research master arts media and literary studies

September - February 

This two-year interdisciplinary research programme focuses on the study of the media, as well as art and literature. The programme stands out because of its global character, focus on design and applied arts and the collaboration with the Media Studies programme.

Positions at research agencies or in the research departments of companies or government organisations. Many graduates enter PhD programmes at Leiden or other top universities abroad. Outside of research, positions are in the publishing, cultural public domain, art trade, public relations, translating and teaching fields.

Best preparatory bachelor’s

A bachelor’s degree in art history, media studies, cultural studies, archaeology, fine art, architectural studies, comparative literature/literary studies or in a specific language and culture.

English proficiency**

IELTS: 7.0 / TOEFL internet-based: 100

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* This tuition fee is per year and only applies if this is your first master’s programme in The Netherlands ** English language proficiency requirements are subject to change. Please check our website for the updated English language proficiency requirements. You can find the exact language requirements and more detailed language requirements per programme under each programme description. Also check our website for detailed information on the types of English tests accepted and the equivalent scores for IELTS, TOEFL and Cambridge English tests. NOTE: Tuition fees are subject to change. Please check online our updated tuition fees.

Media Studies (Research)

With roots in philosophy, history and discourse analysis, the two-year Research Master's in Media Studies explores pertinent theoretical approaches to the study of media in contemporary culture.

An interdisciplinary approach to Media Studies

The two-year Media Studies Research Master's programme offers an interdisciplinary, humanities-oriented approach to media. It considers media as cultural discourses and practices, technological infrastructures, as well as powerful political-economic actors.

With roots in philosophy, history, and literary studies, as well as science and technology studies, sociology, and political science, this discipline has developed pertinent theoretical approaches to the study of media in contemporary culture. The programme teaches students to engage with crucial theoretical concepts and current issues and to develop their own research practices culminating in the Research Master's thesis.

A tailor-made programme

Closely connected with the one-year Master's programmes in Media Studies, the Research Master's allows students to specialise in Film Studies, Television & Cross-Media Studies, New Media & Digital Culture, or Archival and Information Studies. In addition, the programme gives students ample opportunity to develop their own customised programme by taking electives, master classes, summer and winter schools, and, most prominently, tutorials, which are taught in small groups and are focused on specific areas of research.

Research Master's students are encouraged to profit from Amsterdam’s pioneering art and media scene, with its many festivals, exhibitions and installations, as well as conferences, lectures, and workshops. 

Tailor-made programme

Internship possible

Possibility to study abroad

Collaborations with the field

How to become an academic?

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Degree certificate.

The Research Master's programme Media Studies is an accredited degree programme. After successful completion of this programme, you will receive a legally accredited Master’s degree in Media Studies and the title Master of Arts (MA). 

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Media, Society and Cultural Studies (Research) MA

This research master's provides a sound grounding in media, society and cultural research and focuses on developing critical and independent thinking.

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• September 2024

The Media, Society, and Cultural Studies (Research) MA is a research master's course. This means it's primarily designed to support your exploration of a chosen research area.

The programme is built around your individual research project. This is bolstered by dedicated research modules and a selection of modules in media, social, and cultural studies.

Whether you intend to pursue a PhD or enhance your professional qualifications in a specific area, this master's program is for you.

As a taught master's in research, you'll have a timetable that encourages independent work within a structured framework. Monthly meetings with course leaders allow you to refine your project, and you'll engage in modules that will equip you to design and complete a master's-level research project.

Additionally, the program provides a selection of optional modules to complement your research.

This programme is also recognised nationally by the Economic, Social Research Council. It can form the initial training component for the four-year (MA plus PhD) -  ESRC Northern Ireland/ North East (NINE) Doctoral Training Centre

You'll undertake advanced master's-level training in research skills, learning the most effective ways to explore and understand media, society and culture. You will complement your research expertise by developing your ability to be critical and analyse. The culmination of your learning will be for you to develop a potentially publishable piece of research.

