191 Master's degrees offered by the university

In this Data Science and Business Analytics (MSc) at the University of Amsterdam you can learn how to solve business-related problems using computational approaches and techniques, advanced analytics and data science; a highly sought-after combination on the job market.

In the Data Science and Business Analytics - Data Science track from University of Amsterdam you focus on applying and adapting the latest methodological tools from data science, econometrics and machine learning. The emphasis is on the properties of the methods used to solve business problems. Are the estimators unbiased? 

How can information help organisations reach their goals? This is the core question you will learn how to answer in the Accountancy and Control - Control track from the University of Amsterdam.

The Economics (Research Master - Tinbergen Institute) program at University of Amsterdam aims to train future PhD students who will start their doctorate at one of the Schools in Business and Economics of the 3 partner universities: University of Amsterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

The Archaeology programme of the University of Amsterdam will immerse you in the material culture of Europe’s past from the Bronze Age until the Early Modern Period. The programme has two specialisations with distinctive profiles: European Archaeology and Mediterranean Archaeology.

The two-year Linguistics and Communication programme of the University of Amsterdam brings together linguistic theory and data from experimental and corpus studies, and has a strong emphasis on methodology.

This Advanced LLM of Technology Governance offered by University of Amsterdam takes a multidisciplinary view on technology and governance. 

The Business Administration (Online) course at University of Amsterdam is for ambitious students who do not yet meet the admission requirements for the Master’s programme Business Administration. 

Are you interested in social scientific research, and do you want to pursue a career in academic or non-academic research environments? The Social Sciences programme of the University of Amsterdam is designed for highly motivated students with an interest in research from various social scientific perspectives.

The Conflict Resolution and Governance programme of the University of Amsterdam offers you education on the broad spectrum of conflict resolution theory, research and practice. The causes, characteristics, significance and consequences of conflicts are studied in relation to the dynamics of public governance. 

The two-year Urban Studies programme of the University of Amsterdam deals with questions surrounding the increasing urbanisation of today’s world. Cities are characterised by economic, social, political and cultural opportunities, but also carry risks of social problems, inequality and security issues. In this programme, you will learn to research and analyse these challenges.

Areas of study in the Econometrics - Financial Econometrics programme of the University of Amsterdam include capital markets, financial institutions, corporate finance and corporate governance. Topics often focus on the valuation of assets such as individual stocks, bonds, derivatives, currencies and other financial instruments.

The one-year Holocaust and Genocide Studies (History) programme of the University of Amsterdam explores 20th-century genocides from the vantage point of different disciplines. 

The Communication Science - Corporate Communication programme of the University of Amsterdam gives a broad understanding of the communication of commercial and non-profit organisations with their environment and society.

How can we make sense of the pandemic’s disruption of social life? What contemporary social struggles would you like to understand? How do people’s most private lives relate to these struggles? In the Sociology programme of the University of Amsterdam, we offer you the tools and skills you need to see the familiar as strange.

Do you want to model security prices and design complex strategies for a quantitative investment fund, using large-scale data analytics and state-of-the-art computing techniques? Do you want to help clients to develop proprietary risk-management strategies? Then the Finance - Quantitative Finance track from University of Amsterdam is the one for you.

Do you want to consult companies about undertaking an acquisition or going public on the stock market? Do you want to work for a firm and help to manage its investment decisions and financing activities? Then the Finance - Corporate Finance track from University of Amsterdam is the one for you. This is one of the tracks you can opt for in our Master's in Finance.

Grounded in literary and cultural theory, the one-year Comparative Literature (Literary Studies) programme of the University of Amsterdam trains you to analyse cultural objects (both Western and non-Western) within an interdisciplinary theoretical framework and a globalised context.

The one-year Master's programme Jewish Studies (Middle Eastern Studies) at the University of Amsterdam focuses on Jewish culture and intellectual life from antiquity to the present.

The Communication and Information programme of the University of Amsterdam provides students with a solid theoretical and methodological foundation for understanding the way in which language is used for informative and argumentative purposes.