Career

Alumni of the MA in French Language and Culture can be found working in a great number of professions requiring specialist linguistic or communication skills. For example, you will be qualified to work within:

• Publishing
• Translation and text companies
• French companies operating in the Netherlands
• Trade and export
• Tourist organisations
• Embassies and ministries
• Daily and weekly newspapers and periodicals
• Banking and consultancy
• Secondary and adult education

Teacher-training programme

If you are interested in a career in teaching, you can follow a teacher-training MA at the ICLON Graduate School of Education once you have graduated from the master’s programme. You have to speak fluent Dutch to follow the course, and there are some additional entry requirements.

Some figures about graduates of European language and culture studies

How succesfull are they in finding a job?

• 94 % found a job within six months.
• 72 % found their first job at academic or HBO (higher professional) level.
• 91 % held a position at academic or HBO level when the study was carried out.

In which sector do they find jobs?

• Teaching: 221
• Business services: 201
• Publishing / book sector: 105
• Communication and journalism: 89
• Research; 89
• Government / semi-government: 79
• Other: 216

What are their main tasks and responsibilities? (%)

• Teaching / Counselling / coaching: 27
• Writing / Editing / Translating: 26
• Co-ordination of work: 21
• Providing advice: 17
• Research: 15

Source: Employment Market Study among Leiden Graduates of European language and culture studies (2009, Student Career Service Humanities )