Public Policy and Human Development
Your future
Graduates of the Public Policy and Human Development programme are academically trained policy analysts. Since its launch in 2005, over 1,300 students have successfully graduated from the programme, creating a vibrant alumni network. The master programme programme has a strong history of providing employability-related resources to its students during their studies at Maastricht University.
Career prospects
Our graduates are trained policymakers and analysts, who go on to work in public policy and academia or for NGOs and consultancies. Thanks to the skills acquired in the programme, they can identify and review different policy options and implement the adequate policy.
Our alumni work all over the world in public and private institutions of both economically strong and economically unstable countries, including national, regional and local governments, ministries, regional organisations, NGOs, international organisations, pension funds and consultancies.
Meet our alumni
Ross Mudie, Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development, cohort 2020-2021
Juan Albiñana, Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development, cohort 2017-2018
Juan Albiñana, 2017-2018
Nassim Abba, Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development, cohort 2016-2017
Nassim Abba, 2016-2017
Gustavo Novaes, Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development, cohort 2015-2016
Gustavo Novaes, 2015-2016
Fanny Trang, Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development, cohort 2015-2016
Fanny Trang, 2015-2016
Rodolpho Zannin Feijó, Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development, cohort 2015-2016
Rodolpho Zannin Feijó, 2015-2016
Lea-Maria Löbel, Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development, cohort 2015-2016
Lea-Maria Löbel, 2015-2016
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Ross Mudie, 2020-2021
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Juan Albiñana, 2017-2018
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Nassim Abba, 2016-2017
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Gustavo Novaes, 2015-2016
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Fanny Trang, 2015-2016
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Rodolpho Zannin Feijó, 2015-2016
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Lea-Maria Löbel, 2015-2016
Employers
A 2019 alumni census conducted among graduates revealed that 58 per cent of graduates served in an analytical capacity, as advisors, analysts, researchers or consultants, while 30 per cent served in an operational role as a manager, or as a desk officer with responsibility for a case or programme.
Example of employers:
- UN bodies: the WFP, UNICEF, ILO, IOM,
- Multilateral development banks and technical development support agencies: World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Central Bank, GIZ,
- regional governance bodies: European Commission, European Parliament
- government ministries and civil services in the following countries: Ecuador, Germany, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, Uganda, UK, and USA,
- Research-based organisations and academic institutions: Leiden, LSE, Maastricht, McGill and Sydney, Berlin Institute for Population and Development, GIGA, EPRI, IIED, UNU-MERIT, UNU-CRIS, and UNU-WIDER.
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