Master's programmes

The Research Master's programme in Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies concerns the interdisciplinary study of Classical Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.

This specialised and intensive Research Master's programme immerses you in traditional and innovative approaches to the history of art.

This Master’s offers you an integrative and cutting-edge approach to the field from the viewpoints of Informatics, Logic, Cognition, Psychology, Philosophy, and Linguistics. Profiles: Educational, Complex systems, Applied Data Science

This programme is aimed at Life Sciences students who want to innovate services, products and production systems and are interested in bio inspired design and science.

Biofabrication is an international multidisciplinary research-driven Master’s programme. It will provide you with thorough understanding and operational experience of processes such as 3D-bioprinting and other fabrication technologies.

In this Master’s programme, you will master integrative and cutting edge computational approaches to crack the biological code. With these approaches you will be an expert scientist with plentiful research opportunities in academia and companies.

The Biology of Disease programme is an interdisciplinary programme that positions you at the cutting edge of basic and clinical science, in particular in the cardiovascular research field.

The Master in Business Informatics combines theory, methods, and techniques from business and organisational science with the tools and practices of information and computing science. Tracks: PHD, Analyst, Entrepeneur.

This Master's programme will guide you through the mysteries of embryonic growth, stem cells, signalling, gene regulation, evolution and development as they relate to health and disease.

Our Master’s programme in Climate Physics offers you a unique combination of theoretical courses and practical training in all aspects of the Earth’s climate. Profiles: Educational profile, Complex systems profile, Applied Data Science profile.

In the Research Master's programme Comparative Literary Studies, you study the role of literature in modern societies and its continuing role in the changing media landscapes of the modern world.

In this Master’s programme you will learn the advanced concepts, software design methods, problem-solving techniques, and analytic skills necessary to create information-driven systems. Profiles: Educational, Complex systems, Applied Data Science

As a qualified anthropologist, you will study the relation between cultural diversity and power within the process of sociocultural transformation.

Become a social scientist in the field of developmental psychology, pedagogy, and/or interdisciplinary social sciences.

This programme prepares students for a job in drug innovation, at research institutes, the pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industry, or in policymaking in science and health care. Tracks: Experimental pharmacology, Drug regulatory sciences.

Leer hoe je jongeren enthousiasmeert voor de Duitse taal en cultuur.

Earth Structure and Dynamics is the study of the composition, structure and evolution of the Earth’s crust, mantle and core.

Earth Surface and Water is the study of physical phenomena within the Earth's environment, their spatial and temporal characteristics and relationships and the evolution towards our modern landscape.

Earth, Life and Climate is an interdisciplinary study of the processes that govern past, present and future climates, environments and biotic responses.

Explore the complexity of cognitive and social learning processes.

Energy Science provides a thorough understanding of energy systems and provides students the capabilities to work towards sustainable energy systems.

Leer je leerlingen de wereldtaal Engels.

The goal of this programme is to make you understand how plants, animals and microbes function and adapt to changing environments. Tracks: Plant Biology, Fungal Biology, Ecology & Natural Resources Management, Behavioural Ecology.

In the Epidemiology Master's programme you will learn to operate as an epidemiologist and clinical researcher. For example, by examining the distribution and determinants of health and morbidity in specific populations.

This interdisciplinary Master’s programme investigates vital questions facing European countries today. It will equip you with the knowledge and skills to answer these questions and formulate appropriate responses to the challenges they pose.

As a student in the Master’s programme in Experimental Physics you will receive advanced training in the fundamental scientific theories that describe the world around us. Profiles: Educational, Complex systems and Applied Data Science profile.

Leer je kennis van de Franse taal en cultuur overdragen op anderen.

This Master’s programme in Game and Media Technology provides you with both fundamental and applied knowledge of the techniques for handling spatial data. Profiles: Educational profile, Complex Systems profile, Applied Data Science profile

In this Research Master programme you will learn to critically analyse how gender intersects with other social and historical categories such as race, class, age, religion and sexuality.

Als leraar Aardrijkskunde draag je je interesse en kennis op professionele wijze over op anderen. Ook in andere educatieve functies kom je tot je recht.

