Research Master of Arts in Philosophy
This full time English/Dutch-taught research programme is organised by the Department of Philosophy of the University of Antwerp (UAntwerpen), the Department of Philosophy and Moral Science of Ghent University (UGent) and the Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). The programme offers a high-level training for excellent students who seek to develop a research career in philosophy.
Students who already have a Master’s degree in Philosophy, Moral Sciences or Philosophy and Moral Sciences are exempted from the advanced optional courses (1.1), 2 of the 5 research seminars (1.3), the course Advanced Academic English (1.4) and the elective courses (2).
Students following the standard learning track take 39 credits from the advanced optional courses and the elective courses in the first year. This will be supplemented by 3 credits language proficiency and 18 credits of research seminars. In the second year, 27 credits are chosen from the research seminars, aside from the research project and the master's dissertation.
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Erik Myin
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
en
|
Willem Lemmens
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Walter Van Herck
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Arthur Cools
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
nl
|
Herbert De Vriese
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
en
|
Bence Nanay
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Herbert De Vriese
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
nl
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
en
|
Joke Meheus
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Bouke De Vries
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Danny Praet
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Levi Haeck Gormez
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Sigrid Sterckx
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
en
|
Tom Claes
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
nl
|
Erik Weber
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Wim Vanrie
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Gily Coene
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
nl
|
Gily Coene
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Liesbet De Kock
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Marc Van den Bossche
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Steffen Ducheyne
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
en
|
Francis Heylighen
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
en
|
Gustaaf Cornelis
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Gustaaf Cornelis
|
6
|
|
Students must take up seminars at two universities minimum.
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Katrien Schaubroeck
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Veerle Provoost
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Luc Van Liedekerke
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Heidi Mertes
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Tom Claes
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Pawel Pawlowski
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Erik Weber
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Bart Van Kerkhove
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Cornelis Johannes Schilt
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Bouke De Vries
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Gertrudis Van de Vijver
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Michiel Meijer
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Danny Praet
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Sonja Lavaert
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Bart Vandenabeele
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Arthur Cools
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Emiliano Acosta
|
9
|
|
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
UKV
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Geert Jacobs
|
3
|
|
Students who already have a Master’s degree in Philosophy, Moral Sciences or Philosophy and Moral Sciences are exempted from the advanced optional courses (1.1), 2 of the 5 research seminars (1.3), the course Advanced Academic English (1.4) and the elective courses (2).
Students following the standard learning track take 39 credits from the advanced optional courses and the elective courses in the first year. This will be supplemented by 3 credits language proficiency and 18 credits of research seminars. In the second year, 27 credits are chosen from the research seminars, aside from the research project and the master's dissertation.
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
2
|
year
|
en
|
Erik Weber
|
9
|
|
Students must take up seminars at two universities minimum.
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Katrien Schaubroeck
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Veerle Provoost
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Luc Van Liedekerke
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Heidi Mertes
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Tom Claes
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Pawel Pawlowski
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Erik Weber
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Bart Van Kerkhove
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Cornelis Johannes Schilt
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Bouke De Vries
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Gertrudis Van de Vijver
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Michiel Meijer
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Danny Praet
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Sonja Lavaert
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Bart Vandenabeele
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Arthur Cools
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Emiliano Acosta
|
9
|
|
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
2
|
year
|
en
|
Erik Weber
|
24
|
|
Students who already have a Master’s degree in Philosophy, Moral Sciences or Philosophy and Moral Sciences are exempted from the advanced optional courses (1.1), 2 of the 5 research seminars (1.3), the course Advanced Academic English (1.4) and the elective courses (2).
Students following the standard learning track take 39 credits from the advanced optional courses and the elective courses in the first year. This will be supplemented by 3 credits language proficiency and 18 credits of research seminars. In the second year, 27 credits are chosen from the research seminars, aside from the research project and the master's dissertation.
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Erik Myin
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
en
|
Willem Lemmens
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Walter Van Herck
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Arthur Cools
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
nl
|
Herbert De Vriese
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
en
|
Bence Nanay
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Herbert De Vriese
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
nl
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
en
|
Joke Meheus
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Bouke De Vries
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Danny Praet
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Levi Haeck Gormez
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Sigrid Sterckx
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
en
|
Tom Claes
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
nl
|
Erik Weber
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Wim Vanrie
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Gily Coene
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
nl
|
Gily Coene
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Liesbet De Kock
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
nl
|
Marc Van den Bossche
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Steffen Ducheyne
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
en
|
Francis Heylighen
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 2
|
en
|
Gustaaf Cornelis
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Gustaaf Cornelis
|
6
|
|
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
2
|
year
|
en
|
Erik Weber
|
9
|
|
Students must take up seminars at two universities minimum.
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Katrien Schaubroeck
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Veerle Provoost
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Luc Van Liedekerke
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Heidi Mertes
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Tom Claes
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Pawel Pawlowski
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Erik Weber
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Bart Van Kerkhove
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Cornelis Johannes Schilt
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Bouke De Vries
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Gertrudis Van de Vijver
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Michiel Meijer
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Danny Praet
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Sonja Lavaert
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Bart Vandenabeele
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Arthur Cools
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
year
|
en
|
Emiliano Acosta
|
9
|
|
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
UKV
|
1
|
sem 1
|
en
|
Geert Jacobs
|
3
|
|
| Course | Ref | MT1 | Semester | Language | Instructor | Crdt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
2
|
year
|
en
|
Erik Weber
|
24
|
|
- Graduates have profound (state-of-the-art) knowledge and understanding of at least one systematic or historic philosophical domain. They also have insight into the relationship between this domain and other domains of philosophy.
- Graduates can relate the acquired insights to the social, cultural and international academic context.
- Graduates understand the specificity, the strengths and weaknesses of different philosophical approaches and traditions.
- Graduates have knowledge of the specialized philosophical terminologies and concepts and are able to use them accurately.
- Graduates have knowledge and an understanding of current philosophical debates, and can actively follow them up and integrate them in their own reflection and internationally-oriented research.
- Graduates are capable of developing a philosophical research project and draw up a funding application that can be filed with institutions like the FWO and the Special Research Funds of universities (and similar foreign institutions).
- Graduates are able, within their areas of specialisation, to formulate original and innovative research problems based on the duly founded insight into the internationally recognised state-of-the-art in that domain.
- Graduates are able to work out original solutions to the selected research problems, and argue their cases clearly and convincingly.
- Graduates are able to deepen their knowledge of their areas of specialisation independently.
- Graduates are capable of framing the results of their research in a larger context.
- Graduates are trained in academic writing, which enables them to act as author of academic articles.
- Graduates can report on their research orally (for academic peers) in a clearly-understood manner.
- Graduates have a work attitude that makes them suitable to function in research teams and that guarantees integrity of the research.