181 Master's degrees in Humanities in Netherlands

Explore language from a (socio)linguistic and pragmatic perspective while gaining proficiency in one of seven European languages. In the Language and Society (Linguistics) programme of the University of Amsterdam, you will develop the knowledge and skills to analyse your target language within its unique social context.

Contemporary Literature and Arts- Cultural Interventions and Social Justice from Maastricht University  explores how literature and arts engage with issues of social justice, focusing on the meaning, political power, and social impact of contemporary cultural practices..

How can museums deal with collections from colonial pasts? What role does religious heritage play in a secular society? And how is heritage used by minorities to protect their traditions? This Heritage and Religion programme is offered at University of Groningen.

Within the Linguistics specialisation, you can choose one of the suggested thematic routes. Depending on your chosen theme, the programme prepares you for a career in various fields, such as speech technology, artificial intelligence, education, language documentation and language policy.

This Global and Comparative Perspectives Master’s programme is unique in Europe. It offers comparative perspectives from around the world that will enable you to be part of the next generation of thinkers, someone studying and shaping philosophy for a globalised 21st century.

The Linguistics - Language and AI course at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam prepares you as a scholar and as an engineer how to build and use this technology in professional context such as government, health, legal, education domains and many others.

What kinds of social media did the ancient Greeks and Romans use? What kinds of ideas circulated and how can we trace these through ancient literature? Find answers to this and more in one of the tracks of this Classics and Ancient Civilizations programme offered by the University of Groningen.

In a globalised world, there is a need for experts on religion who can help explain and resolve conflicts, find common ground, and bridge differences between groups with various religious viewpoints and political aims. This Religious Diversity in a Globalised World programme is offered at University of Groningen.

In the Philosophy master's programme at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, you ask philosophical questions in relation to a specific field of science. Through critical thinking and careful argumentation you learn to unravel scientific positions down to the level of hidden presuppositions. Something that is increasingly needed these days.

Are you fascinated by the world of art and culture? Then follow the Arts and Culture MA programme offered at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Are you interested in the study of literature? Investigate our Literary Studies tracks at University of Groningen to see the courses we offer.

The one-year General Linguistics programme of the University of Amsterdam has a typological focus: you will explore how the systems of the languages of the world can vary and to what extent this variation is constrained.

In the Literary Studies (research) programme of the University of Amsterdam, you will study literature as a cultural practice that is capable of (re)shaping the world. Literature offers critique and provides creative answers to new and old questions. You will examine literary texts and literary culture from a transnational, theoretical and historical perspective.

This Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies two-year Research Master's track at University of Groningen focuses on Classical Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Early Modernity in Europe and the Middle East. 

This Theology and Religious Studies - Research programme from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam engages you with ins and outs of academic research in a specialized area within theology or religious studies. Your religious convictions are the starting point of a journey, in which you will learn to critically develop your own worldview in dialogue with others.

The Religion, Conflict and Globalization Master’s track at University of Groningen aims to address the pivotal place of religion within the dynamics of a globalized world, and how this relates to conflicts that shape modern societies. 

The Classics and Ancient Civilizations (research) MA programme at Leiden University covers the entire range of present-day research on the civilisations of Greece and Rome, Egypt and the Ancient Near East.

The master in Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory at Leiden University focuses on the study of literature from a comparative and theoretical perspective, with a special emphasis on literary movements and genres of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

Are you a talented student of History? Is a career in research something you aspire to? Then this History (research) programme at University of Groningen is exactly what you are looking for.

Do you want to become an expert in the literature and linguistics of classical languages or in the cultures and religions of Ancient Greece, Rome or the Near East? Then the Classics and Ancient Civilizations MA programme from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam may be the programme for you.