Upon completing the MA programme, you'll have the skills needed to move onto a PhD programme or undertake sophisticated and nuanced research projects. By the program's conclusion, you will have achieved the following:

• Developed comprehensive knowledge of diverse research practices, methods, and paradigms.
• Gained awareness of a broad range of critical, cultural, and societal theories that inform media, social, and cultural studies.
• Attained expertise in a specific area of media, social, and cultural studies that meets your own needs.

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What you'll learn.

During the MA you'll undertake advanced master's-level training in media, society, and culture research. You'll complete a combination of specialist media-based modules plus a range of research-focused modules.

After completing your MA, you'll have all the skills required to move into PhD research. On the completion of the course you'll:

• understand the role of media and communication systems in shaping meaning
• develop knowledge of the range of research practices, methods and paradigms
• have awareness of a broad range of critical, cultural and societal theory that inform the field of media, social and cultural studies

You will study modules on this course. A module is a unit of a course with its own approved aims and outcomes and assessment methods.

Module information is intended to provide an example of what you will study.

Our teaching is informed by research. Course content changes periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.

Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.

Optional modules availability

Some courses have optional modules. Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.

To find out more please see our terms and conditions .

How you'll learn

Depending on your modules, you'll be assessed through a combination of:

• Computer assessment
• Dissertation
• Written exercise

Your teaching and learning is also supported by Canvas. Canvas is a Virtual Learning Environment. You'll use Canvas to submit your assignments and access your:

• module handbooks
• course materials
• course announcements and notifications
• written feedback

Throughout your studies, you’ll have access to support from:

• personal tutors
• our University Student Services Team
• student representatives

You'll also be assigned an academic member of staff. They will be your personal tutor throughout your time with us. They can help with academic and personal issues.

Quality and ranking

All professional accreditations are reviewed regularly by their professional body

From 1 January 2021 there is an update to the way professional qualifications are recognised by countries outside of the UK

Check the government’s website for more information .

As a postgraduate research student in media, society and cultural studies you'll benefit from dedicated research suites within the School of Arts and Cultures .

Fees and funding

Tuition fees for 2024 entry (per year).

If your studies last longer than one year, your tuition fee may increase in line with inflation.

Depending on your residency history, if you’re a student from the EU, other EEA or a Swiss national, with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, you’ll normally pay the ‘Home’ tuition fee rate and may be eligible for Student Finance England support.

EU students without settled or pre-settled status will normally be charged fees at the ‘International’ rate and will not be eligible for Student Finance England support.

If you are unsure of your fee status, check out the latest guidance here .

Scholarships

We support our EU and international students by providing a generous range of Vice-Chancellor's automatic and merit-based scholarships. See  our   searchable postgraduate funding page  for more information.  

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Tuition fees include the costs of:

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If you are an international student or a student from the EU, EEA or Switzerland and you need a visa to study in the UK, you may have to pay a deposit.

You can check this in the How to apply section .

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The entrance requirements below apply to 2024 entry.

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Arts, Media and Literary Studies

Are you curious, eager to learn and ready to shape the role of the arts and the media in society and culture? Then you are the right person for this Research Master!

The two-year Master's track in Arts, Media and Literary Studies is a specialization within the Research Master's degree in Arts and Culture.

Arts, Media and Literary Studies equips students with knowledge and skills to become researchers and experts on the role that the arts, literature and media play in society, now and in the past. The programme offers a rich multi- and interdisciplinary framework within which students can specialize in one of the following disciplines or combinations of disciplines, under close supervision of a highly qualified research faculty:

• arts and culture education,
• cognitive studies of arts, media and culture,
• cultural studies,
• digital humanities,
• film studies,
• history of art, architecture and landscape,
• literary studies
• media and journalism studies,
• music studies,
• theatre and performance studies.

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ECTS credits

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a student-centred system based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a programme of study. Its aim is to facilitate the recognition of study periods undertaken by mobile students through the transfer of credits. The ECTS is based on the principle that 60 credits are equivalent to the workload of full-time student during one academic year.

