Overview

Course Description

Identities structure our reality, our desires, our experience and our ideas. As such, they assume many shapes and forms: the self and the nation, language and gender, migration and trauma, myth and ideology, class and religion, capitalism and populism, ecology and technology. Above all, identities are crystallised in their representation: in the media and popular culture, in literature and film, but also in imagined communities and destinies, contested histories, and collective memory.

All students in the Identities and Cultures of Europe programme of Trinity College Dublin take two core modules on Questions of Identity in Europe.

Programme Structure

Course structure:

Core modules: all students take two core modules on Questions of Identity in Europe

Elective modules: students choose four modules from two thematic areas: Cultural and Political Histories of Europe and Literary and Visual Cultures of Europe.

Dissertation: students engage in their own research project, writing a 15,000- to 20,000-word dissertation under the supervision of a staff member in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies.

Study trip: students take part in a structured three-day study trip at the Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe in the first semester, during which they attend lectures, meet fellow Masters students at KU Leuven, and visit cultural and political institutions at the heart of Europe.

Internship: in the second semester, students have an opportunity to intern at an approved NGO or cultural institution as an optional module.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00

Language

English

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130

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100

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PTE Academic

75

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IELTS

7

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Dublin, Ireland

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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130

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100

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75

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IELTS

7

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General requirements

A minimum 2.1 (upper-second class) Honours Bachelors degree from an Irish university or its international equivalent in a relevant subject. Relevant subjects include but are not limited to the following: Languages, Literature, History, Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature, Human Geography, Sociology, Religious Studies, Gender Studies, Textual and Visual Studies, Visual Arts, Art History, Economics, Political Science. We also welcome students from non-Humanities backgrounds with a keen interest in questions of identity.

Proficiency in English. For candidates who are not native English speakers and have not completed a degree through the medium of English, a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 in each category or its equivalent.

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Tuition Fees

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19020 EUR / year

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EU/EEA Nationals

9800 EUR / year

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Living costs

Dublin

Ireland

1100 - 1800 EUR / month

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