Universiteit Maastricht

Career prospects

This programme will give you a head start wherever human decisions are important, laying the groundwork for a career in senior and executive positions. You will be best equipped to work in interdisciplinary teams dealing with strategic issues (policy, company strategy, marketing strategy, etc.) and conflicts of all kinds between different decision makers. Armed with the theoretical knowledge from the first part of the programme, in the second part you lay the foundation for your future, choosing courses that suit your interests and researching topics that fit with your career plans. Your career prospects could include:



  • government institutions (policymaking and implementation)
  • NGOs and non-profit organisations (agenda setting, campaigning)
  • human resource departments (incentive schemes, performance assessment, conflict resolution)
  • healthcare and health insurance companies (medical decision making)
  • marketing (customer relations, consumer behaviour)
  • consulting, management coaching
  • academic research.