Career prospects

77% of CoSEM graduates find work within 3 months of graduation and almost all of them within half a year. CoSEM graduates typically accept positions as project managers, policymakers and (strategic) consultants. Many currently work in large multinationals such as Shell, Unilever, Philips and Heineken, and in consultancy firms like Accenture, McKinsey, and CapGemini; engineering firms like Arcadis and Grontmij; insurance companies and financial institutions like ING, ABN-AMRO and AEGON; and governmental agencies including ministries, water boards and municipalities.

CoSEM graduates are equally comfortable speaking to technical experts and to management, and often work in interdisciplinary environments. They have a systematic approach to problem solving, think analytically, discern linkage between technical and social aspects of a situation, and are adept at recognising common patterns linking issues across domain boundaries.

Alumni testimonials

Ton Monasso

"Technology and mathematics are an important part of the course."

Annelies Dijkzeul

"The topics we learned about during SEPAM are the same as those presented to us by clients."

Frank Bianchi

"SEPAM focuses on technology, applied to social and commercial issues."

Marcia van der Vlugt

"Making an actor analysis and connecting language is a typical SEPAM contribution."

Hidde Schipper

"The faculty supports international initiatives."

Frank Pijnenborg

"All students have the chance to sit on committees."

Charlotte Woltman Elpers

"SEPAM also devotes a great deal of attention to presentation techniques."

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