Graduates of this programme typically pursue careers:
- as PhD students at physics institutes around the world, progressing from
there to careers in academia or industry
- in research, within industry (e.g. Philips, Shell, Océ, ASML)
- in research, within research institutes (e.g. Royal Netherlands
Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific
Research (TNO), Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), National
Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM))
- as teachers, within high schools or universities
- as (technical) policy officers, within (science-oriented) governmental and
non-profit organisations
- in business (e.g. ICT companies, telecommunications companies, investment
banks, consultancy firms)
- as writers, for (science-oriented) media
- as entrepreneurs.