Leer hoe je je geschiedeniskennis kunt overdragen

The Research Master's programme in History offers research-based training in political and cultural history, the history of international relations, and social and economic history.

Foundations, practices, and culture of the sciences and humanities from a historical and philosophical perspective. Profiles: Educational profile, Applied Data Science profile

Human Computer Interaction is an interdisciplinary programme, focussing on both the fundamental and applied knowledge of human and machine communication, as well as their interaction.

We need well-trained and creative minds to help us solve public health problems. Do you see yourself tackling the increasing incidences of allergies and autoimmune disease?

Innovation Sciences is the study of how new technologies are transformed into marketable innovations, explaining how innovation and innovation systems work.

Leer hoe je je passie voor kunst kunt overbrengen.

The Master's programme Legal Research makes a well-trained lawyer out of you with a research-oriented mindset, which is crucial in this changing society and a basic requirement for a PhD study.

In the Research Master’s programme Linguistics, you will learn how to conduct research in theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and language use.

Marine Sciences studies how marine systems and processes operate naturally and how they change through human intervention.

You’ll engage in this programme in the core activities of mathematics while discovering new patterns and relationships and learning to construct models with predictive power. Profiles: Educational, Complex systems, Applied Data Science

This Research Master's programme Media, Art and Performance Studies investigates turns and transitions in contemporary media, art and performance, approached from a comparative perspective.

This programme teaches you the knowledge and skills in the fields of imaging physics and image analysis required for a career in the fascinating world of medical imaging research and technology developments.

State-of-the-art research in methodology and statistics of the biomedical, behavioural and social sciences.

Advanced research training in hotly debated societal issues.

The Master in Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences (MCLS) is research oriented and takes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of molecules, cells, and organisms. Track: Computational Biology.

During this two-year research Master you will develop expertise in an economics research area of your interest and supplement this with knowledge from another field of research preparing you for a career as a researcher inside or outside academia.

The Research Master in Musicology offers advanced research training into the study of Western music across different historical periods, and the complex relation of music and media.

In this two-year Master’s programme, you will gain in-depth knowledge on, and experimental experience with, novel nanomaterials and their synthesis, structure, and applications. Profiles: Educational / Complex systems / Applied Data Science

In de onderzoeksmaster Nederlandse literatuur en cultuur bestudeer je de (vroeg)moderne Nederlandse literatuur in haar intermediale en internationale context.

Word eerstegraads leraar Nederlands in het voortgezet onderwijs of ga in een andere educatieve setting aan de slag.

This interdisciplinary Master’s programme offers you the opportunity to investigate numerous areas of brain functioning that make the neuroscience and cognition field uniquely intriguing and challenging.

This Master’s programme allows you to become a multidisciplinary researcher at the interface of public health, animal health and environmental health.

In the selective, Research Master's programme in Philosophy you can deepen your understanding of internationally-oriented research on philosophical issues and their history.

This Master’s programme aims to train multidisciplinary scientists and combines fundamental disciplines such as stem cell biology, materials science and biomechanics with more applied disciplines such as cell therapy, implantology and imaging.

This challenging two-year Master's programme focuses on key issues of Public Administration and Organisation Theory. It will help you gain in-depth knowledge about societal problems and critical challenges faced by organisations in the public domain.

The programme is designed to equip students with sufficient knowledge and skills, not only to undertake scientific research, but also to be able to translate a scientific idea into a successful product.

For teaching, educational design, and educational research in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, or physics.

Investigate the social and health-related aspects of behavioural regulation

Become an excellent researcher who qualifies for a PhD or a career outside academia.

Breng je passie voor het Spaans en de Spaanstalige cultuur over op je leerlingen.

Let this Master's be your gateway to understanding the fascinating world of physics, ranging from the unimaginably small scales of elementary particles to the vast dimensions of our universe. Profiles: Education, Complex systems, Applied Data Science

This Master’s programme has been designed to train you in the fundamentals of toxicology, environmental epidemiology, emerging toxicological agents such as nanoparticles and zoonotic components.

In this master you are trained to analyse increasing urbanisation, growing environmental threats and uneven economic globalisation. You will learn to formulate effective policy recommendations to make cities and regions more viable.

Water Science and Management is the study of modern water management techniques and water policies from a sustainable development perspective.