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Master’s programmes Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | 2021/2022
Message from the Dean
Dear prospective student,
We are very happy that you are considering to
come to Maastricht and to study with us, at the
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS). One of
the reasons why it is such a pleasure to work at
FASoS is that it is so international. When strolling
through the courtyard or having a coffee at our
faculty café, Bandito’s, you will not only hear
Dutch and English, but also French, German,
Italian, Spanish and many other languages. Our
staff is also from all over Europe and beyond, for
example from the US and Canada. They have one
thing in common: to help you to get the best out
of your education.
When we ask students why they chose to come to
Maastricht, they mostly refer to our small-scale
and interactive teaching method, called
Problem-Based Learning (PBL). You get to work
and discuss in small groups, with your fellow
students and your tutor. You will examine and
discuss very topical societal issues, be it in the
sphere of culture or that of politics. As we work in
such small groups, staff members are very easily
accessible. They can help you throughout your
study trajectory, for example when you need
advice on internship options or on your future This issue will not only have an impact on the way
career path. we teach and learn but it will also come back in
our teaching as well as in our research.
Another distinguishing feature of FASoS is that
we work across disciplines and we channel our We look forward to examining these and other
expertise. Our staff has a background in global and European challenges with you. We
disciplines such as history, philosophy, political hope that you find the information in this
science, literature, sociology, anthropology and brochure helpful.
public administration. Our world is undergoing
constant changes and we thus study this from In case you still have questions, we are always
different angles. Both in our research and happy to answer these via email or telephone.
teaching, we try to look at transformations from a
Global and European level and what the
implications for our society are. A case in point is Prof. Dr. Christine Neuhold
the coronavirus (Covid-19) - which has been Dean
coined as a Pandemic by the World Health Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Organisation - that has an effect on how we live
and work together.
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Contents
Message from the Dean 2
Introduction 4
Arts & Culture
MA Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management
and Education 8
MSc Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology
(research master) 10
Globalisation & Development
MA Globalisation and Development Studies 12
Media, Technology & Innovation
MSc Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology
(research master) 10
MA European Studies on Society, Science and
Technology 14
MA Media Studies: Digital Cultures 16
Politics & Governance
MA European Public Affairs 20
MA European Studies, 3 specialisations: 22
• Public Policy and Administration 23
• International Relations 24
• Global Challenges 25
MSc European Studies (research master) 27
MA European Studies on Society, Science and
Technology 14
Practical information 30
Application & Admission 30
All programmes in this brochure are accredited by the Accreditation
Pre-master 31
Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO).
Coming to Maastricht from abroad 31
For more information on NVAO, please visit www.nvao.net
Maastricht University is a signatory of the “Code of conduct with respect
to international students in Dutch Higher Education”.
More information about this code of conduct is available at
www.internationalstudy.nl
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Introduction Maastricht Maastricht University An enchanting city A well-rounded experience Maastricht is a beautiful city steeped in history Founded in 1976, Maastricht University (UM) is and culture, situated at the southernmost tip of the youngest university in the Netherlands and the Netherlands. Its location at the crossroads of still growing rapidly. Approximately 18,000 cultures – close to Belgium, Germany and France students are enrolled in a wide range of – has given Maastricht a distinct, international bachelor’s, master’s and PhD programmes. Right atmosphere. Several European institutions have from the very beginning, the university has chosen the city for their headquarters. While the received international acclaim for its unique city embraces innovative science, technology and Problem-Based Learning (PBL) method, in which art, it has nonetheless been able to hang on to its students work and learn together in small groups fascinating past, and its rich history still shines on real-life problems. through on every street corner. Although it is a small city, with a population of around 121,000 of which 17% is made up out of students, its rich culture and bustling nightlife makes Maastricht an exciting, safe and charming place to live and study. 4 Master’s programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | 2021/2022
Faculty of Arts and Social Problem-Based Learning
Sciences All of FASoS’ programmes are taught using
Problem-Based Learning (PBL). Students work in
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) is small tutorial groups in which they work
one of the six faculties at Maastricht alongside a maximum of 15 other students and
University and was founded in 1994. The faculty seek solutions to ‘problems’ taken from
offers a place where scholars with different real-world situations. The tutorial group is the
disciplinary backgrounds are brought together in heart of PBL and is a forum for research, analysis,
joint research. This interdisciplinary approach is debate, negotiation and feedback. Tutors act as
predominant in our teaching as well; all of our facilitators, providing assistance if needed. This
programmes acquaint students with different allows our students to become independent and
disciplines and perspectives. develop problem-solving skills that they will
use later on in their careers.
International outlook
At FASoS, we focus on creating an international
environment, a place where our differences
become our strengths. Every day, our students
and staff are challenged with differing viewpoints
and experiences as they interact with peers from
all over the world. All of the faculty’s programmes
are taught entirely in English and with 77% of our
students and 42% of our staff coming from
abroad, FASoS is Maastricht University’s most
international faculty. This diversity creates an
atmosphere that strengthens the international
orientation of our research and education.
