University Master's Degree in History of Science: History, Heritage and Scientific Communication

This interuniversity master’s degree in the History of Science: History, Heritage and Scientific Communication (UAB-UB-UPF-CSIC) is a pioneering master’s degree in this field. After twenty years of consolidated experience, a new curriculum will be introduced for the 2026-2027 academic year. The master’s degree explores the historical, social and cultural dimensions of science, technology and medicine. From multiple perspectives, including areas such as the environment, gender and coloniality, you will have the opportunity to gain rigorous knowledge about the mechanisms of the production and circulation of scientific knowledge.

This master’s degree, taught by a group of lecturers that includes a wide range of internationally renowned specialists, offers solid learning that prepares you both to develop a career in research and to incorporate a historical and critical perspective into professional fields such as heritage, museology and communication. Thinking about science, technology and medicine from a historical perspective is essential in order to tackle current challenges in the current context of socio-ecological crisis. This master’s degree encourages you to do so from the perspective of academia, heritage management and scientific communication.

Career options

This master’s degree, which includes professional internships, provides a historical overview of science in society and promotes a dialogue between scientific and humanistic culture. Some of the areas where this knowledge can be applied include:

• Teaching the history of science.
• History of science research.
• Science education.
• Teaching history, philosophy and humanities.
• Museology and scientific heritage management.
• Archival and library science in scientific fields.
• Cultural management.
• Science communication and dissemination.
• The publishing industry.
• Research management and scientific policy.

These professional expectations are backed up by the experiences of former students of this master’s degree programme who have held positions in museums such as CosmoCaixa, the National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia and the Museum of the History of Medicine of Catalonia. They have also held positions in publishing houses such as Prensa Científica and Obrador Edéndum, at Catalunya Ràdio and TV3, in the Area of Communication and Marketing at the UAB, and in production companies such as Smart Planet, among others.

Coordinator university:

UAB

Participating universities

University of Barcelona

Additional information

https://www.uab.cat/web/studies/master-s-degree-1345831798492.html

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