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Education Social and Cultural Anthropology

Our students actively shape their studies and development

We offer Bachelor and Master programmes, as well as a pre-Master programme. In 2024 our MSc in Social and Cultural Anthropology was ranked top in the country in the National Studentds Survey. Several times over the recent years, our programmes have been ranked at the top of anthropology programmes in the Netherlands.

As department we put emphasis on the learning of our students. Our teaching is distinguished by a personalised approach and its broad focus, with the whole world as our 'field'. In our teaching we work to activise students to take initiatives within the curriculum. In this way, they can shape their own studies and personal development.

To enrich the curriculum, we make use of student diversity according to the VU Mixed Classroom Education Model. Furthermore, attention into ‘applying anthropology’ in practice enables our students to learn and use the professional skills of the science. 

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Vlad Gheorghiu, master's student Cultural Anthropology

“The VU master's is special. You start working on your research from day one." 

Vlad Gheorghiu, master's student Social and Cultural Anthropology, wrote his thesis about memories of state socialism in Hunedoara, Romania, and their influence on city development.

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Our programmes

  • Bachelor's programme

    During the bachelor's programme in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at VU Amsterdam, you learn to understand the world by seeing it through other people’s eyes. 

  • Pre-master's programme

    The Social and Cultural Anthropology pre-master’s programme is designed for students who have a special interest in how people interact in today's global societies, and who hope to deepen their knowledge of these dynamics.

  • Master's programme

    Are you captivated by how people interact in today's global societies? Do you want to deepen your knowledge of the dynamics in our society? Are you fascinated by the tensions between economic, political and social hierarchies that often create inequalities and diversity challenges?

    You’ll explore all these issues and more if you follow the master's programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology at VU Amsterdam.

    During this one-year programme, you’ll learn and apply anthropological theories to issues such as social inequality and cultural diversity. You’ll then immediately put that into practice during a three-month fieldwork research project.