Study programme

Have a look at the course overview (PDF) and an outline of the traditional study route (PDF).
 

1. You will take three non-language-specific courses with English lectures and optional English or Dutch seminars (15 EC).
2. You will do three language specific courses (15 EC): Depending on your language skills, you can take language specific courses in one or two of the languages ​​(German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish).
3. You will write a Master’s thesis (15 EC). For examples, see our thesis archive.
4. You will do a compulsory internship, which includes research, either abroad or in the Netherlands (15 EC).

In the multilingual track, internship and thesis can relate to multiple languages. You write the thesis and the internship report in Dutch, English or (depending on your language skills) in one of the languages ​​of the language specific courses you have followed.

Have a look at the course overview (PDF) and an outline of the traditional study route (PDF). 
 

1. You will do three non-language-specific courses with English lectures and optional English or Dutch seminars (15 EC).
2. You will do three language specific courses in the language of the track (15 EC), possibly supplemented with one or two courses from Masterlanguage (5-10 EC).
3. You will write a Master’s thesis in the language of your course (15 EC). For examples, see our thesis archive.
4. You will do a compulsory internship, either abroad or in The Netherlands, which includes research (15 EC). If you use the Masterlanguage offer, the learning research will lapse (5 or 10 EC).

In order to gain a language specific notification on your degree you have to meet requirements 2 and 3.

In today's world, there are a vast number of opportunities that are not bound to geographical  limitations. Therefore, when looking into finding the right internship position, we urge our students to not be discouraged by the diverse array of requirements that come with entering the job market like linguistic skills, relevant prior experience.

Through conversations with our Internship Consultants and lecturers, we aim to help students find a different route that they might not have considered, such as remote internships, research projects with other universities, or joining international organisations based in the Netherlands and elsewhere.

In the last couple of years, together with our students we have been able to find traditional and alternative opportunities that satisfied both the programme's guidelines and students' ambitions.