Profile and Competencies The master’s programme aims to give (future) museum and heritage professionals the knowledge and skills needed to help museums and heritage institutions, ranging from alternative grassroots organisations to well-established institutions, to fulfil…
Tutoring All students will be assigned a tutor, who is a Reinwardt Academy lecturer. The tutor monitors academic progress, but can equally provide low key guidance on social issues, as well as on career development. This is particularly important for foreign students, who do…
Study load The study load is expressed in credits (EC) in accordance with the international European Credit Transfer System. One academic year (1680 study hours) corresponds to 60EC. One credit therefore equals 28 study hours. For each module, it is estimated how many hours…
Participation Programme Committee The Programme Committee Master (OC MA) is the participation body that guards the quality of the programme and gives solicited and unsolicited advice to the Programme Manager and Director of the Academy. The advice concerns the content of the…
Evaluations In line with our vision and ambitions, we truly value student feedback on the programme and all components thereof. We appreciate feedback at any point in time. For more formal feedback, each module is concluded with a panel discussion organized by the…
Extra option If you would like to develop professional experience beyond what is offered in our programme, we are happy to facilitate an additional internship at one of the museums or heritage organisations in our network that would address your learning needs, or increase…
Procedure for suspected fraud and/or plagiarism Fraud and plagiarism are serious violations of professional ethics. In order to avoid suspicion of plagiarism all submitted work needs to be properly referenced. The Reinwardt Academy has developed a style guide for this…
Costs Tuition Our Master of Applied Museum and Heritage Studies has been accepted for government funding. This means that students from the European Economic Area (EU, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein) who don’t have a master’s degree already can enrol in the programme for…
Teaching formats In order to realise the ultimate goal of the master’s programme – to develop students’ professionalism – various educational instruments are used: lectures, group work, individual work, field visits, individual tutoring, external advice, peer learning and…
Curriculum The master’s degree programme Applied Museum and Heritage Studies is a 60 EC programme. The structure of the programme is modular, with each module consisting of a self-contained unit of teaching, learning and assessment. The programme starts with reflecting and…
Assessment Our approach to assessment has been devised to suit the goal of the programme to deliver internationally oriented, socially engaged professional practitioners who can contribute to the future of museums and cultural heritage, ranging from well-established…
Reinwardt Vision Heritage & Professionalism Reinwardt Academy sees heritage as a value label established in interaction. As society, values and interactions change heritage labels can be added as well as rescinded. Accordingly, all heritage is contested but some heritage…
Admission & Selection All students have to enroll through Studielink , the portal for higher education in the Netherlands. Once a Studielink account has been set up, applicants will receive an enrolment form and further instructions. The Studielink account is needed for the…
Teaching Schedule Full time programme Class days are Mondays, Wednesdays and occasionally Fridays. We start on Monday 9:30 with an informal check-in to tie up loose ends from the week before and discuss the plan for that week and how it fits the rest of the programme. In…
