The minor in Mediterranean Studies is particularly suitable for Bachelor students of European Studies, French, Italian and Spanish language and culture, Middle Eastern Studies, History, Art History, Literary Studies, Global Arts, Culture and Politics, Archaeology, Classical Languages, Political Science, PPLE, Media and Culture, Media and Information, Anthropology or Sociology.

Today, the Mediterranean region is in many ways the most pressing space of engagement for the EU, seen as the source of some of the most difficult challenges for the Union: from the management of mass migration flows, to uneven (and growingly so) economies. This cross-disciplinary minor will locate the contemporary challenges in the Mediterranean within a longer history of the region and its relations with Europe. These longer histories, and a broader political, economic and cultural understanding of the Mediterranean as an inter-connected whole, are fundamental to adequately grasping today’s challenges.

This minor is offered by the Faculty of Humanities. The faculty’s minors consist of 30 ECTS credits and earn you a second qualification that will be listed on the transcript accompanying your degree certificate. 

Study Schedule

The minor starts with the core course 'The Mediterranean and Europe: Contacts, Conflicts, Confluences. This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the region. Courses in the study periods thereafter each focus on specific aspects of Mediterranean Studies. 

Master's programme

The minor in Mediterranean Studies would combine particularly well with a Bachelor's in European Studies, French, Italian, Spanish or Middle Eastern Studies, History, Art History, Political Science, PPLE, Media and Culture or Anthropology. 

This minor may serve as a good preparation for academic Bachelor’s students who want to apply for admission to a Master's programme in these fields of study, in particular European Studies: Identity and Integration and Midden-Oostenstudies (Dutch taught). Always check the entry requirements on the Application & admission page of the Master’s programme you are interested in.

Entry requirements

This minor is open for application to students who have obtained an academic first-year diploma or a positive Binding Study Advice from an academic Bachelor's programme. 

The minor is also open for application to students from a Dutch University of Applied Sciences (HBO) who have completed their propaedeutic year. If you are an HBO student and if you are looking to do a Master's programme at the UvA, please check out our pre-Master's programmes, as completing a minor is not enough to grant you access to Master’s programmes. 

Contact

Do you have any questions on the content of this minor? Please contact the coordinator, Tatiana Markaki, t.markaki@uva.nl

Application

The registration period for a minor in the academic year 2025-2026 will start in Spring 2025.