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Excellence programme Historic location PREMIUM is Maastricht University’s exclusive The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is housed Honours programme for high-performing, in several historic buildings in the city centre of motivated master’s students. Once Maastricht. These structures and the artwork in selected, you will be grouped into an and around these buildings add to both the city’s interdisciplinary team with your fellow students and the university’s special atmosphere. The and given an assignment to complete for a client buildings, as well as the arts and cultural heritage, from a business or governmental organisation are definitely worth a closer look. under the guidance of a project mentor. Alongside your project, you will receive individual coaching focused on personal Fast facts competence development. You will also attend • 5 departments several workshops to help cultivate valuable skills • 4 research programmes and knowledge to prepare you for your future • 4 bachelor's programmes career. For more information about PREMIUM, • 8 master's programmes please go to • 2 research master's programmes www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/excellence • 1 graduate school 6 Master’s programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | 2021/2022
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Arts & Culture
MA Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education
Overview What will you learn?
The master’s programme in Arts and Heritage: You will study the time, place and
Policy, Management and Education (AH) group-dependent definitions of art, culture and
examines the concepts of ‘heritage’ and ‘art’ as cultural heritage, and you will learn how these
expressions of both past and present culture. You differences translate into different cultural
will develop insights into these key concepts and practices. You will also develop a thorough
how their meaning has changed throughout understanding of the theory and practice of
history. You will evaluate and debate issues cultural policy, management, marketing,
related to appreciation, interpretation, use and interpretation, presentation and education in arts
management and policy. The programme will also and heritage. During the programme, you will
teach you academic and professional skills in the gain insights into different scientific approaches
practical organisation and development of artistic to these cultural practices and you will be
projects in the context of cultural management. familiarised with the most important theories,
concepts and research methods from art history,
Highlights history, museology, cultural sociology and the
• effective links between theory and practice economics of arts and culture.
• customise your own programme
• truly international: 51 students in the Site visits & study trips
2019/20 programme, with 19 different Trips to art institutions, heritage sites, museums
nationalities and government agencies will enable you to
• very engaged academic staff widen your experience with professional practice
• highly valued by students when it comes to the and to apply what you have learned in the Arts
quality of teaching and Heritage curriculum. Maastricht is ideally
• unique, small-scale, interactive and located for study trips in the Netherlands,
international learning environment Belgium, Germany and France.
• applies the Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
educational method, in small groups with a Customise your programme
maximum of 15 students The programme has a broad set-up while giving
you the freedom to personalise your programme
and to develop your full potential. Firstly, by
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familiarising yourself with the interdisciplinary Berlin and Amsterdam, you can choose to do an
field of Arts and Heritage by studying the internship, and you will learn how to network and
principles of the following seven core disciplines: build up your own professional network
1. Art History, 2. Museology, 3. Cultural Sociology, throughout the programme.
4. Economics of Arts and Culture, 5. Arts
Education, 6. Policy, and 7. Arts Management. Your future
Secondly, by choosing whether you want to do an As an Arts and Heritage graduate, you can work
internship or an in-depth elective with a practical in:
project. For the electives, you will specialise in one • art institutions
of the following three fields: • galleries and auction houses
• Arts & Audiences • governmental or cultural organisations
• Culture & Economy • cultural industries and cultural tourism
• Heritage & Society • media
• academia or education
Our students have, amongst others, done
internships at the Guggenheim Museum (New Fast Facts
York), the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (Paris) • 1-year, full-time master’s programme, taught in Dutch
and Sotheby’s (Melbourne). Once you have or English*
finished the programme, you will have both a • starts in September 2021
theoretical and practical background in Arts and • weekly: 12-14 hrs contact hrs, 26-28 hrs independent
Heritage: Policy, Management and Education. You study
will have gained professional experience through
our integrated skills trainings in networking and * For more information about the Dutch track Kunst,
research and writing. In this programme, you are Cultuur en Erfgoed (KCE), please have a look at our
offered guest lectures, seminars, two field trips to website or at the KCE flyer.
Curriculum
Year 1 Semester 1 Semester 2
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5-6
(8 weeks) (8 weeks) (4 weeks) (8 weeks) (12 weeks)
Seminar Studying Seminar Researching Elective Course Elective course* Thesis
Arts and Heritage: Arts and Culture • Culture and OR
Entering the Field Economy 1 or; Internship
• Arts and
Audiences 1 or;
• Heritage and
Society 1
Research and
Writing Skills
* Students can choose between: Culture and Economy 2, Arts and Audiences 2, Heritage and Society 2
NB: The details of this programme could change; before applying, please check
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education for the latest information.
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Arts & Culture | Media, Technology & Innovation
MSc Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology (Research)
Overview • acquire hands-on experience with methods
The two-year research master's programme in such as interviewing, conceptual analysis,
Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology (CAST) archival research, ethnographic observation, and
teaches you to examine how science, technology rhetorical, narrative and discourse analysis
and the arts reflect, constitute and address
societal issues in order to increase the ability In your second year, you will do a research
to understand societal problems. In this internship at a research institute or partner
programme, seemingly separate and contrasting university in the Netherlands or abroad. This
fields converge: the sciences are objects of allows you to gain experience working as a
cultural critique in the arts, the arts continuously research assistant, supervised by an experienced
incorporate new technologies, and both the researcher at a knowledge institute, NGO,
sciences and the arts ‘imagine’ our culture’s university or other academic institute.
future. The programme combines the study of
relevant theories from history, sociology, Customise your programme
philosophy and qualitative social sciences with CAST has a very broad curriculum, which you can
training in the application of different research customise along the way. You will gain practical
methods such as archival research, discourse and professional experience, and working on
analysis and ethnographic observation. You will assignments in small groups will help you rapidly
be an original researcher who combines the develop into an independent researcher. You will
strengths of philosophy, sociology, art and history focus on high and low culture, and on various
to raise novel questions and to find relevant artistic practices as diverse as those of music,
answers. contemporary visual arts and literature. The
technologies studied can be complex and simple,
Highlights and the sciences you write about may include the
• highest ranked Arts and Culture research natural sciences, medicine and psychology. This
master’s programme in the Netherlands broad orientation gives you plenty of
according to the Keuzegids 2019 opportunities to specialise in a topic that you find
(www.keuzegids.org) interesting.
