As a graduate of the Master’s in Health Sciences with a specialisation in Optimisation of Healthcare Processes, you can look forward to an exciting career as an adviser, project leader or manager, within a healthcare organisation, for example, but also throughout the entire healthcare sector. Another option is to continue with a PhD Or you could become an entrepreneur and start up your own business.
Type of degree
When you have completed this Master's with the specialisation in Optimisation of Healthcare Processes, you will receive a Master’s degree in Health Sciences. Also, you can title yourself Master of Science (MSc). Your specialisation will be mentioned specifically on your diploma supplement, highlighting your specialised knowledge and skills in the field of optimisation of healthcare processes.
Job opportunities
As a health scientist with expertise in healthcare process optimisation, a wide range of career opportunities lie ahead of you. You will be eligible for work as a project leader implementing new care concepts, a policy adviser in a hospital, or a consultant in the healthcare sector facilitating collaboration between healthcare organisations. Your data-driven approach and in-depth focus on the strategic component of value-based healthcare management will make you stand out on the job market, as your skills are in high demand in the contemporary healthcare sector.
Many graduates of this specialisation currently work in hospitals, fulfilling various roles including quality adviser, operations manager, tactical buyer, policy adviser, programme coordinator, and the list goes on. But other than hospitals, you could join a wide range of other organisations after graduation. Think, for example, of health insurance companies like Menzis or VGZ, consultancy agencies like Berenschot, Deloitte or KPMG, research and knowledge institutions like Nivel, IKNL, or Acute Zorg Euregio (ROAZ) or even IT developers like Nedap, Philips or Chipsoft. Or what about a career within governmental institutions, dealing with themes like the Social Support Act (‘WMO’ in Dutch)? There are many options open to you!
Start a business
At UT, we highly encourage entrepreneurship. This University is the birthplace of a large number of high-tech spin-off companies that market developed technologies. You could use your research or even inventions stemming from your master’s thesis and/or your PhD research to start up your own innovative company as well! UT has been voted the most entrepreneurial university in the Netherlands four times in a row. We have a unique approach of putting scientific knowledge to practical use and turning our expertise and yours into solutions that people and society actually need. As a catalyst for meaningful entrepreneurship, we offer you the Novel-T foundation and their start-up hub Incubase on campus.
Continue as a researcher: obtain a PhD
Instead of pursuing a professional career right away after completing your Master’s degree, you can opt to follow a PhD programme at Twente Graduate School (TGS). This involves spending four years studying a particular research area in-depth at one of our research institutes. Obtaining your PhD earns you the title of Doctor (Dr).
Interested in doing a PhD? You can check below if there are any vacancies. If not, you can also send in an open application.