Science, Management and Innovation

The Science, Management and Innovation course at Radboud University allows you to apply your science background to a societal theme and enables you to make a difference in your future field of work. You graduate in your original Master’s discipline but are also taught how innovation is managed in companies, how policy is made in government, and discuss several approaches to today’s societal challenges. You will improve your ability to cooperate with actors from other disciplines.

This combination of science, policy and business, and the capability to work in multi-disciplinary teams is in high demand, not only in companies but also in non-profit organisations and the public sector. You will create a unique profile with your disciplinary background and combine this with one of the focus track areas related to the sustainable development goals. These are Health, Climate & Energy, Green Industries & IT, or Biodiversity.

Future career opportunities

Students who have done Science, Management and Innovation end up in a number of different positions. The specialisation is a good preparation for becoming a policy officer in a government ministry, an R&D manager or sales manager in a company or project manager in organisations such as TNO or ECN. Skills that you acquire also could prepare you for a career in consultancy companies, such as Accenture or McKinsey. There are also several students with this specialisation who have become an entrepreneur and started their own company.

Courses include:

• Sustainable Innovation Management
• Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals
• Methods in Societal Research
• You select a societally relevant theme to focus on and following a total of 15 EC of courses related to this theme. We offer three themes: Biodiversity, Climate and Energy and Health.