Heritage and Society (BA)
Career prospects
The combination of practical knowledge and academic skills makes you valuable to many employers. You will be ready to take on various positions in commercial companies, the government, research institutes, heritage agencies, or museums.
Elsbeth Tjon Sie Fat
Events and Venue Hire
I am responsible for all events and the rental of rooms at the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO). The activities we organise at the RMO vary from small meetings to large productions: I can simultaneously be busy preparing a course with 25 people as well as the Museum Night with 2,500 visitors.
As a student in Archaeology I studied objects from the RMO. This introduced me to the museum and, after various positions, brought me to my current department. My knowledge of the collection helps me find suitable topics for our public events. Although I no longer work with archaeological objects on a daily basis, I am always surrounded by them at the RMO.
Broad array of skills
The broad array of skills that you will acquire as an archaeologist will make you an attractive target for a wide range of employers. These skills will equip you for a variety of positions in the Netherlands or abroad, in government or in business. They will also make you an objective, critical and, above all, articulate and creative thinker.
Creative thinkers have the ability to draw logical and accurate conclusions from incomplete information, and to come up with practical and original solutions. This ability will make you a great fit with many different professions.
Stepping-stone to the job market
Your archaeology master’s can be a stepping-stone up to a career in almost every sector of the job market. It is the winning combination of practical knowledge and academic skills that fuels employers’ demand for Leiden University’s archaeology graduates.
Sectors in which graduates of Archaeology are employed
Our graduates find employment as:
- field archaeologists
- researchers
- PhD candidates at Leiden University or other universities
- policy advisors at governmental institutes or NGOs
- consultants with independent or commercial companies
- museum curators
- cultural resource managers (Heritage)
- university or secondary school teachers
- journalists
- publishers
- public relations officers
- project managers
- digital education officers at museums
- digital specialists