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Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands

Why start Euroculture in Groningen?

Euroculture at the University of Groningen stands out for how you learn to connect Europe to the wider world and turn that understanding into practice. You work at the intersection of foreign policy/geopoltics, security, law, culture, and social change and learn how to act within these spaces. The teaching team is interdisciplinary, often working on socially engaged projects, and situated in research groups focused on European politics, European culture and society, IR or political anthropology. 

You learn by engaging with real issues. You analyse how foreign policy is influenced by cultural narratives, how security is debated through media and art, and how law interacts with migration and social movements. You compare regions, explore perspectives from outside Europe, and examine how Europe is challenged and reimagined in a global context.

You also learn how to turn ideas into action. You develop projects, work in teams, and engage with questions that matter in practice: how to communicate complex issues, how to design initiatives, and how to connect institutions with society. Through lectures, workshops, and encounters with practitioners, you gain insight into how change happens in diplomacy, international organisations, NGOs, cultural initiatives, and public administration.

This means you begin to see yourself in these roles. You are not limited to one path, but learn how to move across fields: contributing to policy discussions, working in international cooperation, organising projects, shaping public narratives, or supporting communities and institutions. The focus is on building the skills and confidence to take initiative and to work in environments where Europe is negotiated and transformed.

You study in a location that connects you to Europe in practice. From Groningen, you are within reach of key centres of political decision-making, international law, diplomacy, and global governance, as well as Europe’s major cultural institutions, artistic scenes, and media environments where European identities and debates are shaped. Visits such as the Brussels excursion and engagement with external speakers bring you into direct contact with the environments where many graduates go on to work.

At the same time, you live in a city built around students. Groningen is one of the Netherlands’ most vibrant student cities, with a strong international community and a compact, welcoming atmosphere. It is a place where it is easy to connect, collaborate, and focus; where academic life, social life, and international exchange naturally come together.

Thematic Focus

What makes Groningen distinctive within Euroculture is this combination of global perspective, transdisciplinary thinking, and active, engagement-driven learning. You graduate not only with knowledge of Europe, but with the ability to work within it  to connect policy with society, ideas with practice, analysis with action and to take part in shaping Europe differently.  

Practical

Course Catalogue
Euroculture Groningen has a Course Catalogue here. 

Accommodation
For international students, a number of rooms in student dormitories (SSH) is reserved every semester for the international Euroculture students. Early applications are necessary to be eligible. Otherwise, students are asked to apply through the local private sector.

Starting date of the academic year
First Monday of September

Living Costs
Estimation per month (housing, food, other expenses): €800-900

Visa matters
Visa applications are handled by the university on the student’s behalf by the Immigration Service Desk of the University of Groningen (ISD), and can be submitted online. Coordinators in Groningen inform and assist the students during their application. 

Consortium Secretariat
Groningen hosts the Consortium Secretariat and is coordinating the entire Euroculture network.

​​​​​​​Contact 

Euroculture Department & Consortium Secretariat
Faculty of Arts, Harmony Building, Oude Kijk in ‘t Jatstraat 26
P.O. Box 716, NL-9700 AS Groningen

Requests to the Board of Examiners as well as the Admissions Board may be submitted to the general email address euroculture@rug.nl.

Recognition Status

  • Name of Institution: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

  • Name of the degree awarded: Master of Arts in Euroculture

  • Accredited by: NVAO (Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatie-organisatie)