Master's specialisation of Human Geography | Joint programme optionalCities, Culture and Inequality
In this specialisation, we explore how cities are represented, contested and experienced by a wide array of urban dwellers. You will learn how to think about city life and urban inequalities from different scales and perspectives; from the edge to the core, and with urban theory and (creative) methodologies.
Something for you?
- This specialisation has a strong focus on the socio-spatial dimensions of urban landscapes and how these are impacted by individual and more collective forms of human behaviour.
- You will be encouraged to take a multidisciplinary approach, relating human geography to other fields such as economics, spatial planning, environmental studies, sociology, anthropology, and development studies.
- In this specialisation you are encouraged to conduct first hand research on the way culture and cities interplay and connect at various scalar levels and through different moments in time.
- This programme has an above-average score compared to the national average on four of the five core subjects (Source: Keuzegids 2025).
Admission requirements
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- Main language
- English
- Study duration
- 1 year (60 EC)
- Start
- September
- Contact hours
- 5-10 per week
- Number of students
- 18
- Programme format
- Full time
- Degree
- Master of Science, specialisation of Human Geography
- Faculty
- Nijmegen School of Management
- CROHO code
- 60466
- Accreditation
- NVAO
What will you learn
In our 1-year master's programme the first semester has a strong knowledge and theory gaining orientation, whereby guest lectures, in-class interaction, assignments and excursions provide an opportunity to also apply theoretical lenses to empirical cases.
The second semester is primarily devoted to your Master's thesis research. In many cases empirical fieldwork will form an important part of your research. For this we require you to have established a firm contact with one (or more) societal partners, to ensure your research has a local and/or more societal embedding. In some cases this may well resemble a more informal kind of internship. For those focusing more on secondary data or online data, the importance of societal partners in your research relates more to discussing the relevance of the research topic, and to share insights near the end of the thesis trajectory.
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Future career opportunities
Our alumni are prepared for a (inter)national career in government, semi-government, and business. They can apply for jobs such as:
- Developer at a municipality
- Consultant in the field of multiculturalism and integration
- Practitioner at the cultural industry
Research
To indicate the type of research in this specialisation, a few examples:
- What are the roles of diversity; gender; representation or non-human entities in shaping city-life?
- What is the relationship between culture and social movements? And how do cultural institutions shape daily life in the city?
- What are the politics of aesthetics?
- What culture of care can be seen as emerging to help sustain life within cities?
- How does tourism have a long-term impact on urban landscapes
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If you are going to follow this Master's programme, you will pay an annual tuition fee. There are different tuition rates. The amount depends on your personal situation.
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