Science and Business Management

The focus shifts from performing scientific research towards acquiring a range of business skills important for a career in industry or commercial organizations. You start with a research project in a research group of the Graduate Schools Life Sciences or Natural Sciences, or an associated research institute elsewhere. You work on research topics with potential for application and are required to present and write a summary about the applications of the research that is performed. The first year is finalized by writing an executive summary on the applications of the research combined within an interview with a relevant industrial representative about these applications.

The second year starts with an intensive half year of business courses: economic environment, management skills, organisation, marketing, quantitative methods for business, management accounting, human resources, business law, entrepreneurship and several workshops. These business skills prepare you for their business internship at a company or commercial organisation.

Graduates of the Master’s programme Science and Business Management are highly qualified for research and management positions in an applied environment. Innovative companies with knowledge-intensive products are a key job market for these graduates. There are also opportunities for management positions in consultancy firms, government organisations, and other institutions. A number of the graduates aims for a PhD programme or will start their own company.