History and Philosophy of Science
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Netherlands
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Utrecht University
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On Campus (Full Time)
2 years
Apr 2026
On Campus (Full Time) Position Details (Master's)
You will beeducated in developing a professional attitude which enables youto enroll in a PhD program in the HPS field,or start (on the job training) for acareerin science education and communication, in museums, in science policy or science management.
Curriculum
The curriculum of the History and Philosophy of Science at Utrecht University coverscourseson selected subjects in:
- History of Science or the Humanities
- Philosophy of Science or the Humanities
- Foundations of Physics
program Objective
You will beeducated in developing a professional attitude which enables youto enroll in a PhD program in the HPS field,or start (on the job training) for acareerin science education and communication, in museums, in science policy or science management.
Career Prospects
Academic Careers
Graduates are exceptionally well prepared to enter PhD programs in the Netherlands or abroad. A PhD position in the Netherlands is usually fully funded for a four-year period.
Almost half of our graduates have continued to a PhD project in the field in Utrecht or elsewhere. Recent Utrecht University PhD projects have included studies of the history of the law of energy conservation in 19th-century German culture, the role of correlations in physical theories and what these say about the world, the teaching of pharmacology in the 16th century, and the role of genetics in animal breeding..
Some graduates have entered PhD programs in fields outside of HPS and successfully continued their graduate studies in either the sciences or humanities.
Accredited by the NVAO - Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders.
Courses include:
- History of the Natural Sciences
- Philosophy of Science
- History of the Humanities
- Research Seminar Hps
- Science and the Dilemmas of Modernity
- Science and the Public. The Making, Distribution and Reception of Science