Your future
The master's programme in Global Health was designed precisely to meet the global need for this new type of professional. It provides a unique interdisciplinary, cross-cultural learning experience, which will prepare you for a high-level position in a variety of settings. Global Health graduates can be found all over the world.
Career prospects
The programme’s unique interdisciplinary, cross-cultural learning experience prepares graduates for a high-level position in a variety of settings all over the world. You can find work as a policymaker, health advocate, manager, social entrepreneur and more at:
- International health and development agencies (WHO, IMF, UNDP, UNICEF, World Bank)
- Private sector healthcare firms (pharmaceutical companies, health technology developers)
- Regional, national and international governmental bodies (health ministries)
- Non-governmental agencies (Oxfam, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
- Academic institutions (PhD candidate, analyst, researcher)
Alumni
Rochelle Caruso, project Officer at ERINN Innovation
A bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry in Canada, an English teacher in Vietnam, and a master’s degree in Global Health in Maastricht. Rochelle Caruso's journey is not one you see every day.
Abdifatah Ahmed Mohamed, director of Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Health and Human Service
From lab technician to FHML student to national decision maker: after spending a number of formative years at Maastricht University, Abdifatah Ahmed Mohamed has returned to his native Somalia. There he aims to make a difference as Director of Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Health and Human Service.
Willemijn, policy officer Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
From shaping the Netherlands' response to national crises to tackling femicide, alumna Willemijn Vlieg shares why real resilience starts with people.
Bruno Rocha – epidemiologist WHO
After graduation, all alumni share a common characteristic: they develop the capacity to be critically reflective about the issues they encounter. Bruno and his peers often joked that once you study Global Health, there is no turning back.