Management, Policy Analysis and Entrepreneurship in Health and Life Sciences Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Overview

New biomedical innovations in a world that is becoming ever more complex give rise to a wide range of ethical, legal and social questions and dilemmas. Is the new whooping-cough vaccine better than the old one? How can we control Q fever? 

The Management, Policy Analysis and Entrepreneurship in Health and Life Sciences MSc programme offered at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam specialises in providing the best possible answers to these questions calls for cooperation between several disciplines and actors in society, from government, industry and social institutions to consumers and patients.

Specialisations:

First Year: 

• Health & Life Sciences-based Policy

• Health & Life Sciences-based Management and Entrepreneurship

• International Public Health

• Health & Life sciences-based Communication

• Community-based Health Technologies

Second Year:

• Health & Life sciences-based Communication

• Community-based Health Technologies

• International Public Health

• Health & Life Sciences-based Policy

• Health & Life Sciences-based Management and Entrepreneurship

Career prospects

• Having completed the Master's programme in Management Policy Analysis and Entrepreneurship in the Health and Life Sciences, your career prospects will be very promising. They will, of course, vary depending on your chosen specialisation.    

• With a Policy specialisation, your career opportunities will include policy preparation with a government department or a range of public health organizations, or a post as a university researcher.   

• The Management and Entrepreneurship specialisation will prepare you for a career at a pharmaceutical company, for example as a clinical research assistant or an advisor. You will also be in a good position to set up your own business.  

• The International Public Health specialisation will prepare you for a career at a university, ministry, NGO or international organization.      

Promotion alumni sessions Master’s day

During the Master’s day, you can also meet our (international) alumni during several workshops. In these sessions they will tell you more about career opportunities after finishing your Master’s degree.