Master's programmes in Humanities
The faculty of Humanities offers a wealth of master's programmes. Please find a list of all the available subjects below.
- For a detailed overview of Master's programmes by subject, please consult http://en.mastersinleiden.nl/.
- Master's programmes
- African Languages and Cultures
African Linguistics
Arabic, Persian and Turkish Languages and Cultures
Art History
Book and Digital Media Studies
Chinese Studies
Classics
Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
Dutch Studies
Egyptian Language and Culture
English Language and Culture
European Union Studies
French Language and Culture
German Language and Culture
Hebrew and Aramaic Languages and Cultures
History
Indian American Studies
Indian and Tibetan Studies
Indonesian Studies
Islamic Studies
Islamic Theology
Italian Language and Culture
Japanese Studies
Korean Studies
Languages and Cultures of Mesopotamia and Anatolia
Latin American Studies
Linguistics
Literary Studies
Nederlandse taal en cultuur
Persian Studies
Philosophy
Philosophy of a specific discipline
Photographic Studies
Religious Studies
Russian Studies
Slavic Languages and Cultures
Turkish Studies
- Research master's programmes
- Overview of the research master's programmes offered by the Faculty of Humanities.
- African Studies (Research)
- Ancient History (Research)
- Area Studies (Research): Asia and the Middle East
- Assyriology (Research)
- Classics (Research)
- Classics and Ancient Near Eastern Civilisations (Research)
- Egyptology (Research)
- Global Connections: Migration, Networks, Institutions (Research)
- Hebrew Bible Studies (Research)
- History (Research): Societies and Institutions
- History of European Expansion and Globalisation (Research)
- History of Political Culture and National Identities (Research)
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Research)
- Linguistics (Research): Structure and Variation in the Languages of the World
- Medieval and Early Modern European History (Research)
- New Testament and Early Christian Studies (Research)
- Philosophy (Research): Rationality
- Study of Art and Literature (Research)