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Tuition fee 2024/2025

The EU/EEA rate is the regular fee for students from within the EU/EEA.

The non-EU/EEA rate is the rate for students from outside the EU/EEA .

Institutional

The institutional rate is for all students who have already obtained a bachelor’s or master’s degree and who want to start a second programme leading to a degree at the same level or at a lower level.

Application requirements

Furthermore, the selection procedure is also based on an evaluation of degree certificates, individual results and the thesis or paper.

Prospective students are required to have knowledge at Bachelor's level of art history, art education, media and journalism studies, film studies, literary studies, music studies, theatre studies, or cultural theory and cultural studies. Examples of these types of Bachelor's programmes are: * a modern European language and culture study (with a specialization in literature, film and culture) * American Studies * Arts, Culture and Media * Media Studies * Classical Studies (with a specializat

An excellent academic record: An overview of the results achieved so far within the Bachelor's degree programme and/or other university degree programmes is required

Additional language requirement English: A VWO diploma or a subject certificate for VWO English (mark 6 or higher), minimum requirement of TOEFL iBT 100 (with a minimum score for speaking and writing of 25 (each)), or an IELTS score of 7 (with a minimum of 6.5 on all items). Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency with a minimum score of 185.

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StuNed Scholarships for master studies, short courses and customised training programmes are available for Indonesian professionals with at least 2 years' work experience in a development-related organisation.

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Arts, Literature and Media (Research)

Second year, extra requirement.

Extra requirement research master Arts, Literature and Media Introduction

Students in the Research Master Arts, Literature and Media can choose master courses for 30 ECTS within their area of research, yet an extra Research MA component is obligatory in that case. The goal of this extra requirement is to ensure that the research master students are engaged in a higher level of theoretical and disciplinary debate than a regular MA.

What is the extra requirement?

The extra requirement is meant to bring a regular master’s course to a research master’s level. The extra requirement can be met in courses of 10 ECTS on an arts, literature and/or media subject taught at MA level. The most common extra requirement is that the student write a longer research paper for the course, applying a more complex analytical approach than would be expected from an MA student. This approach must address relevant theoretical and/or disciplinary debates. The research paper can be 1000/1500 words longer than that required of MA students taking the same course. Alternatively, a separate assignment can be set that addresses the relevant theoretical/disciplinary debates in another way.

What is the procedure?

The student chooses the elective.

At the beginning of the class the student lets the lecturer know that he/she/they want to follow the course with an extra requirement.

The lecturer will let the student know how the extra requirement should be interpreted for the course in question.

The student sends this extra requirement proposal to the board of examiners for approval

In grading the paper, the lecturer takes into account whether the extra requirement has been met and in what way.

After the paper is graded, the lecturer notifies the Education Administration Office Arsenaal ([email protected]) about the grade for the course and about the extra requirement (for this, the office uses a separate uSis-code).

Exemption of the extra requirement

Exemption for the extra requirement does not apply. Students must complete all 30 EC of their elective package at research master’s level.

The programme has the following objectives:

to broaden and deepen the students’ historical, theoretical and medium specific knowledge, their cultural understanding, and their aesthetic and ethical sensibilities; to train them in the use of scholarly methods in the fields of arts, literature and media

to enable students to develop the following academic and professional skills:

the ability to solve (academic) problems independently, critically and creatively;

the ability to analyse complex problems;

the ability to clearly report academic results, both in writing and orally,

to prepare students for an academic career at a university for postgraduate programmes;

to prepare students for a non-academic career in the public or private sector for which advanced research skills and practical research experience are a prerequisite.

More information can be found in the Course and Examination Regulations (OER) of the programme: Faculty and study programme regulations

Career Preparation

Career preparation in the research master arts, literature and media, the programme.

