Your future
After your bachelor's, you can choose to follow a master’s programme, where you can further develop your strengths and interests. Of course, you can also enter a master’s programme at another Maastricht faculty or at another university.
Master’s programmes
With a bachelor's degree in Arts & Culture, there are a number of programmes at Maastricht University that you can follow.
You can be admitted to the following programmes without having to fulfil additional requirements as they continue directly on from themes and skills within Arts and Culture:
- Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education (MA)
- Kunst en Erfgoed: Beleid, Management en Educatie (MA)
- Contemporary Literature and Arts: Cultural Interventions and Social Justice (MA)
- Modern Political Culture: Ideas and Discourses in Context (MA)
The following programmes are also good fits for Arts and Culture graduates. They may have additional admission requirements:
Career prospects
As a graduate of the Arts and Culture programme, you will have many career opportunities. Your deep understanding of our current society and its historical roots, as well as your ability to approach complex problems from a variety of perspectives and practical skills such as discussion leadership and presentation skills, will allow you to work in a wide range of jobs, including:
- Policy advisor for governmental and non-governmental organisations
- Media personality, consultant or writer for radio, TV, newspapers, magazines
- Curator or cultural entrepreneur for cultural institutions such as museums, galleries or publishers
- Politics, consultancy, education or scientific research
Career paths for Arts and Culture graduates
- arts and culture
- management and administration
- marketing and communications
- journalism
- politics and non-governmental organisations
Alumni@work
Shelly Tsui
PhD Candidate, Eindhoven University of Technology
Year of graduation: 2016
I was drawn to two features that I think made the programme very unique: the cultural lens to studying societal issues, and the emphasis on interdisciplinarity.
Eline Schmeets (Dutch)
Policy Advisor, Maastricht University
Year of graduation: 2014
I am really glad I decided to study Arts and Culture at Maastricht University. Through this programme I have not only learned a lot about the content of the different courses I took, but I have also acquired a number of valuable skills that are useful in a lot of other contexts as well.
Kaatje Lomme (Dutch)
Project Manager
National Institute for Health Research, London
Year of graduation: 2010
When I was in my last year of secondary school I visited a number of universities. As my brother had studied Arts and Culture at Maastricht University and was very positive about it I decided to visit the open day. I had never been to Maastricht before and really liked the city and the university.
Katja Weitering (Dutch)
Head of the Project Office
Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht
Year of Graduation: 1999
Since 2000 I am employed in the museum sector. In recent years, the domain of museums and heritage has changed radically. The commercialisation of cultural institutions, increasing emphasis on public participation and debates on inclusiveness and postcolonial perspectives are a few examples.
Lotte van Boxem (Dutch)
Professional Photographer
Year of Graduation: 2005
In this video Lotte van Boxem tells you more about her experience as an alumna of Arts & Culture and how her study helped her in her career. Lotte continued her studies at the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences with the master's programme European Studies on Society, Science and Technology.
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