Opportunities after graduating
The master programme Arts, Culture and Society prepares you for management, policy or communication positions within government, businesses and cultural institutions.
Academic career
Do you want to stay in academics after your graduation? Then this specialisation will also help you build strong analytical skills, enabling you to conduct independent research. This provides excellent preparation for a PhD trajectory. After successful completion of the master in Arts, Culture and Society you may be eligible for an abridged programme of the Research Master Sociology of Culture, Media and the Arts. Selection is based on your academic motivation and talent.
Alumni
Our alumni are well-represented across a broad spectrum of industries. The top 3 sectors where recent Arts, Culture and Society graduates work include:
- Higher Education: for example as research assistant, PhD candidate or (junior) lecturer at various universities in the Netherlands and Europe.
- Cultural sector: for example as exhibition coordinator, programme maker, project manager, producer or advisor at cultural institutions and the performing arts (theatre, cinema, museum, festival, publisher etc).
- Government: for example as arts programmer, content specialist, policy maker/advisor, or public affairs officer at a municipality or ministry.
We also see graduates starting their career in the music and entertainment industry, or in the non-profit sector.
Organisations where recent alumni work:
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
- Rituals
- WILDe Theatre / Luxor Theatre / Theatre Utrecht
- Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
- Rotterdam Festivals
- Universidad de Alcalá
- Dutch Design Foundation
- World Press Photo Foundation
- DutchCulture
- Rademakers Gallery
- Cultural Relations Platform
- Netherlands Enterprise Agency
- Dutch National Opera & Ballet
- International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)
Would you like to know more about the different career opportunities after your studies? On our alumni website you can read the experiences of Arts & Culture graduates.