The curriculum of the Research Master Arts, Literature and Media is characterised by a focus on Arts and Culture, Media Studies or Literary Studies, or students explore a single period (Middle Ages/Early Modern or Modern and Contemporary). The programme's flexibility will encourage you to adopt an interdisciplinary perspective. During your studies you will acquire a valuable range of skills and knowledge, both disciplinary and interdisciplinary, historical and theoretical.

How can you use this knowledge and the skills that you acquire? Which specialisation should you choose within your study programme and why? What skills do you already have, and what further skills do you still want to learn? How do you translate the courses that you choose into something that you’d like to do after graduation?

These questions and more will be discussed at various times during your study programme. You may already have spoken about them with your study coordinator, the Humanities Career Service or other students, or made use of the Leiden University Career Zone . Many different activities are organised to help you reflect on your own wishes and options, and give you the chance to explore the job market. All these activities are focused on the questions: ‘What can I do?’, ‘What do I want?’ and ‘How do I achieve my goals?’.

You will be notified via the Faculty website, your study programme website and email about further activities in the area of job market preparation. The following activities will help you to thoroughly explore your options, so we advise you to take careful note of them:

Introduction to the the Humanities Career Service

Internship information session

Humanities Career Event

Activities of study associations

Guest lectures of alumni

Workshop ‘How do I find a job?’

Workshop ‘CV and letter’

Various other Humanities Career Service workshops

Transferable skills

Future employers are interested not only in the subject-related knowledge that you acquired during your study programme, but also in the ‘transferable skills’. These include cognitive skills, such as critical thinking, reasoning and argumentation and innovation; intrapersonal skills, such as flexibility, initiative, appreciating diversity and metacognition; and interpersonal skills, such as communication, accountability and conflict resolution. In short, they are skills that all professionals need in order to perform well.

It is therefore important that during your study programme you not only acquire as much knowledge as possible about your subject, but also are aware of the skills you have gained and the further skills you still want to learn. The course descriptions in the e-Prospectus of the Research Master Arts, Literature and Media include, in addition to the courses’ learning objectives, a list of the skills that they aim to develop.

Courses of the Research Master Arts, Literature and Media

Courses of the study programme obviously help to prepare you for the job market. As a study programme, we aim to cover this topic either directly or less directly in each semester.

Students can opt for an internship where they gain valuable work experience. You can contact the coordinator of studies to discuss this option.

If you have any questions about career choices, whether in your studies or on the job market, you are welcome to make an appointment with the career adviser of the Humanities Career Service , or with your coordinator of studies

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Arts, Literature and Media (research)

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This interdisciplinary research master offers the best of three worlds (arts, literature and media) through a programme of well-designed courses, combining theoretical and historical training with free space for specialisation. You take two collective courses which will train you to position yourself and your research in a multi-disciplinary field and will learn you to make your work speak so that it has a chance of being funded or published. Then you choose between two historically defined lines that work with different definitions of media: – In the medieval and early modern line, art and literature work through media. Here, medium is the means by which art and literature are made (such as the medium of language, print, theatre, paint, etching, andsoforth). – In the contemporary line, from the 19th century until the present, art and literature get accompanied by media such as cinema, games, or social media. The free specialisation space offers you the possibility of deepening your disciplinary interests in medieval, early modern, or contemporary studies. Whether you have an art history, media studies, or Dutch, English, Italian, French, German, or Spanish literary studies background, the programme provides 60 ECTs in courses and research for your specialization. All you need is a love for doing research. Your research connects to the medieval/early modern line or the contemporary line. In both you take two obligatory thematic courses that combine interdisciplinary and historically marked research with medium-specificity. Because you have also taken the two collective courses, this leaves you with more than half of the programme as a matter of choice. You need to select two courses provided by the national research schools which organise specific fields of research: medieval studies, art history, literary studies, media studies, cultural analysis. Finally, three courses that are specific to your research and can be chosen from the Leiden master programme or other universities.

