Computer Science
Career prospects
The vast majority of our students (90%) embark on a career in areas like consultancy, the software business, other private sector businesses or the government sector. Computer scientists are welcome in a variety of jobs including systems manager, information analyst, software engineer, policy advisor or project manager. Many of our former students now work at companies such as Philips, Deloitte en Touche, IBM and the Royal Dutch Navy. Others have created their own company, sometimes right after graduation.
The most typical job our graduates pursue is that of software engineer. Examples of other jobs are:
- web engineer
- data warehouse consultant
- user interface designer
- systems specialist
- IT project manager
- IT consultant
- systems engineer.
PhD positions
Graduate students with excellent grades can apply for a PhD position. These are normally awarded for four years, during which time the student is expected to finish his or her PhD thesis. A PhD can lead to a career in business or research. Some of our recent PhD graduates now work as researchers or engineers at companies like Google.com or Amazon.com. Others embarked on an academic career, either at VU University Amsterdam or other prestigious universities such as MIT, Cornell University and ETH Zurich.SBBA Bèta Career Event
Each year the Stichting Bèta Bedrijvencontactdag Amsterdam organizes a Career Event. The career event offers lectures, workshops and a speed-date lunch to enable students to meet with future employers.
More information on SBBA can be obtained at www.sbba.nl.
