European Studies

Do you enjoy working together and beyond borders? Are you interested in European cultures, politics, languages and law? And do you want to be able to communicate with people from many different backgrounds and in several European languages? Then European Studies may just be the ideal study programme for you.

Topics
Important topics in the first year are:
 

• European Union
• Law, politics, economics and marketing
• Intercultural Communication

Language
As the study programme will be taught in English  you will have to prove that you have a good command of the English language. You will be admitted if you have passed English as an examination subject im Abitur.
You will develop your communication skills and knowledge of English and you may choose to specialise in French, German or Spanish.

Campus in Maastricht
You will take classes at our campus located in the historic city of Maastricht, home of the Treaty of the European Union, at the centre of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine, where the borders of Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands meet. Brussels and Amsterdam are within easy reach by train.

Lower tuition fee for first-year students
If it is the first time you are enrolling in a bachelor's degree programme, then you may be eligible to pay only half of the statutory tuition fees for the first year when you are an EU-citizen.  

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European Studies: Career

Can you see yourself working as a policy advisor for the European Union? Or are you more interested in working in the public relations and communication department? Even if you don’t know what you want to ‘be’ upon successful completion of the European Studies programme, the possibilities are almost endless. A few challenges European Studies graduates work on:
 

• Work in or with the European Parliament
• Initiate and maintain contacts for European collaboration
• Maintain social media for (governmental) institutions
• Work at an NGO/IGO

These are some examples of job opportunities for graduates in our programme:
 

• Public affairs manager
• Lobbyist
• Communication advisor
• Public relations manager
• Staff member at the European Parliament/House of Representatives/Ministry/Embassy
• Spokesperson

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European Studies: Entrance requirements

Generally speaking, a secondary school diploma will give access to our study programme, e.g.:

Abitur
Fachhochschulreife

Extra requirement
Proof of a good command of the English language. A secondary school graduation level is required for EU-students. Students from outside of the EU are required to take an IELTS (score at least 6) or TOEFL test (computer-based score at least 213).

Deadline for application
1 July EU students
1 June non-EU students

Help with studying in the Netherlands
On the website of MyMaastricht, https://mymaastricht.nl/, you will find all the information you need to know. Info on finances, health, housing, transport and more can be found here.

Chat with European Studies students
Do you have questions about the study programme of European Studies? Would you like to know how current students experience their study, living in Maastricht or what job they would like to pursue when they have graduated? On our website, you can chat with our students and ask them all of your questions: https://www.zuyd.nl/en/programmes/european-studies 

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European Studies - Impressionen vom Studium

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