During the one-year Master’s programme in New Media & Digital Culture, you will delve into the many aspects of what it means to live in an age of new media. Guided by experienced scholars you will assist with research projects and learn to reflect critically on how present-day cultures are shaped by social media, data, games, internet activism, apps, data visualisations, mobile devices, algorithms, and participatory platforms.
Contemporary features of new media technologies
The programme pivots around three contemporary features of new media technologies and their relationship to culture and society, namely: the mobile/urban aspect, the ludic/games aspect, and the software/data aspect. While the programme highlights the overlaps and synergies between these aspects, students can also choose to specialise in a profile. Engaging with a profile means following a set trajectory of courses and a profile-related internship and thesis.
Research internship
Both our general programme and its more specific profile trajectories cater to a job market and an industry interested in graduates who are capable of critical engagement with the cultural implications of the complex media culture we live in. To facilitate both in-depth knowledge about new media and digital culture with more practical hands-on experience, you will also complete a research internship.
Why this programme in Utrecht?
Key facts
- Degree:
- Media Studies
- Language of instruction:
- English
- Mode of study:
- Full-time, Part-time
- Study duration:
- 1 year, 2 years (part-time)
- Start:
- September
- Tuition fees:
- Dutch and other EU/EEA students (statutory fee, full-time) 2025-2026: € 2.601
Non-EU/EEA students (institutional fee) 2025-2026: € 20.605
More information about fees - Croho code:
- 60830
- Accreditation:
- Accredited by the NVAO
- Faculty:
- Humanities
- Graduate school:
- School of Humanities