Your future
As a Globalisation & Development Studies graduate, your thorough academic training prepares you for both a professional and an academic career.
Career prospects
You will have a wide array of career paths to choose from, including:
- Working in the development sector in NGOs, and other similar organisations, as a researcher, project manager, board member, strategist, awareness campaigner, fundraiser or lobbyist
- Joining the public sector in government agencies as a policy maker, analyst, researcher or project developer
- Entering the private sector as a consultant on developmental impacts
- Working in the media, as a reporter, copywriter or press officer, a think tank
- Entering a think tank or into academia, as a researcher or PhD candidate
Some of the companies and institutes where our alumni work:
- German American Chamber of Commerce
- United Nations
- European Center for Development
- Africa Clean Energy
- European Parliament
- Amnesty International
- Green Climate Fund
- Olympic Committee
More than 80% of our graduates are employed, 10% is doing an internship and 10% works as PhD Candidate or is studying a second master.
Some examples of positions our graduates ended up in:
- Journalist, Axel Springer
- Marketing and Communictions Officer, Africa Clean Energy
- Policy Officer, European Centre for Development
- Project Coordinator, Hand in Hand International
- Independent Consultant, RAIN Foundation
- Communications Trainee, Global Off-Grid Lighting Association
- Research Intern, Institute for Development and Peace
Alumni @work
Jesús Reyes
Strategy manager, focusing on sustainable development
Year of graduation: 2019
"Studying at FASoS and staying in Maastricht felt like one of the happiest moments of his life. I remember the faculty with great affection, not only for the place but also for the people who are part of it."
Valery Bermúdez García
Year of graduation: 2020
Alumna Valery Bermúdez García talks about why she has chosen the Globalisation and Development Studies programme and what she learned during her studies in Maastricht.
Amira El Feky (German-Egyptian)
Year of graduation: 2013
I applied to this programme because it comprised many topics I am immensely interested in. I was curious to learn about development theory, but also about the more practical aspects of development work. Furthermore, I had read about problem-based learning, the unique educational method used at Maastricht University.
Svenja Ksoll (German)
Year of graduation: 2012
While applying for the Masters Programme Globalisation and Development Studies, I was particularly fascinated by the prospect of doing field work research in a foreign country, during the second semester of the programme. In order to do so, I took the great advantage of the links and contacts of the GDS teaching staff.
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