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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.

Communication, Cognition and Digital Culture - Culture Studies
Join the Communication, Cognition and Digital Culture - Culture Studies course at Tilburg University and become fully skilled to initiate and conduct your own high-quality research in the domain of communication sciences: an excellent preparation for a PhD or a career at a research agency.

Ancient Cultures
The Ancient Cultures programme of the University of Glasgow offers you the opportunity to explore the ancient world from a multicultural and interdisciplinary perspective from the Near-East to North-Western Europe. It is based in Classics, with the participation of Archaeology, Egyptology, Celtic and Gaelic, and Theology and Religious Studies.

Byzantine Studies and the Latin East
The Byzantine Studies and the Latin East programme from University of Cyprus is dynamically reinforced by Cyprus’ own cultural heritage, thanks to which the University of Cyprus is ideally situated for Byzantine and Medieval Studies.

Refugee Integration
Join the MA in Refugee Integration degree delivered by Dublin City University to gain the skills and knowledge needed to lead in advocacy, crisis response and shaping inclusive policies for a rapidly changing world. Study part-time, hybrid or full time in person and become part of Ireland’s first University of Sanctuary.

Taiwan Studies
The Taiwan Studies programme at SOAS University of London is the first postgraduate degree focussing on contemporary Taiwan in the English speaking world.

Cultural Studies
Interdisciplinary in spirit and theoretical in emphasis, Trent University’s Cultural Studies M.A. and Ph.D. programmes focus on contemporary issues in the humanities and social sciences from the perspectives of critical, cultural and political theory.

Postcolonial Culture and Global Policy - 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 Postcolonial Culture and Global Policy - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Interior Design - Shaping Spaces across Cultures and Contexts
Interior Design - Shaping Spaces across Cultures and Contexts from POLI.design - Milan (Italy) is for gratuates who want to gain cultural, theoretical, technical, and operational tools to address the complexity of interior design. A Specializing Master that provides the skills to manage all dimensions of projects: functional, formal, technological, economic, and communicative.

Heritage Theory and Practice
This Heritage Theory and Practice study delivered by the University of Plymouth blends critical heritage with practice-based industry experience, updated annually to equip you with the skills and insights needed to launch or advance a successful career in heritage and museums.

Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures (Chinese)
Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures (Chinese) from University of Malta is a postgraduate research programme that invites your creative thinking in the field of Chinese language, literature, and culture.

Children's Literature, Media and Culture
The unique, two-year Children's Literature, Media and Culture programme at the University of Glasgow provides an interdisciplinary study of the interaction between children, texts and media, along with the opportunity to study and live in at least two European countries.

Museum Cultures - 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 Museum Cultures - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Birkbeck, University of London.

History and Intensive Language
The History and Intensive Language from SOAS University of London is one of the few UK Master-level degrees in History which focuses on the histories of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Curating
Based in the international art gallery and museum, MIMA (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art), this professionally focused Curating programme from Teesside University covers the advanced practical and intellectual requirements of a curator including collections, commissioning, interpretation, engagement, project management and critical theoretical contexts.

Victorian Literature and Culture
The Victorian Literature and Culture programme from University of York explores the engagement of nineteenth-century literature with a wide range of political, social and aesthetic issues. You will encounter writing in a variety of styles and genres, and come to be familiar with both contemporary and modern critical perspectives.

Religion, Culture and Society
The Religion, Culture and Society programme from The University of Lancashire combines the disciplines of theology, philosophy, sociology, politics and international relations in an innovative, exciting and challenging postgraduate degree award.

Tourism and Heritage
By combining art historical, literary and other approaches, and by integrating academic research with practical challenges, Tourism and Heritage will train you as an academic expert and an innovative professional in the field of tourism and heritage.

Culture and Thought after 1945
On this flexible Culture and Thought after 1945 course from University of York you'll study with leading experts in their field from the Departments of Archaeology, English, History, History of Art, Sociology and the Centre for Women’s Studies.

Digital Humanities and Culture
This Digital Humanities and Culture course at University of Leeds cultivates practical skills specific to digital disciplines, including data analysis and visualization, programming languages, and associated hardware e.g. 3D printing, grounded in a humanities approach to culture, texts and creativity.