Graduate Gender Programme

Graduate Gender Programme

Current Students

On this page, current students will find useful documents for their study at the Graduate Gender Programme.

  • The Master’s Programme Gender Studies is part of the Master Arts and Culture. The programme lasts for one year and has a 60 EC study load. Please refer to the MA Programme Book as a supplement to the student website and as a guide during your studies.

  • The Master’s Programme Gender Studies (Research) lasts for two years and has a 120 EC study load. The academic year is divided into 4 blocks. Each block you take 15 EC worth of courses. Please refer to the RMA Programme Book as a supplement to the student website and as a guide during your studies. This also applies to current GEMMA students.

  • The website for current students in the RMA Gender Studies.

  • The website for current students in the Master Gender Studies.
  • The website for current students in the Research Master GEMMA.

  • Check out the Gender Studies collection at the Humanities Library at Drift 27! And please find here the UU Gender Studies Library Guide made by one of our Gender Studies graduates. Here you can find information on how to use the library efficiently, where you can find what, and how to use databases to their full benefit.

  • Checklist for worried writers: what the teachers look for when they grade your paper, and what second readers/supervisors look for when they engage with your work.

  • Q&A Grades: everything you ever wanted to know about grades but were afraid to ask.

  • Guidelines for the analysis of a theoretical argument.

  • Guidelines on how to write an essay.

  • Manual for writing a master’s thesis in Gender Studies (formally known as the master Comparative Women’s Studies in Culture and Politics) at Utrecht University, but also a very handy do-it-yourself guide to feminist scholarly writing for all students!

  • Previous cohorts (R)MA and GEMMA thesis archive: access theses written by GEMMA students here; for RMA  students from 2017 onwards see here; for RMA students from 2008-2017 see here; for MA students see here

Programme Coordinators
Master’s Programme Gender Studies: Dr. Madgalena Górska & Dr. Jamila Mascat. Contact: mastergs@uu.nl
Master’s Programme Gender Studies (Research): Dr. Domitilla Olivieri & Dr. Eva Midden. Contact: researchmastergs@uu.nl
* Please see the respective brochures before contacting the coordinators.