After completion of the programme, graduates are qualified to work as well-versed researchers with an independent work attitude, capable of successfully completing a PhD trajectory if aiming for a career in academia, or contributing to R&D in industry or other non-academic institutions. They can tackle timely research questions in the multidisciplinary realm of human movement sciences as well as in fundamental and applied clinical disciplines.
The majority of graduates enters a career in (inter-)national academic research institutions or R&D units in industry, health care or sports.
Unraveling the secrets of human movement
About 70% of students acquires a position in an academic context within six months after they finished the Research Master's programme Human Movement Sciences.
What can you do after your Master's degree?
Start your career
To date, about 70% of our alumni have taken up research positions. You’ll also be well equipped to start working in other research-related roles, or to pursue a career as an embedded scientist or knowledge broker in the fields of sports or health.
If you decide not to embark on a scientific career after graduating, that’s no problem – you’ll still benefit from excellent career prospects. For instance, alumni have found work in ICT, movement-related technology, teaching in higher education, research-related coordination and management.
Where has the Master's degree taken us?
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