Master’s specialisation in Cyber Security:
Upon completing this Master’s, you’ll have an in-depth knowledge of cyber security that will include theoretical and technical aspects of the field. You’ll also have a good understanding of the managerial, legal and ethical aspects that play a role. Cyber security experts are in high demand, so you should find no problem finding a job as consultant, manager, or researcher after graduating.
Master’s specialisation in Data Science:
A professional data scientist has fine problem-solving, analytical, programming, and communication skills. He or she applies those skills to analyse a problem with real-world data and in the end: come up with a creative and useful solution, find or program the right tool to turn the data into knowledge, communicate the obtained findings to others. By combining data, computing power and human intellect, data scientists can make a real difference to help and improve our society.
The job perspective for our graduates is excellent. Industry desperately needs data science specialists at an academic level, and thus our graduates have no difficulty in find an interesting and challenging job. A few of our graduates decide to go for a PhD and stay at the university, but most of our students go for a career in industry. They then typically either find a job at a larger company as consultant or data analysis, or start up their own company in data analytics.
Examples of companies where our graduates end up include SMEs like Orikami, Media11 and FlexOne, and multinationals like ING Bank, Philips, ASML, Capgemini, Booking.com and perhaps even Google.
Master’s specialisation in Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science:
As this specialisation lies in the overlap of mathematics and computer science, you’ll have the advantage of being able to strive for jobs in either field. Thus, our graduates have no difficulty in finding an interesting and challenging job. You can think of the following job functions: Consultant for firms; ICT developer / software developer; ICT manager in the private sector or within government; Researcher, at research centres or within corporations; PhD candidate; Entrepreneur; starting up your own consultancy or software development company; Teacher, at all levels from middle school to university.
Master’s specialisation in Science in Society:
The societal specialisation Science in Society equips you with the tools and skills to become a professional intermediary between science and society whilst providing you with a broader societal perspective that will be useful in a scientific career. Master’s students who complete this specialisation develop careers in various fields: Intermediary organisations between science and society: policy, advisory bodies, interest groups and governments; Interdisciplinary research, connecting science and society; Science communication: as a journalist, communication advisor or information officer.
Master’s specialisation in Science, Management and Innovation:
Master’s students from the Faculty of Science who have done the Science, Management and Innovation (SMI) Master’s specialisation end up in a number of different positions. The specialisation is a good preparation for becoming a policy officer in a government ministry, an R&D manager or sales manager in a company or project manager in organisations such as TNO or ECN. Skills that you acquire also could prepare you for a career in consultancy companies, such as Accenture or McKinsey. There are also several students with this specialisation who have become an entrepreneur and started their own company.
Master’s specialisation in Software Science:
Writing good software is a highly creative process, which requires the ability to approach problems in entirely novel ways through computational thinking. Besides creativity, a professional software scientist also has fine problem-solving, analytical, programming, and communication skills. By combining software programming, model-checking techniques and human intellect, software scientists can make a real difference to help and improve the devices that govern such a large part of our lives.
In fact, well-structured software that is attuned to an organisation’s needs and future plans can be cost effective, improve efficiency, offer better services and be innovative. Many companies, in every branch out there, are therefore looking for highly skilled software specialists, which means that the job perspective for our graduates is excellent.
