The one-year master?s programme in ?from??gives you the chance to gain a degree based on your own particular interests and ambitions.Overview of History specialisations
The master in History offers seven specialisations. Within these specialisations, a flexible format allows you to further tailor your qualification to reflect your interests.
- Ancient History: provides you with a comprehensive overview of the history of the Greek and Roman period.
- Archival Studies: helps you understand why archives were founded and how they operate.
- Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence: in which you will study processes of migration, urbanisation, economic development and global interaction through time.
- Colonial and Global History: the best in-depth programme on the history of colonialism and globalisation currently available in Europe.
- Europaeum Programme European History and Civilisation: Leiden-Oxford-Paris Programme: is a unique programme offered by Leiden University, the Universit? Paris I ? Panth?on/Sorbonne and the University of Oxford.
- Europe 1000-1800: focuses?on the momentous cultural and political transformations that characterised Europe between 1000-1800.
- Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present: gives you the chance to be part of a programme that is at the forefront of a new international approach to understanding how national politics and identities in Europe are conceived.
Careers
Your master?will qualify you for roles in almost every sector of the employment market. Many of our graduates work for public services, research institutes, business services, banking and financial services, communications, education, advisory work, policy development, management, co-ordination, editing and information services.
Examples of the diverse roles of our graduates include:
- Senior assistant at the European Union
- Consultant
- PhD candidate at Leiden University
- History teacher at a secondary school
- Project manager at a text agency
- Digital education officer at a museum
- Policy advisor at a local council
- Editor at a publishing house
- Web journalist at a multimedia publishing house
