After graduation

The English-language Master’s programme Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy focuses on contemporary theatre, dance and performance in an international context. We explore how theatre relates to today’s (participatory) society and how digital and visual culture continually transforms and inspires the theatre and dance landscape.

This Master’s programme devotes considerable attention to dramaturgy and also offers the opportunity to specialise in dance.

After completing this Master’s programme, you'll be able to find work as a playwright, dramaturge, journalist/critic, programmer (e.g. at a theatre), programme curator for a cultural festival, educational staff member at a theatre or dance company, or a performance and presentation advisor in the private or public sector.

How do digital media influence our culture? And how does our culture influence digital media? Telephones, the Internet and computer games have become part of everyday life, and that’s what the Master’s programme in New Media & Digital Culture is about.

You’ll research current digital media and compare them with old media. You’ll study media developments and examine their effects on our society. By using insights from various academic fields, you’ll gain a broad perspective of our digital society.

The Master’s programme Arts and Society focuses on the interaction between art and its surroundings. You’ll discuss how policy, organisations and management determine and influence the world of art. This will provide you with insight into the professional practice of managers and directors in the art world. You’ll learn the phases a work of art goes through before it is actually put on display. You’ll follow the path from a creative idea to a work of art, learning to take all environmental factors into account.

How do we give meaning to the world in which we live? How did the ideas and paradigms which we use to look at our world emerge? What historical institutions, traditions, cultural values and interpretations influence the present? How do they affect the future? In the Master's Programme in Cultural History of Modern Europe You’ll study historical and contemporary culture, discover the origin of traditions, values and visions, and learn how cultural exchanges can lead to clashes. You’ll look at today’s globalised and complex world and learn to understand it by examining practical examples.

This Master’s programme in Gender Studies examines developments with regard to the differences and similarities between, and the rights of, men, women and certain ethnic groups, such as minorities. You’ll explore how culture, politics and the national and international context play a role in these topics. You’ll learn to take a critical view of women’s and gender studies and the key results. You’ll also investigate the interaction between gender and ethnicity, for instance with respect to discrimination.

How do media channels develop and how are the different media interrelated? What is the relationship between the media and society and culture in a global context?

During the two-year Master's programme Media, Art and Performance Studies, you’ll learn about the history of the media in relation to the present. You’ll discover new insights about the media and the effects thereof. You’ll study the media’s impact on citizenship, cultural identity, new forms of representation and entertainment, and examine cultural participation in society. 

With your knowledge of the film and television world, you critique the latest developments in film and television and write articles, columns, interviews and reviews. Your texts can vary from objective reviews to fun and humorous interviews. You can also work on items for radio, TV or the web.

You are interested in digital and social media and know how to utilise these tools to reach various target groups. Your task is to draw up a strategy and implement it by keeping the media up to date. You provide interesting content that fits with the company and communicate with customers.

You work together with a theatre director or choreographer and consider the effect of artistic choices on the audience. As a dramaturge in the film and television world, you provide critical feedback on scripts.

You contribute to cultural projects such as festivals and exhibitions. You do this by, for example, writing press releases, organising events or raising funds.

You edit (news) publications for various media outlets, such as newspapers, radio/television and the Internet. In doing so, you make use of your knowledge about social developments.

You work together with the board and the curator of the museum to facilitate exhibitions and the maintenance of the collection in the best possible way. You also help to set up new exhibitions and guided tours. In doing so, you use your knowledge and carry out research on the subject of the exhibition.