Your future
Human creativity and curiosity are what brought us computers and software like artificial intelligence. Future breakthroughs will continue to rely on human talent, which is why academically skilled computer scientists are still in high demand. In fact, according to the 2025 Keuzegids Universiteiten, 94% of computer science graduates in the Netherlands find a job after graduation.
You can engineer apps for all sorts of areas: from healthcare to finance, from scientific research to retail, from logistics to business, and of course in the IT sector itself.
Academically skilled computer scientists work as:
- Security specialist
- Software engineer
- App developer
- Software architect
- Ethical hacker
- Systems Engineer
- Network engineer
Master’s programmes
Your bachelor’s degree opens up a realm of jobs for you. Nevertheless, you don’t have to quit your student life! Many students choose to pursue a master’s degree.
Your bachelor’s degree in computer science will give you access to computer science master’s programmes at top institutions both in the Netherlands and abroad. Depending on the specific programme, you may also pursue a master’s degree in a related field like software engineering, bioinformatics, cybersecurity, cloud computing, data science, and artificial intelligence.
Maastricht University offers a few matching master’s programmes:
Alumni of the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences
Because Computer Science is a new study programme, we have no alumni yet. Alumni of the other programmes at the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences went to work for large tech companies like ASML or Google, became software engineers of rocket and satellite software, started their own businesses, and much more.
Read more about alumni of the Faculty of Science and Engineering