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Academic Bachelor's degree
GMAT
Motivation and initiative
Academic Referee
In your application, you have to verify your English proficiency. You can do this by providing 1 of the following English proficiency test scores:
TOEFL IBT: a minimum of 92 points overall and a minimum of 22 points for each sub-score (TOEFL institution code: 9011). The TOEFL Home Edition is allowed for the September 2022 intake.
IELTS (Academic test): a minimum of 6.5 overall and a minimum of 6.0 for each sub-score. The IELTS indicator test is not allowed.
Cambridge Assessment English
Certificate in Advanced English: 180 points overall and in each skill or
Certificate of Proficiency in English: 180 points overall and in each skill.
Test scores must also conform to the following guidelines:
Make sure you schedule your English proficiency test before the application deadline.
Test scores received after the application deadline are accepted, as long as your English proficiency test was taken before the application deadline.
Your English proficiency test score cannot be more than 2 years old before the start date of your programme. For example, if you are applying for the September 2022 intake we do not accept English proficiency tests taken before September 2020.
Be sure to plan your test on time; test dates fill quickly and it can take several weeks for you to receive your results. Applications without a sufficient score or with a test date after the application deadline, will not be accepted.
European cultural identities
Culture is at the heart of the challenges that Europe and the EU currently face. The complexities of Brexit, populism, migration and multiculturalism cannot be properly understood without considering the pivotal importance of identity issues at the local, national and transnational level, and taking into account Europe’s cultural and historical transformations.
In the Master’s in Identity and Integration, you will approach the study of European identity and cultural diversity within the disciplines of historiography, and cultural and literary studies. You will gain the in-depth theoretical knowledge on European history and culture necessary to study tensions and conflicts in Europe, and to understand contemporary debates about European integration and identity. You will explore intersections of culture and politics by focusing mainly on four topics: nationalism and national identities, transnational manifestations of European culture, the changing idea of Europe and European identity, and the employment of culture in community-building policies and practices in the EU.
Develop your academic skills
You will further develop your writing, presentation and research skills, and you will train your organisational skills in the preparation and execution of a study trip to a European Capital of Culture. As part of an international classroom, you will be trained in intercultural and interlingual skills. With these skills and the knowledge and approach you learn during the programme, you will build a unique expertise in European culture and history that is highly relevant to many parts of Europe’s work environment, whether in the field of culture, politics, media or business.
Why study Identity and Integration at the University of Amsterdam?
The Master's in Identity and Integration offers students:
A vibrant, research-oriented study environment.
A strong focus on the intersection of culture and politics in contemporary Europe.
A unique combination of history and cultural and literary studies to study Europe.
A comprehensive study programme taught by internationally renowned experts from the field.
A broad range of electives that will enable you to tailor your programme according to your personal interests and career goals.
A stimulating international classroom with students and lecturers from all over Europe and beyond.
A small-scale programme with individual coaching.
Opportunities to meet and engage with experts from professional practices.
An exchange with students from the Master's in European Studies at the University of Leuven (Belgium).
A seminar and study trip to one of Europe’s Cultural Capitals.
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Programme structure
The Master's in Identity and Integration comprises 60 ECTS credits:
18 credits for core courses
24 credits for electives
18 credits for a Master's thesis
Core courses
Cultures of Nationalism in Contemporary Europe. This course offers a comparative cultural history of Europe with a focus on nation-building in the past two centuries, and on the intellectual history of national culture and nationalism;
Uniting Europe: contested identities and ideas for integration studies the diversity of European thought, of competing ideas about European identity, of schemes for European unity, as well as the ways in which such ideas were communicated across Europe.
Skills Seminar. European Capitals of Culture studies the EU ECOC programme. Students gain knowledge about EU’s cultural policies and train their more practical skills by organising and programming a symposium with expert speakers and a study trip to the European Cultural Capital.
Electives
The electives complement the core courses of Identity and Integration. They add to the interdisciplinary approach to studying European culture and history and allow students to pursue specific interests in terms of themes, periods, regions and methods.
Internship
We enable students to do an internship during the MA programme. The student is responsible for organising the internship and should do so in consultation with the programme coordinator, as possibilities need to be sought to accommodate the internship within the framework of the programme.
Thesis
You complete the Identity and Integration programme by executing your own in-depth research project. We will help you find a suitable thesis supervisor. Upon completion, you will have gained profound understanding of the complexity of a theme of your own choice and you will have mastered the necessary skills to conduct independent research in this field.
The Job Market
Graduates of our programme find employment in the media, in policy and research positions in European or international organisations and institutions, in national, regional or local governments, in NGOs, as well as in publishing, cultural institutions, and festivals. Examples: Policy advisor for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; United Nations Officer; Project manager at the academic-cultural center SPUI25 in Amsterdam; staff-member of DutchCulture (a body affiliated with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs that helps cultural institutions to acquire funding from the EU); Journalist for a Dutch newspaper; Business Analyst at Rabobank; Press-officer of the Holland Festival.
An Academic Career
As alumni of our research-oriented programme, some of our students proceed to PhD trajectories (in or outside the Netherlands), in the fields of European studies, international relations, cultural studies, history, literature etc. Recent graduates have, for instance, moved on to PhD positions at Cambridge University, University of Pennsylvania and the University of Amsterdam.
Insurance: €420 per year
