DEGREE TYPE
Master degree
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
EUR 19,300 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* non-EU/EEA students | dutch, EU/EEA, swiss and surinamese students: €2,314 per year | second dutch master’s programme: €15,400 per year
Key Summary
Introduction
Studying archaeology at Leiden University is all about studying societies and cultures from the past, trying to reconstruct them and bring them back to life. You will apply your interest in the past to make a meaningful contribution to resolving present-day societal issues, such as migration, globalisation, and climate change.
Choosing Archaeology at Leiden University
- Choose from a wide variety of challenging regional and thematic specialisations.
- Study in a faculty that ranks in the top 10 worldwide in academic reputation and research impact (April 2022 QS World University Ranking by subject).
- Benefit from the tuition and support of our outstanding international faculty staff, whose members are involved in projects all over the world, with a strong emphasis on field archaeology.
- Work with top researchers and benefit from the strong connection between our current research projects and our curriculum.
- Gain a multidisciplinary focus by drawing on theories, methods and techniques from the humanities, social sciences, and other sciences. Add substantial value to your research by adopting the perspective of the ecologist, anthropologist, and geologist.
Admissions
Curriculum
While our master’s specialisations consist of thematic courses, you are free to complement this by choosing electives in specific regions.
Our regional expertise areas are the following:
- Archaeology of Europe
- Archaeology of the Near East
- Archaeology of the Mediterranean
- Archaeology of the Americas
Our courses on the Archaeology of Europe
- Palaeolithic Archaeology
- European prehistory
- Archaeology of the Roman Provinces
- Urban Archaeology
Our master's courses on the Archaeology of the Near East
- Environmental History of the Near East
- Neolithic Near East
- Archaeology of the Assyrian Empire
- Archaeology of the Crusades
Our courses on the Archaeology of the Mediterranean
- The Advanced Archaeology of Early Roman Imperialism
- Diversity of Doing Greek: ‘Hellenisation’ and ‘Hellenism’ in Ancient Eurasia
- Archaeology of the Crusades
Our master's courses on the Archaeology of the Americas
- Area Specialisation Americas
- Beings on the move
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Scholarships and Funding
Leiden University offers a wide range of scholarships for students from specific regions of the world, or for specific programmes. Leiden University also offers the Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS), a program specifically designed for non-EU/EEA students enrolling in a master’s program.
Career Opportunities
Our graduates find employment as:
- field archaeologists
- researchers
- PhD candidates at Leiden University or other universities
- policy advisors at governmental institutes or NGOs
- consultants with independent or commercial companies
- museum curators
- cultural resource managers (Heritage)
- university or secondary school teachers
- journalists
- publishers
- public relations officers
- project managers
- digital education officers at museums
- digital specialists