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Unraveling the secrets of human movement
About 70% of students acquires a position in an academic context within six months after they finished the Research Master's programme Human Movement Sciences.

After completion of the programme, graduates are qualified to work as well-versed researchers with an independent work attitude, capable of successfully completing a PhD trajectory if aiming for a career in academia. Graduates work in the fields of sport; physical education; (mental) health; rehabilitation and physiotherapy; human factors and safety. They can tackle timely research questions in the broad realm of human movement sciences as well as in fundamental and applied clinical disciplines.

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What can you do after your Master's degree?

Start your career

To date, about 70% of our alumni have taken up research positions. You’ll also be well equipped to start working in other research-related roles, or to pursue a career as an embedded scientist or knowledge broker in the fields of sports or health. 

If you decide not to embark on a scientific career after graduating, that’s no problem – you’ll still benefit from excellent career prospects. You’ll know how to integrate scientific knowledge into real-world solutions in sport; physical education; (mental) health; rehabilitation and physiotherapy; human factors and safety. In addition, you have well-developed communication and research skills, making you broadly employable.

Start your career outside the world of research

If you decide not to embark on a scientific career after graduating, that’s no problem – you’ll still benefit from excellent career prospects. You’ll know how to integrate scientific knowledge into real-world solutions in sport; physical education; (mental) health; rehabilitation and physiotherapy; human factors and safety. In addition, you have well-developed communication and research skills, making you broadly employable.

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