Career prospects

Career prospects include scientific research, science journalism, and education along with jobs in the private, public or non-profit sectors. Depending on the career perspectives that appeal to you most, you can choose between different profiles. 

Academic and Professional Knowledge and Skills

Biology of Disease graduates are (cardiovascular) researchers who have shown the ability to acquire in-depth knowledge of cardiovascular research and other clinical specialisations within their Master’s programme. All graduates are skilled in modern and sophisticated techniques and know how and when to use them. The interdisciplinary approach, in which fundamental research is translated into clinical settings, prepares graduates not only for a scientific career, but also for a career outside academia where biomedical knowledge connects with business, economics, management, communication, and education.

Academic careers

Graduates find PhD positions in:

• The Graduate School of Life Sciences-PhD programmes, in particular Cardiovascular Research
• National and international institutions partnered with Utrecht University research institutes
• Various other national and international institutes

Facts & figures

About 70% of the graduates become a PhD candidate, 15% start a career in a science-related field (e.g. jobs in the medical, technical, or pharmaceutical industry, or science journalism), 10% continue the academic career in a new study programme (forensic sciences, (veterinary) medicine, teaching) and 5% leave the world of Life Sciences behind.