Study location	Netherlands, Nijmegen
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	1 year (60 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	MSc

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology, Development Studies, Non-Western Sociology or related area (does NOT include a Bachelor’s from a University of Applied Science). You are required to provide a list of all courses you have taken, are taking and are planning to take including course content, number of hours and literature used, see example here. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / German / Dutch. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. It is required that you send verified copies of the entry qualification documents directly to the university by postal mail. Important! Never send original documents by post! Radboud University Central Student Administration P.O. Box 9102 6500 HC Nijmegen

Language requirements	English -IELTS Academic: ≥ 7.0 overall, subscores ≥ 6.5 -TOEFL iBT: ≥ 100, subscores ≥ 22 -Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 proficiency: C or above

Other requirements

A motivation letter must be added to your application. Your personal statement should contain, at least, a brief description of why you have chosen this specific Master’s programme and how it fits your previous education. This information will allow the university to find out if your previous education and experience is appropriate. CV/Resume Please upload an overview that contains, in chronological order, information about your education and knowledge/experience acquired during an internship, training, or work; for example, a resume. As this programme is based on research, you are required to have basic training in Social Science research processes: research design, fieldwork and data analysis. If your degree is older than 7 years, please provide evidence of any recent expertise in a related field (e.g. education, research and/or training).

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Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

This Master’s programme allows you to specialise in one of three urgent research domains. Each specialisation helps you understand and frame not only your research field but also the world around you. In the first semester, you choose and design your research project fitting in one of three specialisations:

1) Decolonising diversity in a polarised world
2) Ecological Livelihoods and environmental justice
3) Grassroots initiatives, development and the state

Career opportunities

The ADS Master’s programme offers students a unique skill set that prepares them for a broad range of jobs. These skills are based on a combination of an open, investigative and reflective attitude, sociological imagination, theory-driven analysis of diverse lifeworlds, inequality and power, and the capacity to weigh the necessity and possibility of interventions in a pragmatic way. At the end of the Master you are capable of conducting your own research, know how to find your feet in diverse settings, assess and analyze complex situations and communicate your findings to various audiences.

Possible jobs are that of a policy officer, advisor, or researcher for the central or local government, an advisor at aid, welfare, and civil society organisations such as the UN, Cordaid or the Dutch Council for Refugees, a researcher at a university or NGO, trade union, consultancy firm or private institution or as a journalist or communication officer.