Creative Intelligence & Technology (MSc) 24 months Postgraduate Programme By Leiden University |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

24 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

23,300 EURTuition Fee/year

Starting Month

Feb, SepStarting Month

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Master's

Study Mode

On Campus

Creative Intelligence & Technology (formerly Media Technology) is where science and creativity meet. You are encouraged to formulate your own scientific questions and translate personal inspirations and curiosities into research projects.

In the

Creative Intelligence & Technology master's programme we offer you a place where students, artists and scientists do research by creating innovative solutions, inspired by results and principles of science. To achieve this, the curriculum focuses on creative exploration and on the understanding of science and technology. The programme encourages you to draw from the knowledge available throughout Leiden University and the ArtScience programme of the Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. After graduation, you are prepared for any future career involving creative and critical thinking, and in particular for a future in scientific research.

Are you looking for an MSc programme where creativity, technology and scientific research are key concepts? Our master's programme

Creative Intelligence & Technology is the right choice. You will work with students from different backgrounds in a creative environment where the goal is to stimulate innovation and creativity in scientific research by the innovative application of technology.

Read more about Creative Intelligence & Technology on the Leiden University website

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Master's

Study Mode

On Campus

Creative Intelligence & Technology (formerly Media Technology) is where science and creativity meet. You are encouraged to formulate your own scientific questions and translate personal inspirations and curiosities into research projects.

In the

Creative Intelligence & Technology master's programme we offer you a place where students, artists and scientists do research by creating innovative solutions, inspired by results and principles of science. To achieve this, the curriculum focuses on creative exploration and on the understanding of science and technology. The programme encourages you to draw from the knowledge available throughout Leiden University and the ArtScience programme of the Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. After graduation, you are prepared for any future career involving creative and critical thinking, and in particular for a future in scientific research.

Are you looking for an MSc programme where creativity, technology and scientific research are key concepts? Our master's programme

Creative Intelligence & Technology is the right choice. You will work with students from different backgrounds in a creative environment where the goal is to stimulate innovation and creativity in scientific research by the innovative application of technology.

Read more about Creative Intelligence & Technology on the Leiden University website

Admission Requirements

6.5+
180+
90+
To be eligible for one of Leiden University’s master's programmes, you must meet the following admission requirements: Academic, Language and Programme-specific. For Academic requirements: You’ll need a BA or BSc degree (or equivalent and preferably associated to the field of study) to be admitted to any of Leiden University’s master’s programmes. For Language requirements: Admission to most master’s programmes requires students to be proficient in English. For Programme-specific requirements: The specific academic and professional entry requirements for each master’s programme are listed in each programme's website - please check with each programme's site to learn more about the programme-specific requirements.

2 Years
Feb
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic
2,771 EUR
International
23,300 EUR

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Frequently Asked Questions

Graduates have attained the following general learning outcomes:

a. theoretical and practical skills in more than one specialist area

b. the ability to make an independent analysis of scientific problems, analysis of relevant specialist literature, formulate verifiable hypotheses, and set up and carry out research and critical reflection on one’s own research and that of others;

c. the ability to interrelate and integrate various areas of computer science, artificial intelligence, creative and performative arts with relevant aspects of philosophy, cognitive science, and linguistics;

d. the ability to present clearly, verbally as well as in writing, one’s own research results, and the ability to communicate with colleagues and to present their research results as a contribution to a congress or as (part of) a scientific publication;

Lectures, seminars, research projects, exhibitions, master's thesis.

Graduates are trained in scientific research methods, creative development of ideas and products, working as an individual and within a team. The working perspectives are various. Some of our students aim at a scientific career, and strive to be a PhD student in Leiden or elsewhere. Graduates can pursue a doctorate. Other students will work in the fields of IT, arts, product design or communication. Some of them will be performers, teachers or consultants, some will run their own companies.

  • PhD researcher
  • Creative entrepreneur
  • (digital) artist
  • Lecturer in higher professional education

English language requirements: IELTS 6.5, minimum 6.5, with a minimum of 6.0 for each of the components Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking; TOEFL internet-based 90, internet based 90 (with a minimum component score of 20); Cambridge English 180, Cambridge English Exam C2 Proficiency, or C1 Advanced with an overall score of 180, with a minimum of 169 for each individual subsection; Cambridge English 180, Cambridge English Exam C2 Proficiency, or C1 Advanced with an overall score of 180, with a minimum of 169 for each individual subsection.

Admission requirements and application

  • Holland Scholarship
  • Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS)

Tuition fees and financial matters

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