• With two internships, you?ll get a thorough background in academic research.

• There is a lot of attention for your personal development, with an orientation course?focussing on your future career and extensive one-on-one contact with your supervisors.

• This specialisation is closely connected to the?Institute for Water and Wetlands Research(IWWR), a leading institute in wetland ecosystem and stress biology research.

• Radboud University has tight relationships with water authorities, counties and other related organisations, such as Natuurplaza.

• Together, the specialisations within the Master?s in Biology cover the whole range from organism to ecosystem and environment, which means you can define your exact study path along the way.

Career prospects

After graduation, about one third of our students quickly take up a position as researcher and one third starts working at a policy officer at a governmental organisation or an NGO. The rest of the students usually choose for a position in industry, for example, as a risk analyser of toxic substances. In general, our graduates end up as a:

• Researcher at a university or research institute

• Researcher in a company, either a large or a start-up company

• Researcher at a governmental research institute

• Consultant at a governmental agency, like a ministry

• Consultant at a consulting firm

• Risk analyser

• Policy officer at a governmental organisation or an NGO

• Project coordinator in water or ecosystem management

• Communications officer at an environmental organisation

• Teacher in biology (College or secondary education level)

Want to know more?

Would you like to learn more about this programme and Radboud University? Join us for our Master?s Open Day on 16 March 2019! To learn more and register for this exciting event, visit www.ru.nl/masters/openday.