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Philosophy of Humanities
The Philosophy of Humanities MA programme at Leiden University allows you to specialise in conceptual and methodological issues in the Humanities.
Applied Musicology
Through its focus on musical infrastructure, the Applied Musicology programme at Utrecht University will equip you with the specific knowledge and skills required to operate as a musicologist within the international musical industry.
Circular Economy
With the Circular Economy program at the HAN University of Applied Sciences you'll work on real sustainability issues in an international context. Learn and work together with an international team of students, lecturers, and professionals.

Literary Studies
The Literary Studies course Leiden University offers you a specialised qualification in one of four languages and cultures or a comparative perspective on literature and culture, with each programme offering considerable scope for individual customisation.

Painting
The Painting programme from Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen invites you to explore painting as both a practice and a conceptual space for artistic research. From a ‘painterly perspective’ within a studio-based programme, you will investigate materials, methods, and concepts in cultural and historical contexts, while engaging in critical dialogues with diverse approaches to painting.
Jewish Studies (Middle Eastern Studies)
The one-year Master's programme Jewish Studies (Middle Eastern Studies) at the University of Amsterdam focuses on Jewish culture and intellectual life from antiquity to the present.

Culture Studies
If you’re interested in intercultural communication and artistic practices in a global and digital society, join one of the Master’s programs in Culture Studies from Tilburg University. The four specialized tracks offer multiple perspectives on cultural and societal changes such as Big Data and AI, migration, climate change, mental health, gender, multilingualism, and cultural diversity.
Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies
This Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies two-year Research Master's track at University of Groningen focuses on Classical Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Early Modernity in Europe and the Middle East.
Music, Theatre and Performance Studies
This master's programme in Music, Theatre and Performance Studies at University of Groningen offers two specializations: one in Popular Music, Sound and Media Cultures and another in Theatre, Culture and Media studies. Each specialization encompasses both emergent and historically established practices in music and theatre and the performing arts.
Chinese Studies
Taught by top researchers from a wide range of disciplines, the Chinese Studies MA programme at Leiden University combines in-depth knowledge with advanced language proficiency.

Philosophy - Philosophy of Art and Culture
Study modern European philosophical traditions and classics with Philosophy - Philosophy of Art and Culture at Tilburg University and learn to pose fundamental questions, analyze key theories and apply critical thought to the understanding of contemporary art, culture and media. These insights are the best foundation for a career in philosophy, writing, journalism, teaching or research.
Choreography
This part time 2 year innovative Choreography program of Codarts Rotterdam is run jointly by Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts in Tilburg. The programme is designed to support experienced movement makers from a variety of fields while they carry out research into questions initiating from their current practice.
Non Linear Narrative
The Non Linear Narrative course, offered by the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague is a two-year master’s programme that merges investigative methods of journalism and forensics with processing technologies of computer science and visual arts into a contemporary progressive design approach: non-linear storytelling.
Scenography
The Scenography MA course from HKU University of the Arts Utrecht is suitable for students who have just completed their Bachelor’s degree and are capable of conducting research independently and in a broad context, as well as for artists who have already been working as professionals at Bachelor’s level for several years.
Theology and Religious Studies - Exploring a Discipline
As a student of the Theology and Religious Studies - Exploring a Discipline programme from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, you are given both the freedom to delve deeply into a religious topic of your choice, and the guidance to get the most out of this specialisation.
Multilingualism
The Multilingualism Master's track at University of Groningen is unique in combining teaching of many societal, individual, educational, cultural and historical aspects of multilingualism with a practical, research-driven approach.
Humanities Research - Environmental Humanities
The Humanities Research - Environmental Humanities programme from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam focuses on the entanglements of nature and culture. In our international and interdisciplinary classroom, we interrelate perspectives from within and outside the Humanities to understand and responsibly inhabit the more-than-human world.
Classics
The MA-track Classics at University of Groningen offers education in a wide range of skills to the aspiring classicist: from in-depth analysis of all aspects of a Greek or Latin text to interdisciplinary and thematic studies of important facets of Classical Antiquity.
Heritage and Museum Studies
The Heritage and Museum Studies MA programme at Leiden University focuses on the relationships between past and present, the role of heritage in our society, and how our heritage can contribute to improving the quality of life and the environment.
New Media and Digital Culture
During the one-year New Media and Digital Culture programme at Utrecht University, you will delve into the many aspects of what it means to live in an age of new media.