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Jewish Studies
The Jewish Studies programme offered by The Hebrew University of Jerusalem will expand your knowledge of Jewish history, literature, philosophy and culture, and enhance your language, research and writing skills. You’ll enjoy an intimate learning environment with small classes taught by experts in the field.

Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean Worlds
The Master’s specialisation in Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean Worlds offers you a unique approach by looking at ancient and medieval history, Byzantium, the Islamic world and Western Europe in contact and conflict.

Comparative Religion - Study of Judaism and Christianity
Offered in collaboration with the University of St Andrews, this 2-year joint degree Comparative Religion - Study of Judaism and Christianity program from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem provides students with the unique opportunity to gain comparative and cross-cultural perspectives on Judaism and Christianity while studying at two world-class universities in Israel and Scotland.

The Bible and the Ancient Near East
Offered by Hebrew University’s Rothberg International School (RIS) in conjunction with the Bible Department at the Faculty of Humanities, the The Bible and the Ancient Near East program at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem focuses on contemporary Biblical studies and provides grounding in Biblical Hebrew, with the option to study Modern Hebrew from beginner through advanced levels.

Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures
The International M.A. in Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures programme of Tel Aviv University offers the academic knowledge and practical fieldwork experience in the most exciting excavation locations in the world

Literature, Visual Culture and Film Studies
Engage in a broadly interdisciplinary study of the relationships between literature, visual culture, and film in contemporary and historical contexts. Gain cutting-edge theoretical insights into intermedial aesthetics and into the philosophy of literature, art, and film. Students are provided with critical tools for the cultural analysis of contemporary audiovisual, image, and text-based media.

Modern and Contemporary History
The Modern and Contemporary History programme at Utrecht University offers you research-based training in history as an academic discipline. We teach you how to do research, and we challenge you to develop your own ideas on topics of your choice.

Language and Communication Technologies
Are you interested in both technology and language? Would you like to contribute to future-proof language systems? In the Language and Communication Technologies Master’s programme at Radboud University, you will focus on improving the linguistic and communicative properties of automatic language systems.

Religious Studies
The Religious Studies course at Utrecht University is a challenging, research-oriented programme that prepares you for participation in international research and for a career in domains where religious diversity and difference are significant factors - in culture, art, and politics.

Maritime Civilizations
The MA Programme in Maritime Civilizations at University of Haifa explores the history, archaeology, anthropology, and fabric of seafaring societies underwater, on shore, and in cutting-edge laboratories, shedding light on human-sea relations in both ancient and modern times.

Archaeology and the Ancient Near East - Prehistory Section
The Archaeology and the Ancient Near East - Prehistory Section programme at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem tackles these questions and more, exploring the evolutionary, genetic, and cultural forces that shaped early human history.

Screenwriting
The Screenwriting programme from Whistling Woods International is offered in association with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

Holocaust Studies
The Holocaust Studies programme from University of Haifa offers a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the Holocaust. It provides unique experiential opportunities within a dedicated scholarly community, combining state-of-the-art research, relevant language courses, hands-on internships, educational field trips, and meetings with Holocaust survivors and global experts.

Philosophy
The Philosophy programme at Utrecht University integrates a strong foundation in the core themes and texts of philosophy with extensive opportunities and flexibility for specialisation.

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
The Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies programme at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem includes a rigorous Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) curriculum. Courses are taught by leading scholars and students enjoy the added benefit of living in Jerusalem, a city in which 35% of the inhabitants are native Arabic speakers.

Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies
The Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies programme at Utrecht University focuses on interdisciplinary study of the material, social, and intellectual developments in Europe (including the Mediterranean region) from Antiquity through the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.

Educational Sciences - Learning in Interaction
The Educational Sciences - Learning in Interaction programme at Utrecht University is a small-scale two-year programme, designed to prepare you for a career in research (for example as a PhD candidate), or for work in education policy and consultancy.

Israel Studies
The International Master’s Degree Programme in Israel Studies at University of Haifa offers students the opportunity to engage in an in-depth study of the state of Israel: its history, complex society, multicultural character, and relationship with the Jewish Diaspora.

Linguistics
The Linguistics programme at Utrecht University offers mandatory courses covering advanced theoretical linguistics (socio-phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, discourse), psycholinguistics (acquisition, processing) and research practice (including computational and experimental methodology).

Creative Writing
Students of the Creative Writing program from The American University of Paris are taught to hone their craft across multiple genres, languages, and cultural traditions, so they can tell their stories in the ways they need to be told.