Aarhus University
MA in Children’s Literature, Media & Culture (Erasmus Mundus)
Aarhus, Denmark
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline *
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 18,060 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 15 January for non-EU citizens and 1 March for EU citizens
** for non-EU/EEA students only | EU/EEA students study for free
Introduction
Two-Year International Erasmus Mundus Master’s Degree Program
The International Master’s Degree Program in Children’s Literature, Media & Culture (CLMC) is aimed at students who wish to pursue a career in the areas of children’s literature, media, and education across a broad range of professional fields. It is also intended as preparation for PhD study. The jointly developed and implemented Program will provide you with academic knowledge and research skills and develop your practical employability. The Program will build on your interests and experiences related to children’s and young adult literature, media, and culture to deepen your knowledge of the expanding intersection between literature studies, media studies, childhood studies, and education from an international perspective.
Learn at Leading Institutions
The degree Program is located at universities in at least three European countries, including two obligatory semesters at the University of Glasgow and Aarhus University. Your teachers will be international experts from strong research communities within the field. They will provide a theoretical and analytical grounding that includes historical, literary, educational, and media-related frameworks for the study of children’s literature and media. As Erasmus Mundus Programs accept students from all over the world, you will be studying with a highly dedicated and talented international group of students.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please visit the university website for more information.
Curriculum
As a CLMC student, you will be part of an integrated, international, and coherent degree Program focusing on the history as well as literary and media theory of children’s and young adult literature and on critical methodologies for evaluating and critiquing the corpus of children’s and young adult literature and media texts. You will examine the interaction between children, young adults and adults in the production and consumption of multimodal texts. You will learn to promote and develop cultural sensitivity through the analysis of multicultural texts, media, and artefacts, as well as through academic dialogue among a broad international cohort of students. Furthermore, you will increase your critical understanding of contested concepts, theories, and debates about the promotion, role, and users of literary, media, and digital texts in professional and community contexts, including understanding the global market of books, media, and related artifacts for children.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
With a Master’s degree in Children’s Literature, Media and Culture, you will gain deep insight into all aspects of media and texts surrounding children and young adults today. Your knowledge of both the distinctive features of texts and media for children and young adults and the contexts in which they come into play paves the way for a career related to production and outreach/teaching within the field. The international network that you establish through the Program will allow you to pursue a career abroad. You will also be able to work in research within the field and apply for admission to the PhD Program at Aarhus University.
Program delivery
Aarhus, Glasgow, and at least one other university involved in the Program.