaspora Studies at SOAS University of London tackles these crucial and timely questions, providing students with the skills to understand, diagnose and articulate what is at stake in contemporary experiences of migration and diaspora

Sports History and Culture
The Sports History and Culture MA programme from De Montfort University is taught by expert staff in DMU’s International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC) the only centre of its kind in the world.

Digital Cultures (Online)
The Digital Cultures (Online) degree delivered by the University College Cork is delivered entirely through distance learning and explores and operates within the digital moment, developing knowledge, skills and critical awareness through theoretical engagement and critical practice.

Eighteenth Century Studies
By taking this Eighteenth Century Studies programme from University of York you will develop your understanding of some of the major issues, debates and discourses that shaped British cultures and their relation to other cultures in the 18th century.

Chaplaincy Studies and Pastoral Work
The faith and spirituality-based programme is open to anyone interested in a professional caring role. It focuses on ecumenism and interreligious worldviews in a secular environment. During the Chaplaincy Studies and Pastoral Work degree from Dublin City University, you’ll develop pastoral counselling skills and competencies, and learn more about theology disciplines.

Arts and Culture
A unique programme in terms of its diverse and interdisciplinary range of subjects, the Arts and Culture master's programme offers you the choice of two specialisations: Art History and Museum Studies. Each explores different themes from a comparative and global perspective and offers a broad range of electives, allowing you to further customise your degree.

Late Antique and Byzantine Studies - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Late Antique and Byzantine Studies - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Royal Holloway University of London.

Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies
Whether you are looking to improve your prospects of training as a Jungian analyst or psychotherapist, or learn the skills to carry out research in a related area of analytical psychology, our Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies programme from University of Essex will give you a deep academic grounding in Jungian and post-Jungian theory and practice.

Museums, Galleries and Contemporary Culture with Professional Experience
The Museums, Galleries and Contemporary Culture with Professional Experience programme at the University of Westminster is a unique course that offers you the opportunity to undertake an extended work placement and gain professional work experience. The University of Westminster and its courses are located in London.

European History - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the European History - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Birkbeck, University of London.

Media, Culture and Society
The MA in Media, Culture and Society offered by the University of East Anglia will help you explore how media shapes culture, communication, and everyday life across today’s connected world. Build critical and practical skills through flexible study, professional opportunities, debates, internships, and media production activities.

German
The German programme of the University of Glasgow is dedicated to the research of German culture in all its aspects, with a particular emphasis on language and literature.