Archeologie

With Global Archaeology the study of our past can help you understand and resolve current societal issues. Explore the dynamics in past societies: innovation, adaptation, resilience and resistance in processes of long- and short-term changes. Global Archaeology will invite you top step into a lively, multifaceted community and gives you access to researchers from many different backgrounds and to international networks all over the world.

Follow your personal interests, and choose from a plethora of focus areas. Will you focus on the deep past of humankind? Or do you prefer to dive into the Roman world? Or would you rather study pre-Columbian America? Or do you want to specialise on Dutch archaeology? Whatever your personal interests, you will find something to your liking in this programme.

Why Global Archaeology at Leiden University?

* Study at a Faculty that has quite rightly earned a place in the top ten of archaeology research and teaching institutes in the world.

* Make use of our regional expertise on Europe, the Near East, the Mediterranean, and the Americas.

* Benefit from our large network in international research.

* Gain a solid basis for a national or international career in archaeology, heritage management, heritage policy or the museum world.

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The master's specialisation in Applied Archaeology offers you an academic programme to start your professional career in archaeology.

This unique specialisation is a collaboration of Leiden University and Saxion University of Applied Sciences.

Applied Archaeology will teach you:

* How to execute critical and reflective research in a professional context;

* To develop a sense of how archaeology and heritage management are intertwined;

* How to apply prospective and excavation methods and give professional advice on the results of (prospective) research;

* To take into account the academic, societal, ethical and financial considerations of a project;

* How to present archaeological information to a variety of stakeholders;

* The best ways to contribute to societal debates and to the future of archaeology.

You will not merely be an archaeology student at our Faculty; you will be part of a lively, multifaceted and international community. Through direct and personal access to researchers experienced in archaeology and heritage you will improve your archaeological skill set, while forming and expanding your academic perspective on archaeological techniques. The MA Applied Archaeology offers a perfect blend of theory and practice.

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The master's programme in Heritage and Museum Studies at Leiden University focuses on the relationships between past and present, the role of heritage in our society, and how our heritage can contribute to improving the quality of life and the environment.

Seen from an archaeological perspective and in so far as they are relevant to heritage management and modern museum practices, this master's specialisation combines academic and practical aspects of cultural and landscape studies, politics, cultural theory and the environmental sciences.

This fascinating journey will take you through current approaches and ethical issues and allows you to experience some of them in daily practice.

Why Heritage and Museum Studies at Leiden University?

* Study at a Faculty that has quite rightly earned a place in the top ten of archaeology research and teaching institutes in the world.

* Benefit from our large network in international research.

* Gain a solid basis for a national or international career in archaeology, heritage management, heritage policy or the museum world.

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