Overview

The Cultural Anthropology programme of Eötvös Loránd University  is recommended to applicants who wish to acquire professional competencies, fieldwork experience, practicing anthropological skills, interpretive thinking, inter-cultural mediation. The students will be able to apply their knowledge and skills in decisions of the social and economic life, international relations and communication, as well as in their professional career.

This programme enables students to master:

• types and global characteristics of cultural diversity,

• theories and concepts related to complex and traditional cultures,

• history, theories and methods of cultural anthropology,

• basic professional anthropological directions,

• widely accepted, professional-specific problem-solving techniques for their independently designed and implemented research or scientific work,

• ethical norms of cultural anthropology.

Career opportunities:

Career opportunities of our students embrace scientific-academic, applied and practicing anthropological perspectives.

Cultural anthropologists are applied in non-governmental organizations. Some of them have also found job possibilities in market research and multinational companies. Others work as social workers, social politicians or members of social developments.

International companies look for anthropologist employees who have skills of working in multicultural environment and cooperation with colleagues from different cultural background. Several former students of us work recently in communication fields, they can be found in communication companies, communication departments and media.

More students have become journalists, reporters and editors in different media.

In summary, career opportunities for anthropologists have been increasing in the last few years, because more and more social institutions, multinational companies and organizations have realized the importance of intercultural sensitivity and knowledge. The acquired knowledge, experience and skills for the students of the programme will guarantee their success in the above-mentioned carrier fields beside the academic career possibilities.

Job examples

• Academic researcher 

• Market researcher 

• International aid/development worker 

• Social researcher 

Also work in the public and not-for-profit sectors, all branches of the Civil Service, local government, charities, central government bodies, universities, international organizations, museums and voluntary organizations.