Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
Pre-master's programme
The pre-master's programme has been designed to help the individual student achieve the requirements for admission in the MSc in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology of Leiden University.
Pre-master programme
Admission to the pre-master’s programme is selective. Application for our pre-master programme is done by an official application for our master programme. You will be required to complete a pre-master's programme if our Admissions Board decides that you lack appropriate knowledge to get direct admission to our master programme. This decision is made after careful evaluation of your diplomas and academic portfolio and proof of proficiency in English. A pre-master's programme is tailor-made by our Admissions Board, for each applicant individually.
General information
Please note that you cannot apply for the pre-master’s programme independently. Students first need to apply in Studielink for one of our specialisations in the master programme. If a pre-master decision is given you will need to submit a new application in Studielink for the Bachelor Programme.
- Please make sure to apply in time since the pre-master may contain courses from both semesters.
- The number of credits to be obtained and the titles of courses to be followed is decided upon by the Admissions Board and is not subject to further negotiation.
- A pre-master's programme is tailor-made and has a limited validity of two years after the decision by the Admissions Board.
- All courses of the pre-master's programme need to be successfully passed before admission to the master specialisation is granted.
- Courses for the pre-master programme cannot be followed during one of our master's specialisations.
- Upon successful completion of the pre-master’s programme, you will get admission to the specialisation you applied for.
If you are admitted to our pre-master's programme, and you accept the offer, you need to follow the instructions given by the Student and Education Affairs Officer to register in Studielink as a bachelor student. The registration in Studielink needs to be completed before August 31st (in order to have admission to courses of the Fall semester) or before January 31st (in order to have admission to the Spring semester).
The amount of tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors.
More information can be found on the Tuition Fee website.
Visual Ethnography specific information
If you do not have the required training in visual ethnographic methodological and theoretical approaches, courses on how (audio) visual media are used in the anthropological research process will be part of your premaster programme.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding our pre-master's programme, please contact stucoanthropology@fsw.leidenuniv.nl