Master's programmes Art and Culture

The UvA offers unique Master’s specialisations in cultural studies, art history, music studies, theatre studies, heritage studies, and conservation of cultural heritage. Discover our diverse one-year, two-year and Dual Master’s, as well as our Research Master’s programmes.

Master's

Comparative Cultural Analysis (Arts and Culture)

Explore ‘culture’ in the broadest sense - from art, film and new media, to popular culture and social movements - in relation to contemporary issues.
Master's

Music Studies (Arts and Culture)

Specialise in historical, cultural or cognitive musicology, or a combination of the three.
Master's

Theatre Studies (Arts and Culture)

Specialise as a scholar of theatre and performance in one of the world’s most vibrant theatre cities.
Dual Master's

International Dramaturgy (Arts and Culture)

Get educated to become a dramaturge, who works in theatrical settings across cultural, linguistic, social and national boundaries. Rigorous academic coursework is combined with an internship.
Research Master's

Art and Performance Research Studies

Students who are interested in doing historical, theoretical and practice-based research into the visual and performative arts will be challenged in this two-year Research Master'sprogramme.
Research Master's

Cultural Analysis (Arts and Culture)

Cultural phenomena such as works of art and literature, cinema and new media, popular culture, as well as social belief and value systems are examined and analysed in this two-year Research Master's programme.
Dual Master's

Heritage and Memory Studies (Heritage Studies)

Engage with the dynamics of heritage and memory, analysing it from a critical, cultural-historic and spatial perspective.
Dual Master's

Museum Studies (Heritage Studies)

Get educated to work within the museological field. The programme includes an intensive, one-semester internship.
Dual Master's

Curating Art and Cultures (Heritage Studies)

Get trained to become the curator and (museum) researcher of the future.
Master's

Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage

Unite your passion for cultural heritage with theory and practice. Choose one of the nine branches of specialisation within the field of Conservation or the track in Technical Art History.
Research Master's

Archaeology and Heritage (Archaeology)

Gain a deep understanding of the processes that shape collective memory and determine how society deals with tangible and intangible remnants and narratives of the past.