Career prospects

After graduating from this Master鈥檚 programme, you will possess highly demanded knowledge and skills to work as a diplomat, policy advisor, policy analyst, researcher, consultant, journalist, political representative, lobbyist and more.

You will possess the right knowledge and skills to start out as a policymaker. This programme primarily prepares you for a job in national governments, NGOs and international organisations within the area of international politics. However, businesses and local governments are asking more and more often for people with analytical skills and the ability to translate those skills into useful advice. If you are not looking for a position as a policy maker in either the profit or non-profit sectors, your skills and knowledge could easily be applied to careers such as teaching history, doing research or doing journalism.

Professional careers

Our alumni work in different sectors, from international, national and local governments and institutions, to corporations, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, politics, and media. Below you find some examples of job titles and organizations:

  • Policy Officer at the
  • Research Fellow at
  • Journalist at
  • European Affairs Manager at
  • Communications Assistant at the
  • Project Officer at the
  • Programme Analyst at the
  • Advisor at the
  • Business Development Coordinator at the
  • Coordinator at the
  • International Program Advisor at
  • Senior Advisor
  • Trainee at the
  • Policy Officer at the
  • EU Public Affairs Consultant at
  • Business Consultant at
  • Senior Consultant at

The Master鈥檚 programme was very helpful in developing the analytical skills that are essential in the politically sensitive environment in which I work.

Alumni on LinkedIn

  • Project Manager German Hydrogen Policy at Agora Energiewende

  • Advisor 'Gelijke Kansen Alliantie' at the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

     

    Academic careers

    With your Master鈥檚 in International Relations in Historical Perspective, you can prepare yourself for a career as a researcher at a university, think tank, or diplomatic academy. Our research track offers a research tutorial and intensive supervision during the writing of your research thesis, which will help you to reach the level necessary to apply for research jobs or a PhD programme. Several of our alumni have successfully applied for PhD positions at academic institutes, such as Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 and the European 木瓜福利影视 Institute. Additional guidance can be provided through the research track. Your thesis will not only be complex and insightful, but will also contain in-depth source research and attention to historiography and political theory. With this combination, you will lay the foundations for a PhD proposal and for an excellent CV.

    Possible jobs in academia:

    • Research Staff Member, , Leiden 木瓜福利影视, Campus, The Hague
    • PhD-Researcher , Florence

    Career development

    Utrecht Centre For Global Challenges (UGlobe)

    The MA in International Relations in Historical Perspectives is one of the UGlobe Master's programmes. The Utrecht Centre for Global Challenges (UGlobe) is a multi-disciplinary platform within Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 for research, education and valorisation that is centred around the theme of a contested global order. 

    Career Services

    Career Services offers events, tests, coaching and training in and outside your Master's programme, related to professional self-analysis, career orientation and job application skills. You can find more information about career services on  or .

    Other career events

    •  is a monthly career orientation meeting for students and alumni of the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视. 
    • The Faculty of Humanities organises a  with interesting partners who will illustrate the diversity in career opportunities for humanities graduates.
    • Once a year Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 organises a . This Careers Day offers the opportunity to sign up for workshops and trainings, and to meet recruiters at the careers fair.