Art and Media Studies

Program and courses

New forms of using and creating art have emerged since the arrival of internet and social media: think of interactive pop-up museum exhibitions stimulating the making of selfies; fan fiction; new types of genre-mediation in literary texts (mixing fact and fiction), or new art projects in urban settings (city safari).

This program gives in-depth knowledge on how such innovations develop and what their implications are for the societies we live in.

• Gain knowledge on artistic practices and their contributions to the democratic, digital and mediatized public sphere.
• Develop communicative skills such as writing, analyzing and interpreting texts and images, critical reflection on societal issues, and participating in public debates.
• Turn academic content into publications that are accessible to a wider public through Diggit Magazine, both a learning instrument and an online news platform focusing on arts, digital culture, and globalization.

Typical courses are:

• New private and public spheres
• Beauty and the sublime online
• Intimacy, privacy and authenticity
• Authorship and persona
• Media interventions: Participation, practices and debates

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Career prospects

We will educate you to become a communication and culture professional, capable of analyzing, understanding and evaluating various digital infrastructures and their consequences for everyday life,  ready to perform a nexus role in ongoing digital and societal developments.

You will find jobs in the field of (digital) journalism, culture, communication, education and research.

Alumni facts

• Average time between graduation and first paid job is 3.6 months
• 83% of our alumni find a job within 6 months after graduation, and 59% within 2 months
• 80% of the alumni would choose the same program at our university again

Source: Alumni of Culture Studies (all tracks), National Alumni Survey, 2016-2018 | n = 46

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Application and admission

Best preparatory programs:

Tilburg University's BA Online Culture: Art, Media and Society

One of these Bachelor's degrees:

• The academic background of the students in our Master's program varies a lot. Students with a Bachelor's degree in a different subject area are also most welcome to apply.

Pre-Master's program:

Open to both Research University students and students of a Dutch University of Applied Sciences (HBO).

Tuition fees and scholarships

International students find all information about tuition fees and scholarships here.

This program starts:

At the end of August

Interested in the Master's program?

Check your eligibility

Related Master’s programs

• Digital Culture Studies
• Philosophy of Humanity and Culture