Overview

Leiden University has one of the oldest and most established centres of Japanese Studies in the Western world. A limited number of talented and highly-motivated students are accepted into this degree programme, ensuring each student receives a high-level of direct contact with lecturers, many of whom are top researchers in their fields. Your expertise will cover a comprehensive range of topics in modern and pre-modern Japan.

The Japanese Studies MA programme at Leiden University is taught in an international classroom, where an outward-looking, interactive and stimulating approach to learning encourages students to become world citizens and first-class scholars. You will develop important skills alongside your specialised knowledge, including sophisticated analytical and critical-thinking skills and the ability to independently conduct high-quality research.

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

Career prospects

• Account Manager at Asahi Intecc, a Japanese company that develops metal wire for medical applications

• Analytics Assistant at Reed Elsevier, a provider of information services

• Area Manager Asia at the Netherlands Council for Trade Promotion

• Marketing Trainee at Wakibi microcredit, a provider of microcredit

• Service Management Consultant at a company developing software

• Junior Project Manager at Concorde Group BV, a translation agency

• Coordinator, International Relations at Mima City Hall

• Consular Officer at the Dutch Embassy in Japan

• Translator and Product Developer at Kobe Bussan, a business supermarket

• Corporate Banking Assistant at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