MSc programme in Public Administration 2026/2027

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:



1a

The public discourse

Jansma

5

1b

The post-truth society

De Jong

5

2a

Behaviour & technology: an interdisciplinary approach

Scholten

5

2b

Digital life unpacked

Van der Graaf 

5

Profile: Health Care

Q

Code

Course

Teacher

EC





1a

Strategic Procurement in the Public & Health sectors

Knight

5

1b

Quality in Healthcare

Lenferink

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

International security governance

Jezdimirovic

5

Profile: Science and technology

Q

Code

Course

Teacher

EC


Choose two:



1a

Policy analysis in public and technological domains

Stegmaier

5

1b

Politics and Policy-making

Torenvlied

5

2a

Technology and Social Order

Weber

5

2a

Smart rules and regimes

Ibrahim

5

Profile: Sustainability

Q

Code

Course

Teacher

EC


Choose two:



1a


Water Footprint Assessment

Schyns/Hogeboom

5

2a

Environmental policy

Hoppe

5

2a

Urban resilience in a changing climate

Vinke - de Kruijf

5

* 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.