Visual Ethnography (MSc)
Admission requirements
To be eligible for Visual Ethnography at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.
Diploma requirements
Entry requirements for students with a Dutch bachelor’s degree
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A bachelor degree in Cultural Anthropology, or a bachelor degree with a major in Cultural Anthropology, or its equivalent in Social and Behavioural Studies, Cultural Studies, or Humanities from a recognised university (according to NUFFIC classification).
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Basic training in the anthropological research process and audio-visual methods (research proposal, fieldwork, and data analysis).
Entry requirements for students with other diplomas
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A bachelor degree in Cultural Anthropology, or a bachelor degree with a major in Cultural Anthropology, or its equivalent in Social and Behavioural Studies, Cultural Studies, or Humanities from a recognised university (according to NUFFIC classification).
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Basic training in the anthropological research process and audio-visual methods (research proposal, fieldwork, and data analysis).
Entry requirements for students with a degree from a University of Applied Sciences
Applicants with a bachelor's or master’s degree from higher professional education (HBO) in the field of culture, behavior, and society (or in a closely related field) that meet the language requirements, are taken into consideration for our 60 ECTS pre-master’s programme.
For Leiden University CADS students that have taken the course Visual Methods: the entry requirements for starting the Master for 2025-2026 have changed. The course Visual Methods alone is no longer sufficient. To be eligible for admission, you will now need to take an admissions exam for the course Expanded Ethnography.
Please apply before 1 April by sending an email to stucoanthropology@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.
Language requirements
English language proficiency
The following requirements apply:
- IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall, with at least 6.0 for each separate component score.
For other accepted exams, including score equivalency tables and criteria for the accepted exams, refer to our English language proficiency requirements.
Note that English test results may not be more than two years old.
You do not have to submit an English proficiency test if you have completed your education in the USA, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada (except French-taught programmes in Canada) Singapore, South-Africa or Malta, if you have obtained an English-taught International Baccalaureate™; if you have completed a Dutch VWO diploma or an English-taught degree at a Dutch research university or an English-taught bachelor’s degree from a Dutch university of applied sciences.
Pre-master programme
If you do not have an advanced training in the anthropological research process and audio-visual methods (research proposal, fieldwork, and data analysis), you may be required to do a pre-master programme that incorporates courses on how (audio) visual media are used in the anthropological research process.
For admissions questions please contact stucoanthropology@fsw.leidenuniv.nl