After graduation

Opportunities after graduating

The master programme Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship provides a springboard for a career in the cultural and creative sector. These sectors also consist of a large number of small businesses and freelancers specialised in a particular creative niche. The Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship programme therefore stimulates the creative, entrepreneurial spirit, fully equipping you to start your own creative business.

Academic career

Do you want to stay in academics after your graduation? Then this specialisation will also help you build strong analytical skills, enabling you to conduct independent research. This provides excellent preparation for a PhD trajectory. After successful completion of the master in Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship you may be eligible for an abridged programme of the Research Master Sociology of Culture, Media and the Arts. Selection is based on your academic motivation and talent.

Alumni

Our alumni are well-represented across a broad spectrum of industries. The top 3 sectors where recent Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship graduates work include: 

1. Higher Education: for example as researcher, PhD candidate or (junior) lecturer at various universities in the Netherlands and Europe. 
2. Cultural sector: for example as assistant programmer, project assistant, producer or marketing & communication officer at cultural institutions and the performing arts (theatre, cinema, museum, festival, opera etc). 
3. Government: for example as policy maker/advisor, programme officer, or project leader at a municipality or ministry.

We also see graduates starting their career at (culture-related) business consultancies, non-profit organisations, or in the music and entertainment industry. 

Organisations where recent alumni work:  

• National Theatre 
• Deloitte
• Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship
• Amsterdam Museum / Van Gogh Museum / Rijksmuseum / H'ART Museum
• Google
• Lund University
• Culture Action Europe
• International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
• HEINEKEN Switzerland
• WONDR Experience
• Municipality of The Hague
• Oxfam Novib 
• Dutch National Opera & Ballet
• Birckenstock

Would you like to know more about the different career opportunities after your studies? On our alumni website you can read the experiences of Arts & Culture graduates.