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Archaeology - European and Mediterranean Archaeology
The Archaeology - European and Mediterranean Archaeology programme is offered jointly by two universities. The University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have combined their expertise in the fields of Archaeology, Ancient History and Classics in the Amsterdam Centre for Ancient Studies and Archaeology (ACASA).

History of Philosophical and Scientific Thought
Philosophy and the sciences have interacted throughout history. Up to Newton and even Darwin, ‘science’ was in fact called ‘natural philosophy’. This History of Philosophical and Scientific Thought Master’s specialisation covers the entire history of philosophy, from Antiquity to modern times, and combines it with the history and philosophy of science.

Philosophy
The Philosophy programme at Utrecht University integrates a strong foundation in the core themes and texts of philosophy with extensive opportunities and flexibility for specialisation.
Archival and Information Studies (Media Studies)
The one-and-a-half-year Archival and Information Studies (Media Studies) programme of the University of Amsterdam focuses on contemporary archival theory and practice, training students in the science and craft of recordkeeping, and providing insight into the archives of the past and future.

Language Variation and Multilingualism
In this Master's specialisation, you learn to become a competent linguist who has an understanding of language variation and multilingualism, two central and interrelated topics within linguistics.
Theology and Religious Studies (research)
In this Theology and Religious Studies (research) programme in at University of Groningen you will study how religion is embedded in present-day and in historical cultural contexts.
Media Studies
In a world where the transformation of media culture has a tremendous impact on the media environment as well as our culture, politics and everyday life, it is vital that we thoroughly understand and evaluate these ongoing transformations. Learn more with the Media Studies programme of the University of Amsterdam.
New Media and Digital Culture (Media Studies)
The New Media and Digital Culture (Media Studies) programme of the University of Amsterdam builds upon the pioneering new media scene, and enables students to learn digital methods and contribute to the discourse surrounding critical media theory.
Heritage and Memory Studies (Heritage Studies)
Taught by cultural historians, art historians, architectural historians, archaeologists, and sociologists, the Heritage and Memory Studies (Heritage Studies) programme of the University of Amsterdam offers a professional, interdisciplinary programme in which you study heritage and memory from a critical, cultural-historic and spatial perspective.
English Literature and Culture
The one-year English Literature and Culture MA programme at Leiden University focuses on the interaction between literature and key political and social issues such as identity, migration, memory and the metropolis, but also between literature and the literary tradition, and literature and film.

Media, Art and Performance Studies
The Media, Art and Performance Studies programme at the Utrecht University is an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented research-based programme which offers an advanced training in academic research skills appropriate for today's highly dynamic and interdisciplinary field of media, visual arts and performance.
Holocaust and Genocide Studies (History)
The one-year Holocaust and Genocide Studies (History) programme of the University of Amsterdam explores 20th-century genocides from the vantage point of different disciplines.
Global Markets, Local Creativities
In this two-year, Global Markets, Local Creativities programme from Erasmus University Rotterdam, you study how local places and actors generate local competitiveness under global markets conditions.
Performance Practices
The Master Performance Practices at the ArtEZ University of the Arts is a breeding ground for artistic research around the body in performance and its wider ecology.
Music Studies (Arts and Culture)
The one-year Music Studies (Arts and Culture) programme of the University of Amsterdam enables you to specialise in historical, cultural or cognitive musicology, or a combination of the three.
Tourism, Culture and Society
We offer a master degree in Tourism, Culture and Society at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Explore the world through the study of tourism. Why do people travel? What role do media play in tourism industry? It’s all about understanding the interplay between tourism, culture and cociety.
Media Design
The Media Design program at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, part of the Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design, is an intensive project-based research degree that will equip you to create a distinctive voice as an artist/designer in the contemporary media landscape.
Linguistics and Communication
The two-year Linguistics and Communication programme of the University of Amsterdam brings together linguistic theory and data from experimental and corpus studies, and has a strong emphasis on methodology.
Theoretical and Empirical Linguistics
How is language constructed and which aspects can be distinguished and studied? How are these aspects realized in different language families and specific languages? We offer a master degree in Theoretical and Empirical Linguistics at University of Groningen.
Global History and International Relations
In the master Global History and International Relations at Erasmus University Rotterdam, you focus on cutting-edge questions related to historical processes of globalisation, international relations and cultural encounters.