The following deadlines are applicable for:

• Cultural Data & AI
• Film Studies
• New Media and Digital Culture
• Global Cross-Media Cultures

Deadline for applicants with a Dutch nationality

Register in Studielink (see step 1 of the application process)
8 May 2025, 23:59 CET

Submit complete application (see step 2)
15 May 2025, 23:59 CET

Deadline for applicants with an EU/EEA-nationality

If you wish to apply for housing
Register in Studielink (see step 1 of the application process)
23 February 2025, 23:59 CET

Submit complete application (see step 2)
1 March 2025, 23:59 CET
 

If you do NOT wish to apply for housing
Register in Studielink (see step 1 of the application process)
8 May 2025, 23:59 CET

Submit complete application (see step 2)
15 May 2025, 23:59 CET

Deadline for applicants with a non-EU/EEA nationality

Register in Studielink (see step 1 of the application process)
23 February 2025, 23:59 CET

Submit complete application (see step 2)
1 March 2025, 23:59 CET

The application deadline for selective tracks is 1 March 2025, 23:59 CET.

Please make sure to register in Studielink before 23 February (see step 1).

This deadline is applicable for:

• Archival and Information Studies
• Documentaire en fictie
• Journalistiek en media
• Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image

All students applying will need to start their application by submitting an enrolment request in Studielink, the Dutch online system for students applying for a degree programme at a Dutch university.

Depending on which Master’s you are looking to do, the programme you must enrol in in Studielink is Media Studies 60 EC (for the tracks Film Studies, New Media and Digital Culture, and Global Cross-Meida Cultures) or Media Studies 90 EC (for the tracks Archival and Information Studies, Documentaire en fictie, Journalistiek en media, and Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image).

It is extremely important that you register in Studielink at least 48 hours before the application deadline (see above). This is to ensure that you receive your login information (UvAnetID) in time to fill in your UvA application in MyInfo (see step 3).

All students applying for a (pre-)Master’s programme with a non-Dutch degree must pay a non-refundable application fee of €100. The UvA cannot start processing your application until this fee has been paid. You can pay the application fee by credit card (Master or Visacard) or iDEAL.

You do not have to pay the application fee:

• If you have obtained or will obtain a Bachelor’s degree from a Dutch research university or university of applied sciences (HBO);
• If you have already applied and paid the application fee for another Master’s programme at the UvA for the academic year 2024-2025;
• If you have already applied and paid the application fee for a Master's programme at the Graduate School of Humanities for the academic year 2023-2024;
• If you have started a UvA Master’s programme in 2021, 2022 or 2023.

Complete all of the steps of the application process for the Master's programme, including the application in MyInfo and the submission of all required application documents. This includes proof of English/Dutch language proficiency that meets our requirements.

The Admissions Board will assess your prior education and determine whether you are directly admissible to the Master’s programme, admissible to the Master’s programme after first completing the pre-Master’s programme, or not admissible to the (pre)Master’s programme.

Important: Are you applying to a selective Master’s? Then you must first complete the selection procedure for that Master’s programme. The selection committee can then admit you to the Master’s on the condition that you finish the pre-Master’s within a year. If you succeed at this, you are automatically admitted and will not have to go through the selection procedure again the following year. This procedure applies to all (dual) Master’s programmes that comprise 90 ECTS. For Master’s programmes that comprise 60 ECTS, no selection procedure applies.

If you are admissible to the pre-Master’s programme, you will receive a letter of conditional admission with the steps you need to take to become fully enrolled.

Please be aware that all pre-Master’s programmes offered by the Graduate School of Humanities must be completed within one academic year. Extensions are not possible.