The Master of Western Literature offers an in-depth, intercultural, and comparative study of literature from different Western traditions and periods. Specialists in literatures in different languages and from almost a dozen national traditions introduce you to a broad range of theoretical and methodological perspectives.

The Master of English Linguistics and Literature will expand your knowledge of the English language, its structure and history, its literature and its cultural embedding. Research-based teaching will allow you to benefit from the expertise of KU Leuven’s internationally renowned scholars in English linguistics and literature. You will be encouraged to develop your communication and research skills through seminars and your personal master’s thesis. The optional component of the programme allows you to additionally study linguistics and literature from a broader European perspective.

This interdisciplinary research master offers the best of three worlds (arts, literature and media) through a programme of well-designed courses, combining theoretical and historical training with free space for specialisation

The Master of Arts (Thesis) (MA (Thesis))

This is a two-year program at the second level with English as its main field of study. You can choose to specialize in linguistics or literature, or a combination of these.

The University Master's Degree in Comparative Literature is conceived as an initiation Master's Degree in Research in Literary Studies of European tradition. The Master is proposed as a way to specialize the already graduated student in the theoretical and methodological knowledge of Comparative Literature and in European literary studies. In the first dimension, with special emphasis on those theoretical-critical currents and methodological approaches of greater validity and current influence. In its development, the Master's study plan is conceived as a support for the historical knowledge of the European literary tradition through the study of various literary traditions in their interconnection, that is, as networks of fluid transversality and mutual influence.

The Master in French Language and Literature will perfect your skills in French and will give you the opportunity to develop an analytical framework in French linguistics and literature. You will benefit from the teaching of recognized specialists, who will guide you in their field of expertise towards the development of a personal research project.

Engage in a broadly interdisciplinary study of the relationships between literature, visual culture, and film in contemporary and historical contexts. Gain cutting-edge theoretical insights into intermedial aesthetics and into the philosophy of literature, art, and film. Equip yourself with critical tools for the cultural analysis of contemporary audiovisual, image, and text-based media. We welcome applicants who wish to explore the possibilities of extending the boundaries of the traditional disciplines in the humanities by focusing their research on the relations between words, still, and moving images both historically and in contemporary culture.

The specialization prepares students for critical thinking and engagement with literary texts and scholarship related to them; to intersections and problems of philosophy and literature, intellectual history and literature, and literary theory and literary history in a philosophical context.

The ERASMUS MUNDUS CLE Master Course seeks to provide a high-quality preparation reflecting the multicultural aspects of Europe. The CLE Master Course is a two-year full-time academic program (120 ECTS) and is taken in 2 or 3 out of 8 prestigious EU and NON-EU universities that participate in the Consortium.

This Master´s Degree constitutes an innovative proposal aimed at deepening research methods in literary and philological studies, with special emphasis on the interdisciplinary relations of these studies with other arts (cinema, plastic arts, music and performing arts) and with other sciences and disciplines (anthropology, rhetoric, ecdotics or palaeography). The fundamental contents belong to the areas of Spanish Literature and Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, with an educational offer that includes other subjects that may also be of interest to students of Cinema, Art, History, Anthropology or Music.

The English Studies programme offers a specialist qualification in English literature, cultural studies, and linguistics. It combines theoretical and empirical analysis of the role of the English language, culture, and literature in modern society. The programme features three balanced blocks of courses in linguistics, literature, and culture, with an optional specialisation in Media Linguistics. This track provides a solid foundation in contemporary linguistic research, equipping students for careers in research, teaching, and language-related fields.

Visual Arts & Post-Contemporary Practise is a graduation track of the Master of Arts in Fine Art & Design at Avans. In the graduation track Visual Arts, you develop practice- and process-based research with students from other disciplines. In a setting that connects cultural studies, visual and digital cultures.

Explore literature, film, television, and theory in a range of international contexts in this dynamic, taught postgraduate course. This is a flexible and challenging master's course, delivered by a team of tutors with internationally recognized academic expertise in an array of specialist areas. MA English Studies allows you to build your own bespoke master experience, selecting from a range of modules to reflect your interests in the further study of English.

The master’s program in German language, literature and culture at the KRE imparts specialist knowledge in the areas of German literature, language and culture. Philologists who have excellent knowledge of German and who can master the professional challenges of the 21st century at a high intellectual level are trained here with continuously updated teaching focuses and methods. The language of the MA course is German throughout.