Overview

Municipalities, heritage centers, publishers and travel organisations are increasingly looking for academically trained professionals who can creatively and critically reflect on tourism as a cultural phenomenon and who can provide tourists with enticing ideas and well-informed stories.

This master’s specialisation will train you to analyse and critically reflect on contemporary trends in tourism and heritage management, focusing on the challenges and opportunities of (for instance) dark tourism, film-induced tourism, sustainable tourism and 'bubble tourism' in times of travel restrictions. Enriched with a long-term historical perspective and developing projects with and for public and commercial partners, you will not only acquire the academic knowledge and practical skills to work in the field, but also to change and reinvent the field.

Future career opportunities

A substantial number of alumni of Tourism and Culture currently work in the tourism and heritage sector. This programme also prepares you for jobs in journalism, research and policy functions in other fields than the tourism industry. Other alumni work in different fields in related jobs.

Research

The fascinating interaction between literary and (audio)visual representations of what tourists want to see, what the tourism industry wants tourists to see, what tourist actually experience and how their behaviour is perceived by host societies is one of the recurrent themes in our discussions.

Accreditation

This programme is accredited by the NVAO (the Dutch-Flemish accreditation organisation).

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Programme Structure

The Master’s programme has a course load of 60 ECTS (one year). All courses are offered as academic seminars with about 15-30 students, from various disciplines and national backgrounds. The Master's offers you the opportunity to combine theory and practice within its lectures, interactive courses and eventually an individually written Master’s Thesis.

Courses include:

Cultural History of Tourism: from Grand Tour to City Trip
Tourism and Culture: Theories and Trends
Tourism and Cultural Heritage: Traditions and Dilemmas
The Ethics of Tourism
Cultural Entrepreneurship

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-07-01 00:00:00 , National

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31 January: non-EU/EEA applying for a scholarship
1 April: non-EU/EEA (with housing support)
1 May: EU/EEA (with housing support) to 1 July

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

OR

90

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PTE Academic

61

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies Tourism & Leisure View 61 other Masters in Area & Cultural Studies 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

TOEFL^® IBT

OR

90

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PTE Academic

61

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IELTS

6.5

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General requirements

Your degree must be equivalent to a Dutch Bachelor’s degree with at least 30 EC’s worth of courses in culture related subjects. At least two of the culture related courses must have included written academic assignments (such as an essay or thesis).

The Admission Board shall in all cases determine if your degree meets the requirements.

English language tests and scores

TOEFL (iBT): overall score ≥ 90, subscores ≥ 4.5, except for Listening ≥ 5.

IELTS Academic: overall score ≥ 6,5, subscores ≥ 6,0, writing subscore ≥ 6,5.

Cambridge C1 Advanced: overall score ≥ 176, subscores ≥ 169, writing subscore ≥ 176.

Cambridge C2 Proficiency: overall score ≥ 180, subscores ≥ 169, writing subscore ≥ 176.

Pearson PTE Academic: overall score ≥ 61, subscores ≥ 56, writing subscore ≥ 61.
LanguageCert Academic: overall score ≥ 70, and subscores for listening ≥ 62, reading ≥ 72, writing, speaking ≥ 75.

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Tuition Fees

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

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

18757 EUR / year

≈ 18757 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

2771 EUR / year

≈ 2771 EUR / year

Additional Details

Statutory tuition fee €2,771.00 per year
Institutional tuition fee EU/EEA €13,811.00 per year
Institutional tuition fee non-EU/EEA €18,757.00 per year

Living costs

Nijmegen

Netherlands

800 - 1000 EUR / month

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

Funding

Radboud Scholarship Programme

The Radboud Scholarship Programme offers talented, highly motivated, non-EU/EEA students with outstanding study results the opportunity to be awarded a partial scholarship for an English-taught Master’s programme.

NL Scholarship (for prospective students)

The NL Scholarship (formerly known as Holland Scholarship) is a partial scholarship for non-EU/EEA students who want to do their Master’s in the Netherlands.

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