Social SciencesUniversity of Amsterdam

84 Master's degrees offered by the university

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

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.

M.A. Full-time +2 On-campus

1 year$30,285/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

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.

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

2 years$27,426/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. Full-time On-campus

2 years$27,426/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

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.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

1½ year$23,620/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

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.

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

2 years$27,426/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Economics

Are you ready to push the boundaries of your intellectual capabilities? Join the MSc Economics from University of Amsterdam.

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

1 year$25,491/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

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.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

1 year$30,285/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Brain and Cognitive Sciences

The Brain and Cognitive Sciences programme of the University of Amsterdam offers a broad selection of tracks that investigate all aspects of the field, from the molecule to the mind. The programme is unique in its interdisciplinary perspective that incorporates the fields of neuroscience, neurology, psychology, behavioural economics, linguistics, logic, computation and philosophy.

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

2 years$30,402/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Psychology - Human Resource and Career Management

The Psychology - Human Resource and Career Management programme of the University of Amsterdam focuses on personnel psychology, the discipline that examines individual processes within the organization. It is the study of how organisations hire and retain the right people for the right job.

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

1 year$27,426/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Medical Anthropology and Sociology

The Medical Anthropology and Sociology programme of the University of Amsterdam focuses on health and healthcare in a political, economic and cultural context. In this programme you will use social science theory and methods to critically analyse health issues in a globalising world.

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

1 year$27,426/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Psychology - Development and Health Psychology

What can we do to prevent unhealthy behaviors and how can we intervene? The Psychology - Development and Health Psychology programme of the University of Amsterdam offers both the knowledge and skills for prevention and intervention of unhealthy behaviors, and to increase healthy behaviors.

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

1 year$27,426/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Business Economics - Neuroeconomics

In the Business Economics - Neuroeconomics programme of the University of Amsterdam you learn to understand the brain’s role in controlling human behaviour. This is one of three tracks you can opt for in the MSc Business Economics.

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

1 year$28,122/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Heritage, Memory and Archaeology (Archaeology)

The innovative interdisciplinary two-year Heritage, Memory and Archaeology (Archaeology) programme of the University of Amsterdam explores the ways in which we deal with tangible and intangible remnants and narratives of the past, as well as the remaking of the past into heritage, memory and material culture in the present.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

2 years$23,620/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Business Economics

The 1-year academic Master’s programme in Business Economics from University of Amsterdam teaches you to conduct research in business economics subjects. Choose from our top-level tracks: Managerial Economics, Strategy or Neuroeconomics and Sustainability.

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

1 year$28,122/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Comparative Politics (Political Science)

Would you like to better understand the rapidly changing character of politics? The Comparative Politics (Political Science) programme of the University of Amsterdam provides you with insight into political processes, and political institutions and actors.

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

1 year$27,426/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Communication Science - Persuasive Communication

The Communication Science - Persuasive Communication programme of the University of Amsterdam addresses communication processes that are intended to achieve specific persuasive goals in marketing and health communication.

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

1 year$27,426/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Psychology - Consultancy and Organisational Development

The Psychology - Consultancy and Organisational Development programme of the University of Amsterdam focuses on organisational psychology; this discipline studies the relationship between employees and their social working environment (e.g., colleagues, supervisors, teams, organization as a whole).

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

1 year$27,426/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Sociology

How can we make sense of the pandemic’s disruption of social life? What contemporary social struggles would you like to understand? How do people’s most private lives relate to these struggles? In the Sociology programme of the University of Amsterdam, we offer you the tools and skills you need to see the familiar as strange.

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

1 year$27,426/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Economics (Research Master - Tinbergen Institute)

The Economics (Research Master - Tinbergen Institute) program at University of Amsterdam aims to train future PhD students who will start their doctorate at one of the Schools in Business and Economics of the 3 partner universities: University of Amsterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Master Full-time On-campus

2 years$28,122/yr

University of Amsterdam4,1(110)

Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 0.5% in Worldwide

International Development Studies

The two-year International Development Studies programme of the University of Amsterdam focuses on development processes and transformations and shifting balances of power in the Global South.

M.Sc. Full-time On-campus

2 years$27,426/yr