Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands

Why start Euroculture in Groningen?

The University of Groningen is recognized worldwide as a top research university, featuring in the top 100 of the Shanghai ARWU, the Times Higher Education, and the QS World University ranking lists.

The Euroculture MA programme in Groningen is offered at the Faculty of Arts. The expertise of our international and interdisciplinary teaching team varies from Modern and Contemporary History, International Relations,Cultural and Literary Studies, to European Law.
The curriculum is complemented by a Euroculture Lecture Series, inviting external experts to give talks on a range of topical issues. Furthermore  an excursion to Brussels is organized to introduce the students to the inner workings of the EU, NGOs and possible career paths after graduation.

The academic culture in Groningen focuses on active, project-based and research-driven learning. While students are encouraged to work independently, teachers and study advisors offer feedback and guidance and remain very accessible. We focus on building a Euroculture community in Groningen, involving teachers, students, and graduates.

Groningen is a dynamic student city with a growing international population. Students enjoy access to Dutch language courses, sports facilities, leisure activities and educational events organized throughout the year. And of course, you can get around the city by bike!  

Thematic Focus

The academic and research focus of the Euroculture programme at the University of Groningen centers is on the notion of cultural identity and its relation to European integration in all its dimensions. Concepts such as “Europeanisation” and “Citizenship” are debated. Trans-Atlantic relations and European-Asian relations feature prominently in Groningen too. In the second semester Euroculture in Groningen offers two research seminars: one focuses on a comparison of integration processes between Europe and East Asia, while the other, taking cultural analysis as point of view covers representations and constructions of European identity in a globalized context.


The topics for students’ MA theses are not limited to these geographical areas though, nor to a particular perspective. Thesis topics cover a wide geographical area and a large variety of dimensions, but are always closely related to the interest and expertise of the students (European culture, history, politics, foreign relations, literature, arts, European law, religion, sociology). Necessarily, every thesis has an interdisciplinary character. 

Practical

Course Catalogue
Euroculture Groningen has a Course Catalogue here. 

Accommodation
For international students, a number of rooms in student dormitories (SSH) is reserved every semester for the international Euroculture students. Early applications are necessary to be eligible. Otherwise, students are asked to apply through the local private sector.

Starting date of the academic year
First Monday of September

Living Costs
Estimation per month (housing, food, other expenses): €800-900

Visa matters
Visa applications are handled by the university on the student’s behalf by the Immigration Service Desk of the University of Groningen (ISD), and can be submitted online. Coordinators in Groningen inform and assist the students during their application. 

Consortium Secretariat
Groningen hosts the Consortium Secretariat and is coordinating the entire Euroculture network.

​​​​​​​Contact 

Euroculture Department & Consortium Secretariat
Faculty of Arts, Harmony Building, Oude Kijk in ‘t Jatstraat 26
P.O. Box 716, NL-9700 AS Groningen

Requests to the Board of Examiners as well as the Admissions Board may be submitted to the general email address euroculture@rug.nl.

Recognition Status

  • Name of Institution: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

  • Name of the degree awarded: Master of Arts in Euroculture

  • Accredited by: NVAO (Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatie-organisatie)