Digital Society

From campus to career

The bachelor BA DS, with its unique interdisciplinary and future-focused curriculum, prepares you not for one job specifically, but for a career. Have a look at a selection of possible next steps after graduating from the BA DS.

Next steps: master’s programmmes

The BA DS is a three-year academic bachelor programme that provides you with a strong foundation for a more advanced academic degree. The interdisciplinarity of our programme is well-reflected in the wide variety of master’s programmes that our graduates get access to (see list). But, typically, most of our graduates pursue a master’s programme in one of four directions (although many other directions are possible too): Humanities and media studies, Policy and ethics, Business and creative industries, Quantitative social sciences and data science. See below for a list of examples

Next steps: Master’s at Maastricht University

At Maastricht University three official follow-up trajectories can be pursued for graduates of the BA Digital Society. For these three programmes, you can be directly admitted without extra requirements or motivation letters—graduating from the BADS is your entry ticket.

Next steps: Careers

Bachelor Digital Society graduates have successfully landed jobs in a wide variety of fields ranging from data and AI consultant, to policy analyst and advisor, to software engineer. In their jobs, BA DS alumni are often part of interdisciplinary teams, applying the unique BA DS combination of critical thinking, creative attitudes and collaborative mindset whilst considering the social and ethical considerations of the digital technologies they work with or develop (Think. Do. Care). In general, we have seen most BA Digital Society graduates pursuing careers in the direction of these four personas: 

• The tech consultant with an eye for ethics
• The creative leader, with a touch for social and environmental good
• The digital policy maven, with a nose for nuance
• The data detective, with a sense for stories

Scroll down to see snapshots of our alumni’s work in various companies. 

From campus to career: our graduates in the field

While DS is a young programme, our graduates are already making waves in their respective industries. Hear from our alumni who are now digital transformation and innovation specialists, project managers, software engineers and digital consultants. From ING to Siemens to Microsoft (among others), our graduates are involved in meaningful projects, applying their digital skills with responsibility, care, and criticality.

Listen to our alumni