History (research) Leiden University

Overview

This two-year History (research) MA programme at Leiden University offers you the chance to determine a study based on your own particular interests and ambitions. During your studies you will experience the riches and challenges of academia not only via frequent meetings with your tutor, but also during the seminars in which staff members and research master's students discuss one another's research findings and exchange scholarly views and insights. You are encouraged to spend the third semester of your research master's abroad taking optional courses and conducting research for your thesis.

As a Research MA student, you will become part of a close-knit community of other students across the different History Research MA specialisations. A dedicated Research MA room provides a quiet place to study and keep your books on campus.

Selected students will also be able to participate in the Europaeum Vaclav Havel MA Programme, an initiative of Leiden University in cooperation with the Sorbonne (Paris), the Jagiellonian University of Kraków and Charles University in Prague which leads to a separate additional master certificate in European Society and Politics issued by the Europaeum Association of leading European Universities. 

History (Research) at Leiden University is an accredited degree programme. After successful completion of this programme, you will receive a research master’s degree in History and the title Master of Arts (MA).

Career prospects

• PhD candidate at a university in England

• PhD candidate at a Dutch university

• Assistant publisher at a large publishing house

• Online content specialist at a PR company

• Project officer for video and audio-visual collections at a provincial archive

• Policy officer at a city council

• Researcher and teaching staff member at Leiden University

• Communications advisor at a consultancy firm

• Coordinating strategy advisor at a ministry of security and justice