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195 Master's degrees offered by the university
Technology Governance
This Advanced LLM of Technology Governance offered by University of Amsterdam takes a multidisciplinary view on technology and governance.
Finance
Start your career in finance with the MSc Finance at the Amsterdam Business School. This programme will provide a deep understanding of financial markets and decision-making. We will train you in a broad range of quantitative and soft skills to take to your first employer. Choose one of our tracks and focus on the field that interests you most.
Business Administration
Are you ambitious as well as entrepreneurial and do you have a global mindset? Are you a Bachelor’s graduate with excellent marks? Choose one of the tracks of our MSc Business Administration programs at University of Amsterdam and gain all the necessary knowledge and skills to start your international career in business. You can start the programme in September or February.
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.
Holocaust and Genocide Studies (History)
The one-year Holocaust and Genocide Studies (History) programme of the University of Amsterdam explores 20th-century genocides from the vantage point of different disciplines.

Actuarial Science and Mathematical Finance - Quantitative Risk Management
The Actuarial Science and Mathematical Finance - Quantitative Risk Management programme at University of Amsterdam provides an excellent grounding for your career as a risk manager. It is all about identifying, assessing and controlling threats to an organisation's capital and earnings.
Classics and Ancient Civilizations
Do you want to be challenged to become an expert in the literature and linguistics of classical languages or in the cultures and religions of Ancient Greece, Rome or the Near East? Then the Classics and Ancient Civilizations programme of the University of Amsterdam with its two distinct specialisations – Classics and Ancient Studies – may be the programme for you.
Psychology (research)
The Psychology (research) programme of the University of Amsterdam aims to educate students as critical and analytic professionals who are able to deal with ever-changing knowledge in a scientifically responsible manner, build bridges between subdisciplines in psychology, and contribute to the formation of cutting-edge scientific insights.
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.
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.
Language, Literature and Education
The Language, Literature and Education programme of the University of Amsterdam is a one-year programme designed for students who are interested in teaching language and literature. You will specialise in one of seven major European languages or language families.
Heritage and Memory Studies (Heritage Studies)
Taught by cultural historians, art historians, architectural historians, archaeologists, and sociologists, the Heritage and Memory Studies (Heritage Studies) programme of the University of Amsterdam offers a professional, interdisciplinary programme in which you study heritage and memory from a critical, cultural-historic and spatial perspective.
Forensic Science
The Forensic Science programme of the University of Amsterdam is unique in the Netherlands. The programme distinguishes itself from most international Master's programmes in Forensic Science by building on a range of scientific backgrounds and disciplines, such as computer science, physics, chemistry, biological sciences and mathematics.
Child Development and Education
The Child Development and Education programme of the University of Amsterdam trains students to conceive, design, conduct and report high-quality research in the field of child development and education.

Master's Qualifying Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a range of postgraduate degrees at the University of Amsterdam. Learn more at the Master's Qualifying Programme from OnCampus Amsterdam.

Accountancy and Control - Control
How can information help organisations reach their goals? This is the core question you will learn how to answer in the Accountancy and Control - Control track from the University of Amsterdam.
International Criminal Law - Joint Program with Columbia Law School (International Criminal Law)
In this International Criminal Law - Joint Program with Columbia Law School (International Criminal Law) from University of Amsterdam , we focus on international and transnational criminal law as distinct fields of legal study.

Economics
Are you ready to push the boundaries of your intellectual capabilities? Join the MSc Economics from University of Amsterdam.
Archaeology
The Archaeology programme of the University of Amsterdam will immerse you in the material culture of Europe’s past from the Bronze Age until the Early Modern Period. The programme has two specialisations with distinctive profiles: European Archaeology and Mediterranean Archaeology.
International Dramaturgy (Arts and Culture)
The selective 18-month International Dramaturgy (Arts and Culture) programme of the University of Amsterdam trains future generations of dramaturges to work in theatrical settings across cultural, linguistic, social and national boundaries. You will combine rigorous academic coursework with an internship in the Netherlands or abroad to help you develop your practical dramaturgical skills.