Overview

 You’ll work within a diverse community of educators and peers from different contexts and backgrounds, giving you a rich and unique learning experience. 

After you’ve graduated, you can pursue a career as a global health professional, drawing on your understanding of how local and global dynamics shape health outcomes. You can, for example, become a project leader, policymaker, researcher, consultant, health advocate or social entrepreneur. You can work for international institutions, local and national governmental agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academic institutions or industry. This programme can also enrich your practice as a health(care) professional. 

Career opportunities:

Global Health programme from  Maastricht University  unique interdisciplinary, cross-cultural learning experience prepares graduates for a high-level position in a variety of settings all over the world. You can find work as a policymaker, health advocate, manager, social entrepreneur and more at:

• International health and development agencies (WHO, IMF, UNDP, UNICEF, World Bank)

• Private sector healthcare firms (pharmaceutical companies, health technology developers)

• Regional, national and international governmental bodies (health ministries)

• Non-governmental agencies (Oxfam, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

• Academic institutions (PhD candidate, analyst, researcher)