MSc programme in Public Administration 2025/2026

Core courses

Q stands for quartile. The quartile may be 1a, 1b, 2a or 2b. You can find the coresponding timing in the academic calendar, and precise timetables in TimeEdit.


Q

Code

Course

Teacher

EC

1a

Crisis management in technological domains

Torenvlied

5

1a

Policy-making for complex systems

Junjan/Ossewaarde

5

1b&2b

Academic research

Ossewaarde / Torenvlied / Scholten

5

2a

Public governance and policy networks

Long

5

2a

Public governance and legitimacy

Pessoa

5

all

Master Thesis Public Administration

all

25

Profile: Digital Media  

Q

Code

Course

Teacher

EC


Choose two out of four:



1a

The public discourse

Jansma

5

1b

202500007

The post-truth society

De Jong

5

2a

Behaviour & technology: an interdisciplinary approach

Scholten

5

2b

202500012

Digital life unpacked

Van der Graaf 

5

Profile: Health Care**

Q

Code

Course

Teacher

EC





1b

Geospatial for Health

Blanford


1b

Public Health: Dynamics in policy, law & regulation

Donnelly

5

Profile: Lokaal en regionaal bestuur**

Q

Code

Course

Teacher

EC

1a

Lokale en regionale samenlevingskracht: macht in maatschappelijke coalities  

Vermeulen

5

2a

Institutionele kaders: ontwerpprincipes van lokaal en regionaal bestuur   

Junjan/ de Boer

5

Profile: Safety and security

Q

Code

Course

Teacher

EC

1a

Public and private policing

Meershoek

5

2a

Public safety

Meershoek

5

Profile: Science and technology

Q

Code

Course

Teacher

EC


Choose two out of three:



1a

Policy analysis in public and technological domains

Stegmaier

5

2a

Deliberative governance of knowledge and innovation

Stegmaier

5

2a

Smart rules and regimes

Votsis

5

Profile: Sustainability

Q

Code

Course

Teacher

EC


Choose two out of four:



1a

Economic methods of sustainability assessment

Votsis

5

1a


Water Footprint Assessment

Schyns/Hogeboom

5

2a

Environmental policy

Hoppe

5

2a

Urban resilience in a changing climate

Vinke - de Kruijf

5


* The course "202300077 Strategic Procurement in the Public & Health Sectors" in q 1a is also permitted in this track, but the timetable overlaps with core courses. This is why it is not in the table of this profile.

** These profile courses are in the Dutch language.

It is not allowed to change the core courses, unless you have an explicit advice from your study adviser to do so.

Although we do not recommend it because we cannot give you a profile on your diploma, a mix and match of courses in the profile space is not explicitly forbidden.

The thesis will always be 25 EC. When you will work on your thesis more extensively depends on the chosen profile, see the Q for Quartiles in the tables.