Career prospects

As a graduate from our programme, you are a professional in cultural history and heritage. Our alumni have gone on to work in museums and heritage institutions, but also as a researcher at universities, in government, tourism, media and journalism, as well as in the corporate world. Twenty percent of our students find their first job at the institution that offered them an internship.

Professional careers

Graduates of the Cultural History and Heritage programme have mostly found job positions in museums and heritage organizations, as well as in the field of (secondary) education:

  • Senior Advisor at the
  • Curator at
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  • Museum instructor at the 
  • Museum instructor at the 
  • Historian at the 
  • Editor at the Atlas of Cultural Heritage,

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Alumni stories

  • Louisa Niesen is a PhD candidate at the European University Institute in Florence.

Alumni on LinkedIn

  • PhD Candidate at IISG Amsterdam

     

  • Junior Conservator at Slot Zuylen

  • Senior Advisor Library and Archive Collections at Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed

Career development

Exposure to the labour market

The Cultural History Master offers you the following exposure to the labor market:

  • Study trips and field visits within the framework of tutorials.
  • Guest lectures from cultural historians working at museums, research institutions, public history and heritage organizations, etc.
  • The Cultural Career Seminar, which effectively prepares you to come into contact with, acquire information about, and introduce yourself to actual employers.
  • Your graduation project, which you develop in close collaboration with an institution in the fields of heritage, public history or research. Around 20 percent of our students find their first job after graduation at the institution they have collaborated with.

Career Services

Career Services offers events, tests, coaching and training in and outside your MA program, related to professional self-analysis, career orientation and job application skills. You can find more information about career services on or .

Other career events

  • is a monthly career orientation meeting for students and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University. Each month we explore a different field of work or theme that is relevant for students of various disciplines within the humanities. 
  • The Faculty of Humanities organises a  with interesting partners who will illustrate the diversity in career opportunities for humanities graduates and give you possibilities to develop yourself by joining their projects or attending their services. 
  • Once a year Utrecht University organises a . This Careers Day offers the opportunity to sign up for workshops and trainings, and to meet recruiters at the careers fair. It鈥檚 also possible to participate in a job application training or have your r茅sum茅 checked.