• a truly interdisciplinary approach towards Arts,
Science and Technology Studies
• you are trained to become an excellent
interdisciplinary researcher
• 80% of CAST students find a job within one year
after their graduation
• truly international: 15 students in the 2019/20
programme, of which 60% were international,
coming from 7 countries
What will you learn?
In this programme, you will:
• practice interdisciplinary research at the
crossroads of science, technology and the arts
• develop general research skills such as defining
a research topic, writing, presenting and
managing a project
10 Master’s programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | 2021/2022Curriculum
Year 1 Semester 1 Semester 2
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Period 6
(8 weeks) (8 weeks) (4 weeks) (8 weeks) (8 weeks) (8 weeks)
Entering the Field The Rules of Changes in the Researching the Joint
the Game Research System and Cultures of Arts, Research
Training ‘’Writing a Science and Project
Research Proposal’’ Technology
Preparation Research Internship
Research Colloquia: STS and AMC
Year 2 Semester 1 Semester 2
Period 1 - 2 Period 3 Period 4 - 5 Period 6
(16 weeks) (4 weeks) (16 weeks) (8 weeks)
Research Internship Master Thesis CAST
Thesis Seminar, Research Colloquia and Master Classes
NB: The details of this programme could change; before applying, please check
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education for the latest information.
Your future Fast Facts
As a CAST graduate, you can find jobs like: • 2-year, full-time research master's, taught in English
• expert trainee at the European Parliament • Starts in September 2021
• research assistant at Rathenau Institute • Weekly seminars, lectures & workshops, 120 ECTS
• PhD candidate at Edinburgh University
• research fellow at Museum Boerhaave
• researcher at the Institute of Health, Policy and
Management
After finishing the CAST research master’s degree,
you will be fully prepared for high-level research
positions in academia or the professional world,
and almost all of our graduates indeed end up in
such positions. You will be awarded with a Master
of Science degree in Arts and Culture with a
specialisation in Cultures of Arts, Science and
Technology.
11Globalisation and Development
MA Globalisation and Development Studies
Overview Highlights
The master’s programme in Globalisation and • a curriculum based on a broad interdisciplinary
Development Studies (GDS) is a one-year, perspective
interdisciplinary social science programme which • GDS is ranked the 3rd Development Studies
focuses on how globalisation dynamics affect master's programme in the Netherlands in 2019
developing areas from the ground up. (www.keuzegids.org)
By following this master’s programme, you will • truly international: 39 students in the 2019/20
develop a foundation in social scientific research programme, with 16 different nationalities
skills for investigating complex contemporary • write your thesis based on an internship, desk
impacts of globalisation around the world. While study or fieldwork
core courses focus on grounding your knowledge • customise your programme by choosing
of important concepts and theories in this field, electives from other master’s programmes at
elective courses expand on contemporary issues Maastricht University (e.g. International Trade
in global development from ‘real-world’ Law, Global Health, Sustainable Finance)
perspectives. Rather than focusing on the power • building on twenty years of Globalisation and
players of global organisations based in the Development teaching and unique research-led
Global North, you will investigate how linkages specialisations at FASoS: transnationalism and
between the Global North and the South, and science, technology & society studies
between Global Southern places, shape new and
emerging forms of development. What will you learn?
In this programme you will:
Central to this objective, you will learn about • develop your ability to discuss and critically
factors that contribute to inequality, poverty, and analyse multifaceted challenges of globalisation
vulnerability by investigating how they evolved • work, communicate, and collaborate in a
historically and how new possibilities make room multidisciplinary, international environment
for transformation and emancipation. Through • develop expertise about and experience
student-led learning, you will engage with and researching on a broad range of contemporary
critique solutions to these global problems issues in Globalisation and Development
offered by a wide range of contemporary actors, Studies through our 30-credit core curriculum
include those from the Global South like • conduct high-quality research in a student-led
emerging economies, migrant diasporas and thesis project: gathering specialist literature,
transnational activist groups. managing bibliographic references, designing a
study, interpreting findings, presenting results
In sum, the main objective of the Master in GDS is and arguing for a critical audience
to provide you with a broad knowledge of
globalisation and development theories, Customise your programme
concepts, and empirical cases, while giving During the first semester, you can choose
in-depth research experience about how between two core electives: Transnational
micro-level linkages between actors have effects Migration or Science and Technology Studies for
on a global scale. Taking advantage of Development. During your second semester, you
cutting-edge research underway at Maastricht can choose one of three thesis trajectories:
University, this programme highlights how
studying transnational linkages and science &
technology interventions can illuminate new
possibilities for globalisation and development.
