7.6k Master's degrees in Humanities

Study your chosen topic as part of an innovative and energising research environment. This Humanities course at York St John University has been designed to place emphasis on your intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and responsibilities to our communities. 

Maynooth University's Department of History is a vibrant centre of teaching and research. When you study for this full-time master's in Irish and Local History at Maynooth University, you're doing so at Ireland’s leading centre for the study of local history.

Holocaust and Genocide Studies programme at Uppsala University is a dynamic field of research and education of the highest international relevance. The goal of this Master of Arts from Uppsala University is to give you the ability to understand and analyse independently the phenomenon of genocide, and episodes of genocidal violence in their historical and cultural contexts.

This one-year Economic and Social History specialist course at the University of Oxford offers a unique framework for research training in economic and social history. It offers a wide range of options and allows you to specialise in economic and/or social history, or historical demography, although the boundaries between these areas are deliberately permeable.

Can you learn a second language the same way you learned your mother tongue? What is the best way to test the language proficiency level of students? How can computers and online technology help to learn a language? Find out in this one-year master's track in Applied Linguistics from the University of Groningen which focuses on research into foreign language learning and teaching. 

The M.Phil. Classics at Trinity College Dublin is a comprehensive postgraduate programme available in full-time and part-time study modes. This one-year degree offers advanced training in the history, literature, and archaeology of Greece and Rome, providing an ideal foundation for doctoral research or professional development.

This English programme, offered by Goldsmiths, University of London, prepares you for more advanced research projects at MPhil/PhD level, but is also a degree in its own right. It's ideal if you're considering a 'taster' year of research, or if you're keen to complete shorter term research at graduate level. 

The Master of Arts in Specialised Translation programme of University of Geneva will help you find your place in the fascinating world of translation and confront the challenges related to technological developments. 

Those completing the Linguistics course from University of Zurich are familiar with methods of linguistic data acquisition (also under fieldwork conditions), and have acquired knowledge in the automatic processing and statistical analysis of large corpora and databases.

The Graduate Creative Writing Program at Temple University is intended to provide fiction writers and poets with an opportunity to develop their craft and extend the horizon of their thinking about the genre in which they work. Graduate courses in creative writing topics and literature are the core of the program.

This English Language and Literature course delivered by Masaryk University is divided into two tracks: Linguistics and Literary and Cultural Studies. Each student chooses one specialization and the focus of their studies is in that track.  

The Classics program at Tufts University is designed for students who wish to go beyond the bachelor's level to attain a broader and deeper knowledge of the classics for one or more of the following purposes: teaching, further graduate study, digital technology, or publishing.

The M.A. Comparative and Public History program at The Chinese University of Hong Kong stresses the importance of a global perspective in the study of history, achieved through comparative and cross-cultural research methods.

The Creative Writing MA at the University of Lincoln is a professional postgraduate programme delivered over one year of full-time study. This public course focuses on enhancing your craft across multiple genres while developing a philosophy of composition, preparing you for a career in the global publishing industry.

The Medieval and Renaissance Studies programme at Columbia University offers a comprehensive exploration of historical cultures. This master degree provides flexible study options for students pursuing public research. Over a standard duration, scholars engage with diverse disciplines to master complex historical analysis.

The Japanese Pedagogy programme at Columbia University offers a comprehensive M.A. qualification for aspiring educators. This public study mode course focuses on advanced instructional techniques and linguistic mastery. Students complete the curriculum over one year of intensive full-time study in a world-class academic setting.

The English programme at the University of California, Santa Barbara offers advanced MA and PhD tracks. This full-time, on-campus course focuses on literary scholarship and theory. Students engage in deep textual analysis and research within a supportive academic community at a world-renowned research institution.

History from Stony Brook University takes an innovative thematic approach to encourage comparative, transnational, interdisciplinary, and theoretically-informed scholarship and teaching.   

This Literature, Culture and Thought M.Phil programme from the University of Cambridge provides students with the critical and theoretical tools to enable them to undertake an in-depth study of specific aspects of European literature and culture and/or Latin American and Francophone contexts.

English - Language, Literatures and Cultures from University of Göttingen opens the door to deepening your knowledge in English and American literature, English linguistics and the history of the English language. Improve your English skills to suit your needs. Take challenging classes on a variety of topics, and follow your own research interests to lay the foundation for a Ph.D.