Overview
This Engaging Public Issues programme from Erasmus University Rotterdam doesn’t place one issue front and center. It provides you with the tools to navigate and broker public issues, to develop your own engagement with them and to intervene in them.
The study programme in a nutshell
- provides the tools to critically analyze the key issues of today;
- works from, and helps develop, students own engagement with those issues;
- has dedicated professors, awarded with the best teacher awards by students in their department, and with experience in public social science;
- has small-scale, interactive tutorials, with lots of attention for the individual student;
- improves students’ ability to meaningfully work with people who come from a variety of backgrounds.
Career opportunities after graduation
- The ability to dissect major public issues and to consider them from multiple perspectives is key whether you will be a journalist, NGO worker, teacher, social worker, entrepreneur or policy maker.
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Visit programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
- Social Science Research in Practice
- Infrastructures of Power
- Public Knowledge
- Thesis
- Political Attitudes and Behaviour in Context
- Families and Inequalities
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Visit programme websiteKey information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before , International
- Apply before , EEA/EU
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Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Sociology Public Policy Media Studies & Mass Media View 36 other Masters in Public Policy in NetherlandsExplore more key information
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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
Student insurance
Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:
- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
A relevant Bachelor’s or undergraduate degree* from a research university that includes at least 7.5 EC in social science research methods and techniques, in the following fields of study:
- Social Sciences;
- Psychology;
- Political Science;
- Media- & Culture Science;
- Public Administration;
- Communication Science;
- Science & Technology Studies;
- Economics;
- Pedagogical Sciences;
- Health Sciences, Policy & Management;
- Philosophy;
- Anthropology.
Make sure you meet all requirements
Visit programme websiteTuition Fee
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International
19950 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 19950 EUR per year during 12 months. -
EU/EEA
2601 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2601 EUR per year during 12 months.
- €2.601 (Statutory fee: Dutch / EEA students)
- €14.400 (Institutional fee: Dutch / EEA students)
- €19.950 (Institutional fee: non-EEA students)
Living costs for Rotterdam
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
For the applicants of the various degree programmes of Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Erasmus University Rotterdam the following funding possibilities are available:
- Holland Scholarship for excellent non-EEA applicants
- L-EARN for impact Scholarship
- Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship
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Scholarships Information
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