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134 Master's degrees in Arts, Design & Architecture in Netherlands
Arts and Culture - Design Cultures
In the Arts and Culture - Design Cultures programme offered at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam you explore the history and theory of design, but also discover how design intersects with contemporary issues such as identity, mobility, ecology, overconsumption and inequality.
Urban Studies
The two-year Urban Studies programme of the University of Amsterdam deals with questions surrounding the increasing urbanisation of today’s world. Cities are characterised by economic, social, political and cultural opportunities, but also carry risks of social problems, inequality and security issues. In this programme, you will learn to research and analyse these challenges.

Spatial Planning - Urban and Regional Mobility
Are you interested in increasingly complex flows of people and goods in the networked city and region? This Master's specialisation will prepare you for dealing with integrated mobility systems and transport modes across spatial scales.

Urban Tourism and Mobility
Develop the skills and competencies needed to tackle the complex challenges and opportunities of urban tourism with the Urban Tourism and Mobility programme delivered by the Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas). You will learn how to approach and solve problems from different angles.
Urban Governance of Inclusive Sustainable Cities
Do you wonder what role cities play in discovering answers to major social issues such as climate change, poverty, health, unemployment, housing and inequality? Then this Urban Governance of Inclusive Sustainable Cities master track from Erasmus University Rotterdam is the right choice for you.

Spatial Planning - Cities, Water and Climate Change
Are you interested in climate proofing cities or in making cities climate-neutral? This Master's specialisation prepares students for working on the nexus between urban planning, water and environmental management.
ArtScience
The ArtScience programme of the Royal of Art, The Hague is a unique interdisciplinary art programme between the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) and the Royal Conservatoire (KC).

Painting
The Painting programme from Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen invites you to explore painting as both a practice and a conceptual space for artistic research. From a ‘painterly perspective’ within a studio-based programme, you will investigate materials, methods, and concepts in cultural and historical contexts, while engaging in critical dialogues with diverse approaches to painting.
Art and Culture - Contemporary Art History
In this Art and Culture - Contemporary Art History MA program at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam you devote your attention to what is at stake now – to artworks that take on the challenges of the globalized information society, and of living in the Anthropocene.
Fine Art
The starting point for the Fine Art MA programme offered at HKU University of the Arts Utrecht is your individual project proposal (part of the application procedure).

System Design (Part-Time)
Ready to lead in high-tech system design? Join the System Design (Part-Time) programme at Fontys University of Applied Sciences. Learn how a complete system with multiple components works and how to design and optimize it effectively.

Landscape Architecture and Planning
The Landscape Architecture and Planning programme at Wageningen University and Research is a two-year MSc programme. You can specialise in Landscape Architecture and in Spatial Planning.
Arts and Culture (research)
Are you interested in Art and Culture? Is a career in research something you aspire to? Then Arts and Culture (research) degree at University of Groningen is what you are looking for.
Jazz and Pop (Zwolle)
Develop your own vision, sound and style as a professional music performer and curator with the two-year English-language Master Jazz and Pop (Zwolle) at the ArtEZ University of the Arts.
Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image (Media Studies)
The Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image (Media Studies) programme of University of Amsterdam invites students to critically engage with current practices of collecting and selecting, preserving and restoring, making accessible, presenting and curating moving images and sound.

Cities, Culture and Inequality
In this specialisation, we explore how cities are represented, contested and experienced by a wide array of urban dwellers. You will learn how to think about city life and urban inequalities from different scales and perspectives; from the edge to the core, and with urban theory and (creative) methodologies.
Arts and Culture
What do art forms like painting, film, music or theatre contribute to societies? Why have humans in every culture and throughout history engaged in activities we categorize as art?The Master's programme in Arts and Culture at University of Groningen provides students with the skills needed to investigate the function of the arts in society.

Art and Visual Culture (Research)
Whether you wish to specialise in the study of artworks, artefacts, or media, the Art and Visual Culture specialisation will equip you to thoroughly research and analyse visual culture.
Human Geography - Urban Geography
The Human Geography - Urban Geography programme of the University of Amsterdam provides students with a deeper understanding of global and local processes that shape cities across the world.

Urban Environmental Management
Sustainable management of the urban environment has become one of the major challenges of the 21st century as you will learn during the Urban Environmental Management programme at the Wageningen University and Research.