Your future
We educate professional economists with a thorough understanding of economic theory and advanced methods. Our graduates are educated to apply their skills and knowledge to make well-founded decisions and formulate policy advice to address societal challenges. Our graduates pursue careers as:
- Policymakers
- Economic analysts
- Business managers
- Consultants
- Researchers
The portfolio includes public policy jobs at (non-) governmental organisations (e.g., OECD, World Bank, EC, national ministries, statistical offices, research institutions), analyst positions in private industry (banks, funds, insurances, consultancy firms, tech companies) as well as media and researcher positions in academia. The specialisations fine tune the job profiles.

Giving the floor to our alumni
Curious about your future career and want to know more about your future career perspective? Check out our video where our alumna Myrte ter Horst shares her experiences about studying at Maastricht University and the activities corresponding to her current job as Researcher at CBS Heerlen.
In this section, we present the average employability data for all programmes of the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (Alumni survey from 2024). In our latest survey, 78,0% of our graduates indicated they would choose the same study programme again! For detailed information per programme, please see the bottom of this page.
Employment rate
After 1,5 years | After 5 years | After 10 years |
97,5% | 98,2% | 100,0% |

Median gross monthly income
After 1,5 years | After 5 years | After 10 years |
€ 3.300,00 | € 5.000,00 | € 6.300,00 |

Working location of our alumni 1,5 years after graduation
Country | % |
the Netherlands | 45,2% |
Germany | 28,5% |
Belgium | 10,0% |
Other EU country | 8,8% |
Outside of the EU | 7,5% |
Average employability data 5 years after graduation per programme
Please note that some programmes did not have enough responses to allow a satisfactory result and are therefore not included in this list.
MSc programme | % employed | Median gross monthly income | Would choose same programme again |
Econometrics and Operations Research | 100% | € 3.665,00
| 81% |
Economics | 100% | € 3.700,00 | 75% |
Financial Economics | 100% | € 5.500,00 | 62% |
International Business (all specialisations) | 98% | € 5.000,00 | 76% |
Learning and Development in Organisations | 95% | € 4.000,00 | 90% |
Global Supply Chain Management and Change | 100% | € 5.100,00 | 90% |
Sustainability Science, Policy and Society | 100% | € 4.000,00 | 80% |
Public Policy and Human Development | 97% | € 4.400,00 | 86% |