The Research Master’s program Classics and Ancient Civilizations trains students to do research, write project proposals, acquire research funding, and communicate their research results effectively to an academic audience and the wider public. It can best be characterized as a disciplinary program in an interdisciplinary context. In composing student's individual programs, they may opt for a disciplinary specialization in Classics, Ancient Studies, Archaeology of Ancient Near Eastern Studies. In the core modules, as well as in several elective courses, however, students will be stimulated to broaden their academic horizons by learning to position their discipline within a broader interdisciplinary academic context. students may also choose to give their entire program, including their thesis, an interdisciplinary orientation.

It gives students a world-class education in Ancient Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Students can specialize in a discipline of their choice. As students will be studying in an interdisciplinary context, they will learn at the same time how to cooperate with other scholars in other disciplines. Thus they will become fully equipped and prepared for the modern study of the Ancient World.

This two-year program trains students to do research, write project proposals, acquire research funding, and communicate their research results effectively to an academic audience and the wider public. Students will be well-prepared for conducting Ph.D. research in the Netherlands or abroad and will be able to function successfully as a researcher either in or outside academia.