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31 Master's degrees in Media Studies & Mass Media in Netherlands

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

New Media and Digital Culture (Media Studies)

The New Media and Digital Culture (Media Studies) programme of the University of Amsterdam builds upon the pioneering new media scene, and enables students to learn digital methods and contribute to the discourse surrounding critical media theory.

M.A. On-campus

1 year$30,285/yr

Erasmus University Rotterdam4,2(100)

Rotterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Power, Publics and Engagement

If you're interested in a critical approach to the main contemporary forms of power, from capitalism to whiteness, and from patriarchy to coloniality, this master's programme Power, Publics and Engagement from Erasmus University Rotterdam is for you.

M.Sc. On-campus

1 year$24,556/yr

Royal Academy of Art, The Hague3,0(3)

Den Haag, Netherlands

Non Linear Narrative

The Non Linear Narrative course, offered by the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague is a two-year master’s programme that merges investigative methods of journalism and forensics with processing technologies of computer science and visual arts into a contemporary progressive design approach: non-linear storytelling.

M.A. On-campus

2 years$12,970/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Media Studies

In a world where the transformation of media culture has a tremendous impact on the media environment as well as our culture, politics and everyday life, it is vital that we thoroughly understand and evaluate these ongoing transformations. Learn more with the Media Studies programme of the University of Amsterdam.

M.A. On-campus

1 year$30,285/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Journalism, Media and Globalisation

The two-year Journalism, Media and Globalisation programme of the University of Amsterdam provides aspiring and practicing journalists with a more critical understanding of their profession, to create more academically sound, critical, and globally minded media professionals.

M.A. On-campus

2 years$27,426/yr

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam4,2(131)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 1% in Worldwide

Communication Science - Media Psychology

As a student in the Communication Science - Media Psychology course from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam you will be challenged to solve problems in a professional context by giving specific advice to an organization with communication issues, for instance. For example, in the Impact subject, you give advice to a social organisation with a communication problem.

M.Sc. On-campus

1 year$3,150/yr

Leiden University4,0(130)

Leiden, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Literature in Society. Europe and Beyond

Develop your knowledge of the interactive relationship between literature and society, focusing on key political and social issues from a transnational perspective. Leiden University's MA in Literature in Society. Europe and Beyond offers specialised knowledge on the role and impact of literature in society.

M.A. On-campus

1 year$25,257/yr

Tilburg University4,1(122)

Tilburg, Netherlands Top 2% in Worldwide

Culture in the Digital Era

Culture in the Digital Era examines how culture, society, and everyday life are shaped by digitalization, mediatization, and shifting boundaries between public and private spheres. This Master's trains you to analyze how digital technologies, platforms, and algorithms influence everyday cultural expressions, communication, identity, and creativity. This is a track of MA Culture Studies.

M.A. On-campus +2

1 year$23,269/yr

Utrecht University4,1(126)

Utrecht, Netherlands Top 2% in Worldwide

New Media and Digital Culture

During the one-year New Media and Digital Culture programme at Utrecht University, you will delve into the many aspects of what it means to live in an age of new media.

M.A. On-campus

1 year$24,956/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Global Cross-Media Cultures (Media Studies)

Global Cross-Media Cultures (Media Studies) programme of University of Amsterdam provides you with the skills, knowledge and tools to understand and evaluate the ongoing transformation of media culture.

M.A. On-campus

1 year$30,285/yr

Leiden University4,0(130)

Leiden, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Media Studies

The Media Studies MA programme at Leiden University consists of four different programmes in the fields of Journalism and New Media (Dutch taught), Book and Digital Media Studies, Film and Photographic Studies and Cultural Analysis: Literature and Theory.

M.A. On-campus

1 year$25,257/yr

Utrecht University4,1(126)

Utrecht, Netherlands Top 2% in Worldwide

Media, Art and Performance Studies

The Media, Art and Performance Studies programme at the Utrecht University is an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented research-based programme which offers an advanced training in academic research skills appropriate for today's highly dynamic and interdisciplinary field of media, visual arts and performance.

M.A. On-campus

2 years$24,956/yr

Erasmus University Rotterdam4,2(100)

Rotterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Media and Creative Industries

The Media and Creative Industries programme from Erasmus University Rotterdam covers current issues in organisation, policies, production, management, marketing and distribution of media companies and creative industries.

M.A. On-campus

1 year$23,328/yr

University of Groningen4,2(119)

Groningen, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Social Media and Society

Why do some posts go viral on social media and others do not? How can social media analysis be used in business and policy decisions? This Social Media and Society programme at University of Groningen offers a critical exploration of social media within contemporary networked societies and trains students to work with (big) data in a responsible way.

M.A. On-campus

1½ year$22,451/yr

Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences3,8(35)

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Media Design

The Media Design program at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, part of the Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design, is an intensive project-based research degree that will equip you to create a distinctive voice as an artist/designer in the contemporary media landscape.

M.A. On-campus

2 years$15,239/yr

Leiden University4,0(130)

Leiden, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Cultural Analysis - Literature and Theory

The Cultural Analysis - Literature and Theory MA programme at Leiden University focuses on the study of literature from a comparative and theoretical perspective, with a special emphasis on literary movements and genres of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. It covers a wide range of languages and cultures from around the world.

M.A. On-campus

1 year$25,257/yr

University of Groningen4,2(119)

Groningen, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Media Creation and Innovation

Want to understand how new media technologies are used to create innovative formats and ways of storytelling, and how media innovation and start-up culture are rooted in creative processes? In this Media Creation and Innovation programme, students at the University of Groningen explore how media are produced and (re-)used in a digital era.

M.A. On-campus

1½ year$22,451/yr

Leiden University4,0(130)

Leiden, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Creative Intelligence and Technology

The two-year Creative Intelligence and Technology MSc programme from Leiden University includes mandatory core courses, accent courses, electives, a field trip, a public exhibition, as well as a personal Graduation Research Project.

M.Sc. On-campus

2 years$25,491/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Archival and Information Studies (Media Studies)

The one-and-a-half-year Archival and Information Studies (Media Studies) programme of the University of Amsterdam focuses on contemporary archival theory and practice, training students in the science and craft of recordkeeping, and providing insight into the archives of the past and future.

M.A. On-campus

1½ year$30,285/yr

Luiss Business School4,7(3)

Amsterdam, Netherlands +1

Digital Entertainment Business

Digital Entertainment Business programme from Luiss Business School is a multi-hub programme that will take you to two different countries in one year: the first semester will take place in Amsterdam and the second semester in Rome.

M.A. On-campus

1 year$21,048/yr