Your future
Representatives from companies like Henkel AG, Bayer AG, DSM, Medtronic and a number of smaller yet equally fascinating firms are actively involved in the Managerial Decision-Making and Control master’s programme. You can expect them to help you with case studies, company projects, and so on. Some students even go on to do internships because of connections they’ve made with people working in the field.
Certification and further education
After graduation, you can enter the work force directly, but you will probably also want to be certified as a Chartered Controller, either in the Netherlands or internationally, at the School of Business and Economics or at another prestigious institution abroad. At the post-graduate stage, links with the corporate world are stronger still. The post-graduate programmes listed below are a vital part of company management and executive development.
Chartered Controller certification at the UM School of Business and Economics:
- Postdoctorale Opleiding tot Registercontroller (EMFC)
- International Executive Master of Finance and Control (iEMFC)
Executive master’s programme at the UM School of Business and Economics:
- Leergang Business Control
Career prospects
As a graduate, you can look for work in:
- controlling
- finance management, eventually as a finance director (CFO)
- consulting
- in-house consulting departments
- general management in major firms – decisions makers such as CEOs and CFOs often have a background in controlling
Graduates have found positions such as
- Business Controller at Unilever
- Consultant at Horvàth & Partner
- Head of Strategic Controlling at Generali Versicherung
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% |