12 Master’s programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | 2021/2022Option A: Internship • policy maker, analyst or project developer in the
Includes one elective of 6 credits and an public sector or at national or international
internship thesis of 24 credits governmental agencies
Option B: Desk Study • development consultant or independent
Includes two electives of 6 credits each and a desk researcher in the private sector
study thesis of 18 credits • reporter, copywriter or press officer
Option C: Fieldwork • researcher or PhD candidate in higher education
Includes field research and a fieldwork thesis of or at a think tank
30 credits
If you opt for an internship or a desk study, you Fast Facts
can choose electives from other master’s • 1-year, full-time master’s programme, taught in English
programmes at Maastricht University (e.g. • starts in September 2021
International Trade Law, Global Health). • weekly: 12 contact hrs, 28 hrs independent study /
group work
Your future
GDS can lead to a wide array of career paths to
choose from, including:
• project manager, board member, strategist,
awareness campaigner, fundraiser or lobbyist at
NGOs or third sector organisations
Curriculum
Year 1 Semester 1 Semester 2
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Period 6
(8 weeks) (8 weeks) (4 weeks) (8 weeks) (8 weeks) (4 weeks)
Theories and Globalisation Research in Option A: Internship Thesis Writing
Histories of and Poverty: Practice and Presenting
Globalisation a Connected 1 Elective Course Internship, including Thesis
and World (you will choose (with Internship Evaluation
Development one of the offered Report)
electives)
Research Transnational Option B: Desk study Thesis Writing
Methods in Migrant and Presenting
Globalisation Networks and 2 Elective Courses (you will choose
and Flows 2 of the offered electives in periode
Development OR 4-5)
Science and
Technology Desk Study Thesis
Studies (STS) for
Development Option C: Fieldwork Thesis Writing
in a Global and Presenting
Context Field Work Thesis
*instead of core electives, students may take one elective from a list of other FASoS and UM courses
NB: The details of this programme could change; before applying, please check
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education for the latest information.
13Media, Technology & Innovation | Politics & Governance
MA European Studies on Society, Science and Technology
Overview sociology, anthropology, history, economics,
The emergence of new technologies – such as 5G, philosophy and political science
video conferencing and face recognition – • exchange opportunities in the second semester:
presents both opportunities and threats to you conduct research at home or abroad
modern societies. Citizens, governments, • joint master's programme: choose from 17
businesses and universities face great challenges specialisations with 13 partner universities in 12
when trying to take advantage of the seemingly countries
infinite possibilities of scientific and technological • awarded the “Top Rated Programme 2018”
innovations, not least because of the unintended quality seal in the Keuzegids Masters 2018
consequences they may have. Convinced that (www.keuzegids.org); classified as “unique in
'innovation' cannot be captured by economics the Netherlands” with an “impressive
alone, and that a purely technical approach is not international reputation” in the latest national
enough to understand today’s knowledge society, QUANU review (2020)
the MA European Studies on Society, Science and
Technology (ESST) focuses on studying science What will you learn?
and technology from a multidisciplinary In this programme, you will:
approach. You will explore the interrelated worlds • gain insights into controversial topics and learn
of the scientist, policy maker, designer and citizen how to study debates and policies about
by examining the history, politics, culture and science, technology and society and their
economics of modern innovation. Global and underlying assumptions
environmental perspectives will help you develop • become skilled in looking at issues from a
ethical awareness and public responsibility. variety of perspectives
• acquire methodologies to tackle the complexity
Highlights of real-world problems
• explores the complex interactions between • become a systematic thinker so you can build
science, technology and society bridges between different parties involved in a
• trains you to be a problem definer, problem given issue
solver and bridge builder
• truly international: of the 20 students in the
2019/20 programme, 60% came from outside
the Benelux
• truly interdisciplinary: taking perspectives from
"ESST offers you the opportunity to study the dynamics of techno
scientific developments in the different layers of society, while
fostering a critical attitude towards their societal impact and
implications."
Shelly Tsui, Sint Maarten
European Studies on Society, Science and Technology
Want to chat with the current Student Ambassador of ESST? Please visit
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/fasosambassadors
14 Master’s programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | 2021/2022Customise your programme Your future
ESST is offered by the European Inter-University ESST graduates find work in organisations such
Association on Society, Science and Technology. as:
This is a network of 13 universities that jointly • governmental agencies and NGOs
teach and conduct research in the field of social, • advisory bodies, think tanks, health councils
scientific and technological developments. You • private research institutes, e.g. sustainability
can select the specialisation offered by Maastricht centres
University, but it is also possible to study at one of • commercial companies and consultancies
our partner universities abroad during the second specialising in science, technology and
semester taking a course on your chosen innovation
specialisation and writing your master's thesis
there. You can also combine your thesis with an Fast Facts
internship, conducting research of direct practical • 1-year, full-time master's programme, taught in English
use. • starts in September 2021
• weekly: 12 contact hrs, 28 hrs independent study /
group work
Curriculum
Year 1 Semester 1 Semester 2
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4-6
(4 weeks) (4 weeks) (4 weeks) (20 weeks)
Introduction in Society, Interpreting the Politics of Science and Public Policy
Science and Technology History of Science and Knowledge (4 weeks) and Thesis
Studies Technology OR
Study abroad and Thesis
Science and Technology Science and Technology
in the Making: Dynamics
Entering the World of
the Laboratory
NB: The details of this programme could change; before applying, please check
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education for the latest information.
