MA in Arts & Culture (research): Arts, Media and Literary Studies
Groningen, Netherlands
MA
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
15 Oct 2026*
EARLIEST START DATE
Feb 2027
TUITION FEES
EUR 19,900 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Dutch, EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA students
** for Non-EU | for EU/EEA EUR 2,694
Key Summary
About: The Research Master in Arts, Media and Literary Studies at the University of Groningen is a two-year track within the MA in Arts and Culture. It trains students to research how arts, literature and media shape society and history. The programme offers a multi- and interdisciplinary framework to specialise in cultural studies, digital humanities, film, art and architectural history, literary, media and music studies, and theatre and performance, taught by qualified research faculty in small interactive groups.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue a PhD or work in academic research, curation, museums, cultural policy, arts education, journalism, and creative industries.
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.
Why study this programme in Groningen?
- Innovative research perspectives and methods to analyse the changing forms and roles of the arts, media and literature in our globalizing world
- Solid disciplinary profiling, in a stimulating inter-and multi-disciplinary framework
- A cosmopolitan and intellectually stimulating learning environment, with highly qualified staff, excellent international research networks and contacts with professional worlds
- Small groups, with interactive, innovative and intensive coursework.