25 Master's degrees in Visual Arts in Netherlands

The Arts and Society programme at Utrecht University will prepare you to operate as a leading figure in the global arts, media, and cultural sectors of the future.

Throughout the Visual Arts and Post-Contemporary Practice, M.A. course from Avans University of Applied Sciences you develop practice and process-based research with students from other disciplines. In a setting that connects cultural studies, visual and digital cultures.

This one-year Master of Animation from Avans University of Applied Sciences is directed towards realizing your creative potential. You will learn to critically and creatively integrate innovatory studio work with theoretical principles.

Whether you wish to specialise in the study of artworks, artefacts, or media, the Art and Visual Culture specialisation will equip you to thoroughly research and analyse visual culture.

A unique programme in terms of its diverse and interdisciplinary range of subjects, the Arts and Culture master's programme offers you the choice of two specialisations: Art History and Museum Studies. Each explores different themes from a comparative and global perspective and offers a broad range of electives, allowing you to further customise your degree.

The Painting programme from Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen invites you to explore painting as both a practice and a conceptual space for artistic research.

This Interrelational Art Practices (iRAP) programme at Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen aims to ignite dialogue, encourage collaboration, and inspire meaningful societal change.

The Media, Art, Design and Technology (MADtech) programme from Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen challenges self-driven creators to embrace uncertainty and confront the unknown, with continuous support throughout the process.

The Theatre Studies (Arts and Culture) programme of the University of Amsterdam offers you an opportunity to specialise as a scholar of theatre and performance in one of the world’s most vibrant theatre cities.

Education in Arts from Rotterdam Business School explicitly connects theory and practice, focusing on contemporary issues, which span different practices and discourses.

The Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology (Research) at Maastricht University  attracts top global applicants, focusing on how creativity, imagination, and innovation shape society. It prepares you for careers in academia, governance, or the cultural sector.

In this Arts and Culture - Comparative Arts and Media Studies programme from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam you will gain media literacy skills to historically contextualise a fast-paced audiovisual culture.

In selecting the Arts & Culture - Contemporary Art History programme offered at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, you devote your attention to what is at stake now – to artworks that take on the challenges of the globalised information society, and of living in the Anthropocene.

The master’s programme in Art History and Museum Studies at Leiden University is uniquely positioned at the intersection of Art History and Museum Studies. Informed by leading interdisciplinary research, this degree provides you with a strong academic foundation for a variety of careers in museums, galleries and heritage institutions.

Are you fascinated by the emotional and cognitive effects of films? Do you love studying documentaries and the contributions cinema can make to discussions of climate change? Then the Master’s track Film and Contemporary Audiovisual Media at the University of Groningen is the right one for you.

The two-year Cultural Analysis (Arts and Culture) programme of the University of Amsterdam is dedicated to the interdisciplinary analysis of culture at large, including art, literature, cinema, and new media.

In the Arts and Culture - Design Cultures programme offered at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam you explore the history and theory of design, but also discover how design intersects with contemporary issues such as identity, mobility, ecology, overconsumption and inequality. 

During the Scientific Illustration program at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences you will learn to make accurate visualizations of topics from the clinical, medical and biological domain. You will get the skills to use a wide range of traditional and digital visualization techniques.

The two-year MA Artistic Research from Royal Academy of Art, The Hague offers advanced support for research-based creative enquiry. It is designed for artists who wish to explore how artistic-intellectual production can enrich their response to our complex present.

Art is inherently public. In the Arts, Policy and Cultural Entrepreneurship track at the University of Groningen you will study and reflect upon how public arts policy, arts management, arts marketing and education affect the realisation of artistic values in society.