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MA Media Studies: Digital Cultures
Overview • connecting theory and practice
Digital technologies have transformed the ways • the master's programme is ranked 3rd in the
we share and distribute information, understand Netherlands in the field of Media Studies
the past, interact with each other and spend our according to the Keuzegids Masters Ranking
leisure time. The digital world has changed the 2019 (www.keuzegids.org)
terms of engagement in areas as diverse as
politics and culture: while it can function as a What will you learn?
force for good in democratising participation, In tutorial groups of approximately 15 students,
production, and sharing, it can also be you will seek solutions to tackle concrete,
exploitative, introducing new forms of control real-world issues, problems and scenarios in
and surveillance. As the digital world pervades all digital cultures. Topics such as user participation,
aspects of our lives, traditional media and hacking, net activism, virtuality, design thinking,
analogue culture are being reshaped in new and maker culture, collaborative problem solving,
complex interrelationships. The master's digital storytelling and narratives, archiving,
programme in Media Studies: Digital Cultures digital collections, 3D (re)creation, and sharing
combines theory and reflection with praxis and practices are explored. Teachers act as
making. It will provide you with a wide skill set in facilitators, providing assistance if needed
digital tools and research methods to become allowing you to develop the independence and
both a media researcher and an active player in problem-solving skills that you will need in the
today’s digitally-mediated world. field.
Highlights Media Studies: Digital Cultures has a broad and
• truly international: 39 students in the 2019/20 interdisciplinary theoretical foundation, focussing
programme, of which 85% were international, on five core disciplines:
coming from 14 countries • Media Studies
• choice of academic thesis or an internship with • Digital Humanities
empirical research and a shorter internship • Philosophy of Technology
thesis • Aesthetics
• intensive coaching and accessible, committed • Digital Sociology
staff
"I extremely valued Media Studies: Digital Cultures' up-to-date
curriculum. During the courses you will always discuss the most
recent events taking place in the field of digital media. Hence, the
knowledge you gain is immediately applicable to current topics."
Betty Tkadlciková, Czech Republic
Media Studies: Digital Cultures
Want to chat with the current Student Ambassador of Media Studies?
Please visit www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/fasosambassadors
16 Master’s programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | 2021/2022The programme melds theory and digital research Your future
skills through a variety of modalities, including As a Media Studies: Digital Cultures graduate, you
hands-on skills training, group projects, scenarios will have a wide array of career paths to choose
and case studies. You can further develop your from, such as:
professional skills if you choose to write your • manager, curator or fundraiser at a cultural
master’s thesis in combination with an organisation or an art or new media institution
internship. • journalist, writer, editor or producer at a news
agency, media network, or other type of profit or
Customise your programme not-for-profit organisation
All students will write a thesis in the second • policy advisor, analyst or researcher at a
semester. You can decide whether to follow a government agency or university
more in-depth academic trajectory, focussing • manager in marketing or advertising at a
solely on your thesis, or choose an internship commercial company
during which you will also conduct empirical • consultant or freelancer in web design or new
research at your internship provider and write a media
shorter internship thesis. Students have done
internships at: Fast Facts
• European Journalism Centre (Maastricht) • 1-year, full-time master’s programme, taught in English
• Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision • starts in September 2021
(Hilversum) • weekly: 8 contact hrs, 32 hrs independent study /
• EyeEm (Berlin) group work
• Fashion Clash (Maastricht)
• #dariahTeach (Maastricht)
Curriculum
Year 1 Semester 1 Semester 2
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 4-6
(8 weeks) (8 weeks) (4 weeks) (4 weeks) (16 weeks)
Transformations in Design Creating Digital Research Design Option A:
Digital Cultures Thinking Collections I • Workshops
and Maker supporting Thesis
Culture and Internship
Real Virtualities Machines of AND
Knowledge • Thesis
Creating Digital
Collections II Option B:
• Workshops
supporting Thesis
and Internship
AND
• Internship
• Internship Report
• Internship Thesis
NB: The details of this programme could change; before applying, please check
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education for the latest information.
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Follow our FASoS
ambassadors
on social media
At FASoS we are looking for the influencers, In your weekly PBL groups, you are going
networkers, talents and innovators of to tackle real-life problems which you will
tomorrow, who are specialised in their solve with your peers. The PBL method
field whilst being able to connect people stimulates the development of deeper
with their interdisciplinary outlook and learning and knowledge retention,
international skills. Are you up for the cultivating lifelong learning skills.
challenge? You can choose between the
various master’s programmes FASoS has to Imagine all these possibilities in a truly
offer. More specifically, in the field of: international environment, where an
impressive 77% of the students have a
• Politics & Governance non-Dutch background. Such international
• Arts & Culture classrooms create worldly views and
• Globalisation & Development interesting discussion topics.
• Media, Technology & Innovation.
Whether you picture yourself working in
The main objective our master’s Brussels, as a curator for a contemporary
programmes have in common is that its art museum, or as an ambassador for
graduates are reflective practitioners, UNESCO, make sure to start your career
with well-developed academic skills and a at FASoS!
wide-range of professional skills. You will
be trained to become a critical mind with Gain more insight into all the FASoS mas-
excellent debating skills. After finishing ter’s programmes by getting to know the
your master’s programme, you will be ready current students of the programmes. The
for the future; wherever that future may FASoS Ambassadors will tell you all about
take you. their lives at FASoS and what studying at
Maastricht University is actually like. Go
Maastricht University offers you a to the website to find an overview of their
unique learning approach, since you are social media pages. Once you are accepted
encouraged to take responsibility for your to the programme, you will receive a link to
own learning. You are taught within a a closed Facebook community, where you
small-scale learning environment through can meet your future peers.
the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) method.