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Admissions Requirements

A bachelor's degree in one of the following fields: Comparative Literature/Literary Studies; a specific Language and Culture (ancient Greek, Latin, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese); Art History; Culture, Media and Film studies, or related programs, with a focus on Arts and Culture; CV, Motivation letter, Writing sample and one letter of recommendation. In addition, you must also meet the following qualitative admission requirements: Affinity with and suitability for scholarly research and the ability to clearly report on research in the specific field of the program and the ability to clearly report on research, and Demonstrable motivation to study and suitability for the particular Research MA program/specialization.

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MA English - Literary Studies

Queen's university belfast.

• Belfast, United Kingdom

Full time, Part time

To provide students with the opportunity to develop in-depth knowledge and understanding of English Literary Studies, enabling students to pursue specialised fields of study (via guided pathways in specialist areas) or to choose a flexible arrangement of topics that bypass traditional period or national boundaries.

MA in Arts & Culture (research): Arts, Media and Literary Studies

University of groningen.

• Groningen, Netherlands

The two-year Master's track in Arts, Media and Literary Studies is a specialization within the Research Master's degree in Arts and Culture. Arts, Media and Literary Studies equips students with knowledge and skills to become researchers and experts on the role that the arts, literature and media play in society, now and in the past. The programme offers a rich multi- and interdisciplinary framework within which students can specialize in one of the following disciplines or combinations of disciplines, under close supervision of a highly qualified research faculty:

MA in Literary Studies

Goldsmiths, university of london.

• London, United Kingdom

This exciting, intellectually rigorous programme gives you the opportunity to develop the study of literature from a variety of perspectives through a number of flexible pathways.

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Literary Translation

St. marys university.

• Waldegrave Road, United Kingdom

The MFA program has four tracks: poetry writing, fiction, nonfiction, and literary translation.​ The course of study centers on writing workshop classes in which faculty lead students in critiques of one another’s writing. Students take three workshops in their own genre, and a crossover workshop in another genre, and they take two craft classes, one in their own genre and one in another genre.

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MA Degrees in Literary Theory

An MA is a master’s degree awarded to students that have completed a program studying humanities or fine arts subjects such as history, communications, philosophy, theology or English. A Master of Arts degree typically requires coursework, research and written examinations.

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Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory (MA)

The master in Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory at Leiden University studies contemporary literature and culture (art, cinema, pop music) from a theoretical, critical perspective, with special emphases on approaches developed in cultural and literary studies, feminist theory, phenomenology and eco criticism. A special attention is paid to interculturality and diversity, popular culture, and discussions about the relation between culture, the political and dilemmas of justice.

• Media Studies (MA)

Master Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory at Leiden University

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Why study Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory at Leiden University?

Offering a wide and diverse array of courses, this master studies literature and culture within a theoretical and critical framework. By reading literary and cultural texts (including cinema, visual arts and popular music) in combination with critical, theoretical and philosophical texts, we reflect on questions about the relations between culture and politics, literature and justice, identity and the body, the globalization of culture, the posthuman and the popular. A special emphasis is given to questions of sexuality, diversity and inclusion. 

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What are your career prospects?

Alumni of the master's programme in Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory are employed in a wide range of fields. Our graduates have taken roles within public relations, journalism, in translation agencies, or as copywriters, correctors, education-centre directors, policy makers in city councils and ministries, cultural representatives, art editors for newspapers, librarians or editors at publishing houses. You will also be qualified to continue in academic research and could apply for a PhD programme.

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In which sector do students find jobs?

• 19 Media and journalism
• 16 Communication and marketing
• 11 Culture, sports and recreation
• 10 Education
• 6 Government and semi-government
• 6 Information management
• 6 Publishing
• 5 Wholesale and retail
• 3 Non profit organizations

The graph above is based on alumni data from the MA in Media Studies 2016-2020.

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As a graduate of the master’s program in Literature, Media and Culture in the Modern Era, you have plenty of opportunities in media-related professions: You can either pursue an academic career or work in the fields of journalism, media production, literature, public relations, advertisement or modern corporate communications.

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