540 Master's degrees in Social Sciences in Netherlands

Apply and develop advanced mathematical and statistical tools to tackle financial challenges, ranging from price setting to risk management and policy advice. Acquire a strong background in quantitative finance, which prepares you for existing and new technological developments in the area of finance and insurance. Tilburg University offers the Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science programme.

This Business Administration - Applied ICT programme at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences uniquely combines the study of core business disciplines with advanced knowledge in applied ICT, equipping students to lead in settings where technology drives innovation and efficiency. The programme is taught entirely in English, facilitating a diverse and inclusive educational environment.

With this Sustainable Innovation in Hospitality master’s degree from NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences you hone your expertise in hospitality and service management.

The leaders of today and tomorrow face immense challenges, such as climate change and energy transition, refugee crises, transnational organized crime and declining social cohesion. This program focuses on the governance of societal transformations. 

Are you eager to tackle significant societal challenges through research while shaping future generations through teaching? The Academic Economics track of the Research Master in Economics provides excellent preparation for pursuing a PhD in economics or econometrics, setting you on the path to a rewarding academic career at universities across the world. 

Become a human resources expert, specialized in the relationship between work, well-being, and performance. You seek the perfect balance between organizational performance and employee well-being. Learn to combine insights from social sciences and business studies into HR policies and practices that improve individual, team, and ultimately organizational performance in a sustainable way.

How can we improve the interaction between science and society? What societal and ethical responsibilities do scientific experts have? What does it take for scientific knowledge to make an impact outside of the laboratory? If you are interested in question like these, enrol in this Master’s specialisation to learn how science and society shape each other and how to make science better—for us.

Study pressing public policy issues, ranging from reducing income inequality to the provision of affordable health care. Upon graduation, you are an economic expert on how governments can achieve such critical goals, design effective solutions, and finance these activities. This is a track of MSc Economics - Public Policy offered at Tilburg University.

Are you interested in the field of Human Resource Studies, Methods and Statistics, Organization and Management Studies, Sociology, Social Psychology (Economic Psychology, or Work and Organizational Psychology), but want more focus on research and research skills? Then the two-year Research Master in Social and Behavioral Sciences is the perfect fit for you. Specialize by choosing 1 of 7 profiles.

The Master’s in Asian Studies at Leiden University is your opportunity to earn a specialised qualification from one of the leading centres for Asian studies in Europe. The programme consists of one-year specialisations in East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian as well as the Global Asian specialisation, with an emphasis on a disciplinary approach to the study of Asia.

The multidisciplinary African Studies master’s programme offers you an opportunity to learn about Africa from a wide range of angles, including historical, literary, cultural, socio-economic, and political.

This Behavioural Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam equips you with the skills to design better strategies and policies by understanding how context and framing influence decision-making. 

Understanding how gender, race, ethnicity, class, religion and other identities intersect with power structures is key to addressing pressing societal issues such as discrimination, unequal representation, economic disparities, and violent conflicts. Learn to critically analyse these domestic and global dynamics and develop viable solutions to foster more inclusive political and social systems.

The Sustainability Transitions degree from Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences is for future change-makers who want to drive systemic change in business, policy, and society through applied research and transition thinking.

Join the Communication, Cognition and Digital Culture - Digital Media and Communication 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.

This specialisation focuses on the global level of sustainability transformations, such as international agreements and initiatives on climate change, biodiversity and nature conservation on land and in oceans. You will learn how to critically analyse international negotiations. 

Develop expertise in tackling real-world problems in the Master's Economics, together with students from around the world. With an understanding of how social interaction leads to problems such as biodiversity loss, climate change, poverty, and inequality, you will be better equipped to help governments, businesses and NGOs develop effective strategies and policies. 

The master's programme in North American Studies at Leiden University takes an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to the study of the United States. The programme offers a diverse and international learning environment.

The Human Decision Science from Maastricht University equips you with the skills to analyse decisions, design better processes, and understand cognitive and social factors that shape strategic choices.

In this specialisation we explore the key challenges produced by contemporary capitalism: stagnant economic growth; rising debt; geographical inequalities; housing, labour, and resource scarcity; and climate crisis. We ask whether these challenges are endemic to capitalism? How do they unevenly impact different peoples and places? And how can we best tackle them and build more just economies?