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/fasosambassadors
19Politics & Governance
MA European Public Affairs
Overview • strong international reputation and close ties
The master's programme in European Public with Brussels
Affairs (EPA) provides advanced professional • annual three-day trip to EU institutions and
training in both the theoretical and practical consultancy firms based in Brussels
aspects of European policy-making. The policy • exclusive programme, with around 30 students
context in the European Union is complex, and per year
contemporary policy problems transcend national • truly international: 33 students in the 2019/20
and disciplinary borders. You will therefore learn programme, with 16 different nationalities
various academic concepts, theories and research • unique application of the Problem-Based
methods from disciplines such as Political Learning (PBL) educational method
Science, Law, Economics, Cultural Science and • cooperation with the European Institute of
Public Administration. You will use this Public Administration (EIPA), located in
knowledge to research, analyse and critically Maastricht
evaluate EU policy problems. You will also be • study at the place where the European Union
encouraged to become familiar with national and was founded through the Treaty of Maastricht
regional differences within the European in 1992
territory, and to seek commonalities and paths for
integration. By teaming up with your fellow What will you learn?
students to develop concrete solutions to real • understand and critically evaluate the complex
policy problems, you will put this knowledge and system of European governance
these skills to work. • understand and analyse contemporary EU policy
problems
Highlights • research and communicate solutions for policy
• study public affairs from a multidisciplinary problems
perspective and gain a firm understanding of • develop a know-how that can strategically
policy-making in the European Union influence the EU policy process used to address
• practical assignments simulate the professional policy problems
field of public affairs • become a confident speaker and debater
• training in professional skills prepare you for the
labour market
• focus on teamwork
Curriculum
Year 1 Semester 1 Semester 2
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5-6
(8 weeks) (8 weeks) (4 weeks) (8 weeks) (12 weeks)
Perspectives on Lobbying in the EU Implementation • Internship
European and Evaluation of • Internship Thesis
Governance EU Policy • Internship Report
Integrated Skills Track
NB: The details of this programme could change; before applying, please check
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education for the latest information.
20 Master’s programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | 2021/2022You will become an expert in European Public • US Chamber of Commerce to the EU
Affairs through a strong academic core • UN Office for Industrial Development
curriculum of 42 credits focussing on European • European Central Bank
Public Affairs from a broad multidisciplinary • European Parliament (as an assistant to a
perspective combining Political Sciences, Public Member of Parliament)
Administration, Law, Culture Studies and • European Environmental Bureau
Economics giving you a thorough understanding
of the complexity of the field. You will follow one Your future
core course per period and combine this with As an EPA graduate, you can work in:
research and professional skills trainings, so you • governmental institutions
reach your full potential step by step. • consulting and lobbying
• private firms performing ‘privatised’
Customise your programme government functions
As the EPA programme aims to prepare you for a • public affairs divisions of commercial
career in public administration or consultancy, corporations
the internship (12 weeks, 18 ECTS) is an essential • organisations with European or transnational
component. As part of your internship, you will missions
also complete a thesis of 9,000 words in which • non-profit organisations
you reflect upon the actual work done in the
internship using academic research. The host Fast Facts
institutions for the internship vary widely, • 1-year, full-time master’s programme, taught in English
depending on students’ personal preferences and • starts in September 2021
ambitions. Previous students • weekly: 40 hrs contact, groupwork and individual
have completed their internships at study
organisations, such as:
• Grayling Consultancy
• Belgian/German Permanent Representation
21Politics & Governance
MA European Studies
Overview What will you learn?
The master's programme in European Studies You will study the internal and external
focusses on the international dimensions of dimensions of European policy, governance and
European Union policy, governance and international relations by selecting one of the
administration. The programme looks beyond the three specialisations. The focus is on the
institutions of the EU and the mechanics of underlying issues of power and influence,
European integration to explore global governance and culture within Europe and
developments and multi-level governance in a between Europe and the wider world. You will
broader context. This student-centred, also be trained in professional skills, such as
interdisciplinary programme is among the largest writing press releases or speeches,
and certainly the most international in Europe communicating through social media, giving
and has an excellent reputation. The programme engaging presentations and negotiating
adopts an interdisciplinary approach, combining strategies. The European Studies programme has
political science, international relations, public a strong research orientation. Our teaching staff
policy, history and economics. of 27 internationally renowned academics is
highly active in the international research
The master’s programme offers three exciting community, regularly publishing in EU politics
specialisations: journals and contributing to academic and policy
• Public Policy and Administration debates. FASoS has a permanent research
• International Relations programme centred around administrative
• Global Challenges governance and the role of the EU in the world.
This research is embedded in the Centre for
Each specialisation has its own coherent European Research in Maastricht (CERiM).
curriculum. You will follow the first course,
Post-War Europe: Political and Societal Customise your programme
Transformations, jointly with all of your fellow You will write your master's thesis on a topic of
students to give you a strong foundation. In your choosing that is related to your
period 2, the specialisation phase starts. We have specialisation. You will receive supervision from
a yearly intake of approximately 70 students our academic staff and will receive individual
divided equally per specialisation, so we can feedback on your work throughout the academic
provide you with small-scale lectures and tutorial year. You will be further supported through a
groups consisting of a maximum of 15 students. thesis course that will help you develop your
academic skills as well as practice applying
Highlights research designs and methodologies.
