Academic enrichment: additional knowledge and challenges during your studies
Last modified on 27-10-2022 10:20
Are you due an extra challenge during your studies? The UvA offers different opportunities to gain more in-depth knowledge within and outside your field of study. For those seeking to bring their academic work to the next level, the challenges that an honours programme, taking extra courses or pursuing a minor offer may provide the way forward for you.
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- Culturele antropologie en ontwikkelingssociologie (bachelor)
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- Documentaire en fictie (duale master)
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- Europese studies (bachelor)
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- Gezondheidszorgpsychologie (master)
- Global Arts, Culture and Politics (bachelor)
- Griekse en Latijnse taal en cultuur (bachelor)
- Hebreeuwse taal en cultuur (bachelor)
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- International and Transnational Criminal Law (master)
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- International Dramaturgy and Theatre Studies (premaster)
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- Italië Studies (bachelor)
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- Journalistiek en media (duale master)
- Kunst, cultuur en politiek (master)
- Kunst, cultuur en politiek (schakelprogramma)
- Kunstgeschiedenis (bachelor)
- Kunstgeschiedenis (master)
- Kunstgeschiedenis (schakelprogramma)
- Kunstmatige intelligentie (bachelor)
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- Nederlands als tweede taal en meertaligheid (duale master)
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- Nederlands, Educatie en communicatie (schakelprogramma)
- Nederlandse taal en cultuur (bachelor)
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- P&A: General Physics and Astronomy (master, joint degree)
- P&A: GRAPPA - Gravitation, Astro-, and Particle Physics (master, joint degree)
- P&A: Science for Energy and Sustainability (master, joint degree)
- P&A: Theoretical Physics (master, joint degree)
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- Pedagogische wetenschappen (bachelor)
- Pedagogische wetenschappen (master)
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- Philosophy (research master)
- Physics and Astronomy (master, joint degree)
- Political Science (bachelor)
- Political Science (master)
- Political Science (premaster)
- Politicologie (bachelor)
- PPLE - Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics (bachelor)
- Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image (duale master)
- Preventieve jeugdhulp en opvoeding (schakelprogramma)
- Privaatrechtelijke rechtspraktijk (master)
- Psychobiologie (bachelor)
- Psychologie (schakelprogramma)
- Psychologie (bachelor), NL
- Psychologie (master), NL
- Psychology (premaster)
- Psychology (bachelor), EN
- Psychology (master), EN
- Psychology (research master), EN
- Public International Law (master)
- Publieksgeschiedenis (master)
- Rechtsgeleerdheid (bachelor)
- Rechtsgeleerdheid met HBO-vooropleiding (schakelprogramma)
- Rechtsgeleerdheid met WO-vooropleiding (schakelprogramma)
- Redacteur/editor (duale master)
- Religiewetenschappen (bachelor)
- Religious Studies (research master)
- Russische en Slavische studies (bachelor)
- Scheikunde (bachelor, joint degree)
- Security and Network Engineering (master)
- Sign Language Linguistics (bachelor)
- Sociologie (bachelor)
- Sociology (bachelor)
- Sociology (master)
- Sociology (premaster)
- Software Engineering (master)
- Spaanse en Latijns-Amerikaanse studies (bachelor)
- Spirituality and Religion (master)
- Spirituality and Religion (schakelprogramma)
- Staats- en bestuursrecht (master)
- Stads- en architectuurgeschiedenis (master)
- Stochastics and Financial Mathematics (master)
- Strafrecht (master)
- Taalwetenschappen (bachelor)
- Television and Cross-Media Culture (master)
- Theaterwetenschap (bachelor)
- Theatre Studies (master)
- Universitaire Pabo van Amsterdam (bachelor)
- Urban and Regional Planning (master)
- Urban and Regional Planning (premaster)
- Urban Studies (research master)
- Vertalen (master)
- Vertalen (schakelprogramma)
- Wiskunde (bachelor)
- Curriculum and electivesThe curriculum of every study programme consists of compulsory and optional components. Most Bachelor's and a number of Master's programmes allow you to take elective courses. Perhaps you'd like to immerse yourself in a different field of study to your main programme, at the UvA or even at another university. Or maybe you'd like to do an internship or study abroad. Find out what the options are.