MA/MS in Philosophy: Global and Comparative Philosophy
Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands•QS 2027 #119 =
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Universiteit Leiden offers MA/MS in Philosophy: Global and Comparative Philosophy, a master's degree in Humanities & Cultural Studies programme in Leiden, Netherlands. The programme runs for 1 year. It carries 60.0 credits (ECTS). Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is EUR 22,300 per year (EUR 2,694 per year for local students).
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Overview
This Global and Comparative Perspectives Master’s programme is unique in Europe. It offers comparative perspectives from around the world that will enable you to be part of the next generation of thinkers, someone studying and shaping philosophy for a globalised 21st century.
Leiden is the only Dutch university, and one of only a few in the world, to offer a master’s programme that combines Western perspectives with those of India, East Asia, and the Arab world, taught by internationally renowned experts in their fields. Leiden University is home to various institutes dedicated to study these traditions. In addition, Leiden University Library has a world-famous collections of Asian and Arabic manuscripts and materials.
This programme is philosophy at its broadest. In addition to western philosophy, the programme features philosophies from India, eastern Asia and the Arab world, combining conceptual analysis with hermeneutics and phenomenology, and historical contextualisation with cross-cultural comparison. In this way, you will learn from the world’s traditions of thought and how they mutually inform and enrich one other.
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Frequently asked questions
Universiteit Leiden awards a Master's Degree in the field of Humanities & Cultural Studies on completion of this programme.
The programme runs for 1 year.
Tuition for international students is EUR 22,300 per year (EUR 2,694 per year for local students).
The programme is taught in English.
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