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Arts & Culture: Design Cultures

Master

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The specialisation in Design Cultures focuses on how our world has been designed. Interiors, fashion, artefacts, graphics and digital design coexist in our society. They affect nearly every area of our lives and therefore require adequate analysis. Design Cultures takes a humanities perspective and explores design history and theory in connection with contemporary issues such as identity, sustainability and multiculturalism.


The opportunities for collaboration between the design sector and cultural institutions in Amsterdam are endless. In our wide-ranging academic courses, you can explore the dimensions of these contexts and combine them in unique and exciting ways. You will have plenty of opportunities to develop your own personal interests, for example, in fashion, industrial design or graphic design. The specialisation in Design Cultures will deepen your insights into 20th- and 21st-century developments in design as a practice, a product, a discourse and a cultural environment. You will learn to identify and analyse crossovers within and between the different design disciplines in a wider social context. You will also learn to put theory into practice as a writer and researcher, as well as during your internship at a cultural institution. 

Language

English

Title

Master of Arts

Duration

1 year

ECTS credits

Information not available

Accreditation

NVAO

Tuition fee 2025/2026

€ 2,601

€ 24,150

€ 21,220


Admission

Application requirements

Information not available

Language requirements

7
IELTS overall band
6.5
IELTS listening
6.5
IELTS reading
6.5
IELTS writing
6.5
IELTS speaking
600
TOEFL paper based
250
TOEFL computer based
100
TOEFL internet based

Check when you can start and what you have to pay!

Tuition fees  
€ 2,601
€ 24,150
€ 21,220
Start date App. deadline EU/EEA App. deadline Non-EU/EEA
1 Sep '25 31 May '25 1 Apr '25
1 Sep '26 31 May '26 1 Apr '26
1 Sep '27 31 May '27 1 Apr '27

Scholarships

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NL Scholarship

The NL Scholarship is meant for international students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who want to do their bachelor’s or master’s in the Netherlands.

Orange Tulip Scholarship - China

These customised scholarships will increase the talent development in a country with a Nuffic Neso office by allowing talented students to study in the Netherlands.

Contact

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Main address
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
020-5985020

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