Graduates have gone on to work in positions such as management trainee, business consultant, project manager, business analysts, financial analysts, recruitment consultants for global organizations such as Allianz, Booking, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Hewlett Packard, IBM, ING, KPMG, Kraft Hein, Lufthansa, Nokia, NS, P&G, Phillips, PwC, or UBS.
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The Accounting & Control programme will furnish you with many skills over and above those relating directly to the qualification: you’ll learn teamwork, presentation, commercial and client-facing skills.
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The rapid growth of genetic knowledge and research has led to a great demand for people with the knowledge and skill to link genetics to human behaviour and wellbeing. Young researchers with knowledge on behavioural sciences, statistics, genetic epidemiology, statistical genetics and omics are very much needed in the growing and promising field of genetics.
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This Master’s programme offers advanced students a scientific challenge, as well as a great opportunity to apply their field competence in a rapidly growing field of science and industry.
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A Bachelor’s degree in History and International Studies provides a foundation for a Master’s degree programme in History and Heritage Studies, or a career in education, research, at NGO’s and international organizations, museums, heritage foundations and media.
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Many IBA graduates end up at international corporations or even go on to become entrepreneurs and run their own start-ups. Lots of our students find work abroad, for obvious reasons, and fields include business analytics, supply chain management, marketing, financial management and policymaking. A Bachelor’s degree in IBA will give you any number of employable qualities, including critical thinking, research skills, self-awareness, social/professional skills, and the ability to make the link between theory and practice.
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Joblessness is rare among mathematicians: they find jobs in technology companies, banks, ministries, hospitals, consultancy, IT, scientific research and education. Your knowledge of fundamental and applied mathematics as a VU mathematician will suit you for a range of jobs, and most companies and institutions are highly interested in the general analytical and problem-solving skills you will develop. As a consequence, mathematicians end up in an enormous diversity of jobs.
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After the bachelor’s programme, you can further specialise by following a master’s programme. You can opt for the follow-up master’s programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology, or you can choose one of the other master’s programmes in social sciences.
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The VU Matching Programme enables you to check whether you have chosen the right degree programme. The matching programme consists of two steps: a digital questionnaire on VUnet, which is part of the application process, and an online matching activity. By taking part in the matching activity, you can check whether the programme is really the right one for you.
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As an econometrics graduate, you will stand out amongst the rest because you combine expertise in quantitative methods combined with knowledge of economics, business and programming. That will make you particularly interesting to employers. There are many different options. You can continue with research, work in the public sector, or join a private company. For instance, our graduates work with central banks, government institutions, airlines, internet companies, banks, insurance companies, in management at large hospitals or in consulting.
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