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Public Administration: Research in Public Administration & Organizational Science

Career perspectives

This Master’s Program prepares you for a range of careers in which theoretically informed analysis and critical assessment of research findings are essential requirements. This may be a career in Public Administration and Organization Science research, beginning with PhD research. It may be a career as researcher with a research institute or international think tank, a professional organization or government institution. Many of our students become policy advisors or public management consultants.

Some examples of recent graduates

  • PhD student at Erasmus University Rotterdam, analyzing complex decision making in mediatized societies’
  • Researcher at the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • PhD Student the Utrecht School of Governance, working on ‘public sector motivation’
  • Consultant at PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) Advisory, Healthcare
  • Policy Advisor at the Netherlands Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
  • Project Manager at Boer & Croon Young Executives
  • Researcher at Institute of Health Policy and Management
  • Consultant at IG&H Consulting & Interim
  • Junior Consultant at Hay Group
  • PhD student at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, studying European Agencies
  • PhD student at Tilburg University, research on public leadership accountability in consensus democracies
  • PhD student at Utrecht School of Governance, studying HR policies and employee wellbeing

Career orientation support
During the second year special attention is given to career orientation support. From the beginning of the programme announcements of job vacancies and PhD positions offered by research schools and affiliate departments in the Netherlands and abroad have been circulated among the cohorts of research master’s students. Students interested in such possibilities frequently contact senior researchers/teachers to discuss their interest and suitability. A professional career coach agency was contracted and a career orientation programme consisting of a personality test and four individual career sessions are offered to students.