Islamic University Of Rotterdam Master Islamic Spiritual Care NL
Islamic University Of Rotterdam

Islamic University Of Rotterdam

Master Islamic Spiritual Care NL

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Master degree

Dutch

Full time

Sep 2025

On-Campus

Key Summary

    About : The Master Islamic Spiritual Care program focuses on integrating Islamic values and ethics into spiritual care practices. This program aims to equip students with the skills necessary to provide effective spiritual support within various sectors, including healthcare and community services.
    Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue diverse career paths such as spiritual care providers, community outreach coordinators, and chaplains in healthcare settings. This program prepares students to work in multicultural environments where they can offer compassionate and informed spiritual support.

The Master program in Islamic Spiritual Care prepares students for jobs in various sectors, including mosques, hospitals, schools, advisory organizations, government institutions (such as prisons of Ministry of Justice, police, army), and non-governmental organizations.

The MasterÒ€ℒs program starts every academic year in September. The MasterÒ€ℒs degree is awarded upon successful completion of both the course requirements and a Master's thesis. The curriculum consists of core theory courses (70 EC), capita selecta (5 EC), practical training and supervision (20 EC), an applied research course (5 EC), and a research project of the Master's thesis (20 EC). The requirements should take two years of full-time study. Students who have to complete a pre-master preparatory program will need more time, depending on the extra requirements to be fulfilled.

The Master's thesis (20 ECTS credits) is a report on research that focuses on a topic in the field of Islamic Spiritual Care, in which theoretical insights and the analysis of practical cases with empirical data are integrated. The students carry it out under the supervision of department professors. The subject of the thesis is to be mutually agreed upon by the student and the academic adviser. The thesis should be between 60-70 A4-pages (about 15,000 and 24,000 words.)

The Master's degree (120 ECTS credits) is awarded upon successfully completing the course requirements and a Master's thesis.

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