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This Master’s will prepare you perfectly for a career in the public sector, for example as a policymaker, policy adviser, or lobbyist, to name a few of your many options. Or, instead of pursuing a professional career right after graduation, you can also opt to further develop yourself by obtaining a PhD. Feeling entrepreneurial? You can also start up your own business!
When you have completed this Master’s, you will receive a Master’s degree in Public Administration. Also, you can title yourself Master of Science (MSc).
Because of the ageing workforce and the expected growth thanks to new (digital) challenges, the demand for (academically) skilled professionals within the public domain will continue to grow in the upcoming years. That’s why you can look forward to great career opportunities after graduation.
Graduates of this Master’s work within all kinds of sectors and organisations within the public domain, from governmental institutions (e.g. municipality, ministerial departments, European Union) to (semi-private) organisations within healthcare, education, housing, insurance, or charity, to name some examples.
Broadly speaking, this Master’s will equip you to fulfil the role of either a public leader, public manager or public adviser. You can take on these roles within a wide variety of positions. You could opt for a career as a policymaker, policy adviser, (project) manager, strategic consultant, lobbyist, public relations manager, or researcher, to name just a few of your numerous options. In the long term, you can even look forward to positions such as CEO, minister, or politician, if that’s your ambition!
To give you an idea of your future job, student Mees ten Broeke visited alumna Rozemarijn van Erp. Rozemarijn is Department Manager at Medisch Spectrum Twente (the hospital in Enschede).
Instead of pursuing a professional career right away after obtaining your Master’s degree, you can opt to follow a PhD programme at Twente Graduate School (TGS). This involves spending four years studying a particular research area in-depth at one of our research institutes. Obtaining your PhD earns you the title of Doctor (Dr).
Do you have a great business idea? At the University of Twente, you can turn it into reality! At UT, we highly encourage entrepreneurship. In fact, with over 1,000 start-ups to its name, UT is recognised as one of the most entrepreneurial universities in the Netherlands. Did you know that big international companies like Booking.com and Just Eat Takeaway were once founded by students of UT? We are keen to put your scientific knowledge to practical use in solutions that people and society need. Your innovative ideas, creativity and the courage to put in the extra mile will be rewarded. As a catalyst for meaningful entrepreneurship, we offer you the Novel-T foundation and their start-up hub Incubase on campus.