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The RICH Interdisciplinary Master's Program Catalogue
One of our goals is to promote interfaculty and interdisciplinary collaborations at Radboud University. To this end, we have compiled an overview of existing master's programs which teach interdisciplinary knowledge. See the table below!
Each program belongs to one faculty but has close ties to other faculties and institutes within the university. With this list we hope to guide bachelor students who have an interdisciplinary mindset towards a master's program that will satisfy their curiosity and take them where they want to go. Ideally, students can follow one of these programs and choose electives from our complexity course catalogue. Interdisciplinarity and complexity science go hand in hand!
If you are interested in following one of these master's programs, feel free to explore the table and links below. You can also send us an email and we can get more information for you if that is what you wish.
Program | Language | Duration | Notes | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthcare Humanities | Dutch & English | 2 semesters | Not a full master's program, rather a trajectory (of 30 elective ECTS) for students interested in medicine from a perspective beyond the clinical/biological one (ethical, artistic, sociological) | https://www.ru.nl/healthcarehumanities/ |
Artificial Intelligence | English | 2 years | Two specializations - Cognitive Computing & Intelligent Technology | https://www.ru.nl/opleidingen/masters/artificial-intelligence |
Behavioral Science | English | 2 years | Research master's with a close connection to complexity science | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/behavioural-science-research |
Biomedical Sciences | English | 2 years | Three career profiles - research, communication, consultancy - and a lot of freedom to design your own program | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/biomedical-sciences |
Business Analysis & Modelling | English | 1 year | You can pair this with the European Master's in System Dynamics and make it a two-year program | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/business-analysis-and-modelling |
Cities, Water & Climate Change | English | 2 years | A blend of urban planning, water and environmental management. | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/cities-water-and-climate-change |
Cognitive Neuroscience | English | 2 years | Broad range of research topics: language and communication; perception, action and decision-making; development and lifelong plasticity; neural computing and neurotechnology | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/cognitive-neuroscience-research |
Conservation and Restoration Ecology | English | 2 years | Specialization of the Biology Master's program (one year of Biology, one year of CR&E) | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/conservation-and-restoration-ecology/study-programme-of-conservation-and-restoration-ecology |
Data Science | English | 2 years | The knowledge gained in data science is general and applicable to basically all research disciplines | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/data-science |
European Master's in System Dynamics | English | 2 years | In the realm of data science, but more directed towards complex systems thinking. An international program which includes universities in Bergen, Lisboa, and Palermo | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/european-master-in-system-dynamics |
Economics, Behavior, and Policy | English | 2 years | Learn how to make effective economic policy by looking at psychology, sociology, economic theory, and policy design | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/economics-behaviour-and-policy |
Philosophy, Politics, and Society | English | 1 year | Contemporary philosophical debates in the domains of politics, science, and ecology. Other philosophy programs, given that they challenge the assumptions of the field they study, also might suit you | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/philosophy-politics-and-society |
Linguists & Communication Sciences | English | 2 years | Do research into this field through the lens of art, sociology, psychology, and/or neuroscience | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/linguistics-and-communication-sciences-research |
Neurobiology | English | 2 years | Go from molecule to behavior in this master's program | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/neurobiology |
Neurophysics | English | 2 years | Neuroscience, data science, and physics come together in this program | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/neurophysics |
New economic geographies, ecologies, and business innovation | English | 2 years | Economic geography, business, environmental studies, and history make up the main disciplines of this program | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/new-economic-geographies-ecologies-and-business-innovation |
Science in Society | English | 2 years | Specialization of Biology, Medical Biology, Molecular Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Mathematics, Computing Science (the SiS program would be the second year of any of the above) | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/science-in-society |
Science, Management, and Innovation | English | 2 years | Specialization of Biology, Medical Biology, Molecular Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Mathematics, Computing Science (the SMI program would be the second year of any of the above) | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/science-management-and-innovation |
Transnational ecosystem-based Water Management | English | 2 years | Specialization of the Biology Master's program (one year of Biology, one year of TEWM) | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/transnational-ecosystem-based-water-management |
Water and environment | English | 2 years | Specialization of the Biology Master's program (one year of Biology, one year of W&E) | https://www.ru.nl/en/education/masters/water-and-environment |
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