Your future
Strategy and Innovation focuses on two important aspects of international business while maintaining a broad perspective, which means that a wide variety of senior-level positions will be open to you. You will be highly sought-after by large organisations looking for managers with a good grounding in international business and the ability to see the big picture. And your leadership and communication skills will also be an asset to smaller companies who are looking to get beyond the initial stages of growth. You may also choose to join a consultancy firm or start your own company.
Career prospects
- consulting firms
- B2C and B2B companies
- large multinationals
- small and medium enterprises
- research institutes or departments
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 including average for Maastricht University and the School of Business and Economics
This table presents the average employability data 5 years after graduation per programme as well as the average for Maastricht University and the School of Business and Economics.
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% |