First graduation ceremony MSc MADE

The first cohort of MSc MADE students has graduated. The joint MSc degree Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering started in 2017, a collaboration between BK Bouwkunde and Wageningen University & Research, hosted at AMS Institute. With classes on metropolitan challenges, entrepreneurial skills and data analysis in the urban context, the graduates have developed to be the first generation of metropolitan innovators.

The MADE programme in itself is in some ways a ‘living lab’. A structure is provided, but the students have the freedom to choose their focus and make the programme tailored to their personal ambitions. Also, the collective effort is a very central element throughout the programme. What the students share is an entrepreneurial spirit and the drive to do things differently. The students have been actively involved in making the programme and the activities around it. Amongst others, they took part in the MADE programme committee, founded the MADE.it study association and organised study trips.

 

Before kicking off the MSc MADE programme two years ago, a market analysis was carried out. The results showed there was a need for graduates with an interdisciplinary MADE profile. With that in mind, it was great to see that all seven graduates had already found a job before the official graduation ceremony. The MADE graduates will soon start, or have already started their jobs as:

• Policy Officer Sustainability at the Urban Planning Department at the Municipality of The Hague
• Environmental Consultant at Witteveen+Bos
• Junior Advisor for the wastewater chain at the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland
• Junior Project Manager at APEA, a research and consultancy firm focussed on the cradle-to-cradle principle
• Technology Consulting Analyst at Accenture
• Circular Fashion Lab Coordinator at Wageningen University & Research
• Trainee at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

Stan Kaatee, Director of Economic Affairs at the City of Amsterdam, welcomed the alumni to also make their impact on Amsterdam. He stressed the importance of the program for the City of Amsterdam, as the challenges they work on are very relevant for the city, and there is a great need or engineers that know how to solve these from a collaborative effort.

This article was previously published by AMS Institute. Read the original article here.