Masters of Philosophy:

1. have a specialized and in depth knowledge of a number of central themes and questions in different disciplines of systematic philosophy and of the main international debates on the subject. 
2. have thorough insight in the mutual relations between the main philosophical disciplines and methods. 
3. can independently analyse philosophical texts, interpret them, place them in their historical, social and cultural context and critically evaluate them. 
4. can independently clarify philosophical problems, critically evaluate convictions, points of view and theories and test the validity, the rationality and the reasonableness of arguments. 
5. can critically  question their own points of view and convictions and justify these in dialogue and in debate with other points of view and convictions. 
6. can expound and/or develop their knowledge and insight in function of a philosophical and/or social question, taking into account recent (international) developments in philosophy. 
7. can independently formulate a philosophical problem, constitute a scientifically sound and up-to-date corpus of scientific sources and develop a research strategy to develop the problem. 
8. can write a clear and coherent text on a general philosophical topic for a large audience. 
9. can write a thesis or an argumentative text on a specialised topic and justify this in a discussion with colleagues. 
10. can situate philosophical therories against the approach of other scientific disciplines and let their own insight be impregnated by these. 
11. can analyse current social developments and debates from a philosophical reference framework and an interdisciplinary approach and participate in the philosophical and social debate.
12. can apply and further develop their philosophical training in their work field and in various other social contexts.