Philosophy (MA) (60EC)
The one-year master's programme in Philosophy at Leiden University offers advanced training in an array of philosophical approaches in a pluralistic and collegial environment. We offer specializations in the major branches of both analytic and continental philosophy, as well as in global and comparative philosophy.
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Why study Philosophy at Leiden University?
Leiden University is home to one of the oldest departments of philosophy in the Netherlands. It is unique in housing a dedicated research centre for Global and Comparative Philosophy, alongside flourishing research groups in Theoretical, Moral and Political, and Continental Philosophy. hosts a large international staff with wide-ranging expertise in both systematic philosophy and its history. Philosophy at Leiden is distinguished by both its pluralism and by its conviction that philosophy is done best when each strand enters into conversation with the others.
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What are your career prospects?
Our graduates are currently employed in a wide range of professions in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Successful completion of an MA prepares you for PhD research and a career in academia. Currently 100% of our students find employment at university-graduate level within one year of completing our one-year MA in Philosophy. We can attribute this both to the high quality of the programme and the talent and ambition of our students.
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Learn from passionate and engaged philosophers
Today, the Institute for Philosophy at Leiden University is an international centre for research and education, with an expansive network of partner institutes and an active programme of visiting lecturers.
During your master’s programme in Philosophy, you learn you will have access to the best teaching staff, the very latest research, and a wealth of resources found nowhere else in the world.
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Naomi Grooteboer
Graduated in the MA Philosophy specialization Global and Comparative Philosophy
"Having finished my bachelor’s in philosophy, this master’s has offered me the deepening of my studies that I was looking for. I was able to focus my studies on those contexts that I found most interesting, whilst also keeping an eye on philosophies from other cultures. Especially the discussions with teachers and fellow students were wonderful; those were exactly the intercultural philosophical debates that this program wants to accentuate."