Overview

A unique programme in terms of its diverse and interdisciplinary range of subjects, the Arts and Culture programme at Leiden University 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. We encourage every student to pursue the academic areas they are passionate about.

Key facts

The two specialisations in our programme, Art History and Museum Studies, will cut across disciplinary boundaries, while making it possible for you to steer towards one of the fields according to your own interests. There is an emphasis on the study of the object and its agency; critical theory and world art studies; and museum and collection studies. Possible paths lead through the late medieval and early modern period, to contemporary art and the digital age, as well as cultures of collecting and the museum in past and present times.

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Programme Structure

Curriculum:

Goths, Gothic and Gothic Heritage: from Architectural Style to Global Subculture

Art on Paper and the Leiden Special Collections

Alternative Representations and Engagements: On the Agency and Political Power of Contemporary Arts

Art and Anthropology: Beyond the Museum

Designing the Decorative Arts

Art, Science & Technology: Transdisciplinary Connections

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 18 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-15 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
Starting 2027-02-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-15 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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90

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Leiden, Netherlands

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies Visual Arts View 26 other Masters in Visual Arts in Netherlands

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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90

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General requirements

a bachelor’s degree from a Dutch research university in Art History or from a foreign research university of an equivalent level; or

a bachelor’s degree from a research university (equivalent to the level of a Dutch academic bachelor’s degree) in a Humanities or Archaeology programme related to Arts and Culture; and

completed at least 40 EC (or equivalent) on relevant courses of sufficient level in the field of Art History and/or Museum Studies which demonstrate:

knowledge and understanding of the history of art production in Europe and global cultures and of different forms of art, architecture and design;

knowledge and understanding of the history, theories and practices in the field of art in a global perspective or museum studies and of the relevant contexts in which art works or art museums, institutes and heritage sites function.

art historical skills, such as the ability to give well-founded criticism to academic art-historical texts.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

21600 EUR / year

≈ 21600 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

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EU/EEA Nationals

2601 EUR / year

≈ 2601 EUR / year

Additional Details

Second Dutch master’s programme: €16,600 per year

Living costs

Leiden

Netherlands

850 - 1250 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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