• truly international: 78 students in the 2019/20
programme, with 17 different nationalities Fast Facts
• guest lectures and involvement of experts from • 1-year, full-time master’s programme, taught in English
professional practice • Starts in September 2021
• extensive alumni network and links to Brussels • Weekly: 10 contact hrs, 30 hrs independent study /
• strong focus on learning on-the-job skills group work
• you will study European Studies at the place
where the European Union was founded
through the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992
22 Master’s programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | 2021/2022Specialisation
MA European Studies: • develop professional skills such as drafting of
policy documents, negotiation and policy
Public Policy and analysis and evaluation
Administration Your future
The specialisation Public Policy and
This specialisation examines the notoriously Administration prepares you for a policy-oriented
complex and dynamic workings of the EU. From career in middle management or higher.
agenda setting and decision making to policy Throughout the year, career-related events will be
implementation and evaluation, from how power held to help you professionalise your CV,
and influence work in Brussels to how EU policies interview skills, etc. You will also meet our alumni
are applied in the member states – this who are already working in Brussels. Although the
specialisation gives you a behind-the-scenes look master’s programme has a strong European
at each step in the process of EU policymaking focus, the international dimension also plays a
and governance. You will take part in a workshop significant role. With your all-round grasp of
on the transposition of European directives into European institutions and integration, as well as
national legislation, and you will examine the role experience in international teams and practical
of civil society in EU integration and policymaking. project work, you can look for work in:
You will gain a thorough understanding of new • regional, national or European administration
modes of governance in the EU. and governance
• non-governmental organisations and think
What will you learn? tanks
• how to apply theoretical knowledge to practical, • consultancy and public affairs
interdisciplinary case studies • international journalism
• critically appraise EU developments using • academia and research
conceptual insights from public policy studies
23Specialisation
MA European Studies: • develop professional skills, such as policy
research, negotiation techniques, presentation
International Relations skills, small-group project work
This specialisation is about the EU as an Your future
international player. Trade, energy, the The specialisation International Relations
environment, finance, migration, and conflict – prepares you for a policy-oriented career in
some issues are just too big for a single member middle management or higher. Throughout the
state to tackle alone. You will look at how year, career-related events will be held to help you
different European countries, with their own professionalise your CV, interview skills, etc. You
interests, militaries, and diplomatic corps, come will also meet our alumni who are already
together to deal with common challenges. You working in Brussels. Although the master’s
will examine the types of ethical and practical programme has a strong European focus, the
issues underpinning international cooperation international dimension also plays a significant
and conflict. Key themes include international role. With your all-round grasp of European
relations theory and foreign policy analysis, institutions and integration, as well as experience
insights from political economy, human rights in international teams and practical project work,
law and other fields. These issues have acquired you can look for work in:
new urgency with so much turmoil in the world, • diplomatic services and international
from the recent uprisings in the Middle East and organisations
North Africa to the instability in Ukraine to • regional, national or European administration
heightened economic cooperation among the and governance
BRICS countries. • non-governmental organisations and think
tanks
What will you learn? • international journalism
• how to analyse the establishment of the EU as • academia and public policy research
an international actor
• think about the international role of the EU
using various theoretical perspectives and
conceptual frameworks from international
relations
24 Master’s programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | 2021/2022Specialisation
MA European Studies: • analyse Europe's relationship with other
(emerging) global players and regional
Global Challenges organisations to interpret European policies in a
global context
This specialisation focusses on the changing • develop professional skills to conduct policy
global environment and relations between analysis and evaluation and action research,
Europe and the rest of the world. You will address which seeks to make academic research also of
contemporary problems like international value for wider society
migration and international development, and
what they imply for Europe, neighbouring Your future
countries and the Global South. The specialisation The specialisation Global Challenges prepares you
is anchored in international relations and for a policy-oriented career in middle
comparative politics. You will look at EU management or higher. Throughout the year,
relationships with other (emerging) global players career-related events will be held to help you
and other regional organisations. The relations professionalise your CV, interview skills, etc. You
between Europe and the rest of the world are will also meet our alumni who are already
studied against the backdrop of a growing working in Brussels. Although the master’s
interdependence between countries, but also the programme has a strong European focus, the
global power shift characterised by the rise of the international dimension also plays a significant
BRICS. Special attention is paid to non-European role. With your all-round grasp of European
perspectives on solutions to global challenges and institutions and integration, as well as experience
to the institutions supporting global governance. in international teams and practical project work,
you can look for work in:
What will you learn? • diplomatic services and international
• think about globalisation and the changing organisations
global environment to critically assess the • non-governmental organisations and think
development and migration policies of the EU, tanks
the EU member states and of non-European • regional, national or European administration
countries and governance
• international journalism
• academia and research
25Curriculum specialisation Public Policy & Administration
Year 1 Semester 1 Semester 2
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5
(8 weeks) (8 weeks) (4 weeks) (8 weeks) (4 weeks)
Post-war Europe: The European EU Budget and Europeanisation Civil Society
Political and Policy Process Economic and Domestic and European
Societal Governance Change Integration
Transformations
Thesis (Period 1-6)
Curriculum specialisation International Relations
Year 1 Semester 1 Semester 2
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5
(8 weeks) (8 weeks) (4 weeks) (8 weeks) (4 weeks)
Post-war Europe: International EU Enlargement EU Foreign and EU External
Politics and Relations and and Neighbour- Security Policy Economic Policy
Societal Global Governance hood Policy
Transformations
Thesis (Period 1-6)
Curriculum specialisation Global Challenges
Year 1 Semester 1 Semester 2
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5
(8 weeks) (8 weeks) (4 weeks) (8 weeks) (4 weeks)
Post war Europe: International Europe, Multi- Europe and Europe and the
Political and Relations and lateralism and International Global South
Societal Global Governance Multipolarity Migration
Transformations
Thesis (Period 1-6)
NB: The details of this programme could change; before applying, please check
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education for the latest information.
