6 Comparative Cultural Studies Masters Degree Programs

This English-taught master's degree in Comparative International Relations program at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice is a unique offer in Italy for the advanced study of international relations with a critical, interdisciplinary and comparative approach, open to insights from cultural studies and political discourse analysis.

This degree is designed to give you an exciting exploration of literary and cultural products and critical issues that span national and linguistic borders as well as periods. You will become acquainted with the theory and practice of comparative literary and cultural studies, consider how concepts of national cultures cross borders and media forms, and interact with ideas of the transnational and intermedial.

The Master's Degree Course in Comparative Literatures and Cultures aims to train graduates who have the ability to carry out highly responsible roles in services and organizations, both public and private, responsible for national and international cultural activities, and for the dissemination of the Italian cultural, linguistic and literary heritage in other countries of the world.

We live at a time when questions of climate justice, global migration flows, and militarized landscapes daily remind us of colonial pasts, and how they shape our world today. The master’s program in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies is tailored for you who seek to investigate and understand colonial practices of power and their manifestations in the past and the present.

The MA in Religion and Pluralism, Ancient & Modern was chosen as the best MA program in Theology and Religious Studies in the Netherlands. It offers an integrated approach of religious pluralism, politics, and their many global interfaces, with a focus on the historical context of modern societies. Our program is taught by internationally recognized experts in the field, with expertise in various religions. You are going to study at a non-denominational university, and receive the opportunity to pursue your own research interests.

The MACIS is a research-oriented graduate program in political science, offered by the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS), one of the leading political science research centers in Europe. The CIS is a joint institution of ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. The 2013 Leiden Ranking placed ETH Zurich at the very top in the social sciences and humanities in Europe.