Management of Cultural Diversity
Become an expert in managing a culturally diverse workforce within companies and organizations. Work on policies solving important societal challenges, such as equal opportunities in the labor market, the educational or the healthcare system and the participation of refugees in society. This is a track of MA Culture Studies.
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(of all students who started in September, 2021)
National Alumni Survey, 2021 | n=11 (Culture Studies, all tracks)
Alumni report, 2021 | n = 502 (Culture Studies, all tracks)
Program and courses
Learn to understand and manage organizational and societal challenges that come with cultural diversity.
- Reflect on questions such as:
- What does it mean to a hospital when patients with various religious beliefs need tailor-made care?
- What are the consequences when citizens representing different identities, traditions, languages and beliefs send their children to mixed schools?
- Do people with different ethnic backgrounds get equal opportunities in the labor market?
- How can a company customize its services to customers from all over the world?
- How can employers deal with challenges related to working with quotas regarding the composition of their workforce
- What should managers and policymakers do to make diversity work?
- Learn to approach complex issues from an interdisciplinary perspective, combining insights from culture studies, sociology, anthropology, social psychology, sociolinguistics, organization studies and human resource studies.
- Apply your theoretical knowledge to real-life cases within companies and organizations.
This is a track of MA Culture Studies. You specialize by following one of its tracks.
Typical courses are:
- Cultural Identity and Diversity
- Cultural Diversity Management
- Cultural Diversity Policies
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Alumnus"The program was an eye-opener as it taught me to look at the multicultural societies from a broader perspective. It prepared me to manage the diversity of people in organizations in a way everyone gets equal chances and opportunities."
Career prospects
Upon graduating you will have obtained the following title (as stated on your diploma): MA Culture Studies, specialization Management of Cultural Diversity.
This specialization will enable you to analyze cases involving cultural diversity and to propose interventions that managers, policy makers and government officials can work with. You may focus on the management of a culturally diverse workforce within companies and organizations or work on policy development and implementation related to issues of cultural diversity in society within governmental organizations or NGOs.
Some of our graduates' jobs:
- Head of Talent at Granger Reis
- Consultant at Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie
- Project Coordinator Inclusion & Diversity at PwC
- Corporate Recruiter at Coolblue
- HRM Trainee at Yacht
Alumni facts
- Average time between graduation and first paid job is 3.4 months
- 81% of the alumni find a job within 6 months of graduation
Source: Alumni of Culture Studies (all tracks), National Alumni Survey, 2021 | n = 11
Application and admission
This program starts:
End of August (both the Master’s and the Pre-Master’s program)
Best preparatory programs:
A Bachelor's degree in the field of:
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- 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
As an international student, you can find all information about tuition fees and scholarships here.
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