26 Master’s programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | 2021/2022Politics & Governance
MSc European Studies (Research)
Overview programme label in 2017, 2018 and 2019
The two-year research master's programme in (www.keuzegids.org)
European Studies (RMES) is a multi- and • according to Elsevier Best Studies, 81% of our
interdisciplinary programme that combines students would recommend this programme to
political science and international relations with others (www.elsevierweekblad.nl)
history and sociology. You will focus on
developing high-level research competences from What will you learn?
the beginning of the programme, with practical In this programme, you will acquire knowledge
research projects integrated into each core and competences that will enable you to:
module. You will follow in-depth training • critically analyse and discuss contemporary
modules in quantitative or qualitative research challenges facing the EU
techniques and develop skills in designing • conduct high-quality research
research, writing research proposals, publishing • design, implement and publish your own
your work and applying for research funding. You research
can customise your study programme and choose • function effectively in a multidisciplinary,
from three graduation options: a double degree international research environment
with Cologne University in Germany; a research
internship to gain practical work experience; or an Customise your programme
exchange abroad. The master’s programme In the first year, you can choose:
culminates with a thesis and optionally, the • one of three specialisations: Histories of
development of a PhD research proposal. European Integration / Democracy and
Representation in Europe / Europe and the
Highlights World
• tailored training for a career that requires strong • one of two research methods trainings:
research skills, such as in a think tank or in Qualitative Research / Quantitative Research
academia, or jobs in politics and journalism
• option to choose specialisations and research In the second year, you can choose one of three
methods trainings graduation options:
• optional Double Degree with Cologne University • double degree: spend the second year at
(Germany) Cologne University, Germany
• top-rated faculty in one of the largest and most • study abroad: spend the first semester of the
international research groups in European second year at one of our partner universities –
Studies Mannheim University, Germany; Sciences Po
• academic staff are top-notch scholars Grenoble, France; Hitotsubashi University Tokyo,
specialised in various fields Japan; University of Portsmouth, UK; technical
• truly international: 22 students in the 2019/20 University München, Germany
programme, with 9 different nationalities • internship: spend up to five months pursuing a
• a small, close-knit community of students and practical internship with one of our professors
researchers (max. 15 students p/a) or at a think tank, EU institution or NGO
• only research master’s programme in European
Studies in the Netherlands Your future
• ranked 1st place in the European Studies Our graduates have pursued careers in academia,
category of the 2018 and 2019 Keuzegids journalism, think tanks and many other national
Masters and awarded with the top-rated and international organisations and institutions,
including as a(n):
27• researcher, Centre for European Policy Studies • reporter, Inter Press Service (IPS) (CEPS), Brussels • internal Communications Advisor, Vallourec • Marie Curie PhD candidate, Loughborough • senior Business Analyst, McKinsey & Company University, UK • PhD candidate European University Institute, Fast Facts Florence, Italy • 2-year, full-time programme, taught in English (120 • assistant Professor, University of Bamberg, ECTS) Germany • Starts in September 2021 • diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dutch • Weekly: 15 contact hrs, 25 hrs independent study / Government group work • diplomat, Federal Foreign Office, German • Scholarships are available towards tuition, Government maintenance, study abroad and internships • policy Officer, Research Service, European Parliament • policy Advisor, European Commission 28 Master’s programmes of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | 2021/2022
Curriculum
Year 1 Semester 1 Semester 2
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5
(8 weeks) (8 weeks) (4 weeks) (8 weeks) (8 weeks)
European Historicising Research Design The Symbolic Research Project
Integration: European Union Construction of
State of the Art OR European
Democratic Community
Governance and OR
Representation in Information,
Europe Expertise and Politics
OR in the EU
European Foreign OR
Policy The EU, Russia and
China: Competing
Regionalisms and
Approaches to Global
Governance
Introduction to Case Study Methods Qualitative Qualitative Content Thesis Proposal
Research Methods and Process-Tracing Interviewing Analysis (12 weeks, period
of European OR OR OR 5 - 6)
Studies Methods and Survey Data Multilevel and
Sources in Historical Methodology Longitudinal
Analysis Modeling
OR
Linear and
Generalised
Linear Regression
Writing and Presenting a Research Paper
Year 2 Semester 1 Semester 2
Period 1 - 2 Period 2 - 3 Period 4- 5 - 6
(10 weeks) (10 weeks) (20 weeks)
Option A: Internship
Research Internship (Individual Research Project, also in MSc Thesis
period 4) AND
Academic Publishing and Grant Acquisition
Social Science Statistics:
working with SPSS
Option B: Study Abroad
Study Abroad (Individual Study Track at selected Partner MSc Thesis
Institution) AND
Academic Publishing and Grant Acquisition
Social Science Statistics:
working with SPSS
Option C: Double Degree Programme
MSc Thesis
Study at Double Degree Partner University
NB: The details of this programme could change; before applying, please check
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education for the latest information.
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