Entrepreneurship & Business Development
Your future
The Entrepreneurship & Business Development programme works with several organisations that can help you with your career, your thesis and the student company.
- The Centre for Entrepreneurship organises business plan competitions and round-table discussions with entrepreneurs, and invites well-known entrepreneurs to speak.
- The UM SME Portal gathers issues from small businesses used as case studies and company projects within the programme.
- Department’s researchers are connected to the European Council of Small Businesses and with EIM, a research institute focusing on small businesses.
- The UM Holding and UM faculties offer advice on your thesis or student company, including buying shares and advice on patenting issues.
Career prospects
As a graduate, you can look for work in:
- business start-ups
- taking over family businesses
- management functions in SMEs
- public research institutes
- venture capital firms and banks
- consultancy firms
- PhD research into entrepreneurship and related topics
You could also decide to go for an MBA in Maastricht: