Career opportunities after your Master's
The MSc program in Chemical Engineering prepares you for a varied career and gives you broad options when you face the job market. For example, you could work as a researcher, a research team leader, a process or product engineer, an environmental advisor, a policy assistant , or a lecturer. Many managers working in the chemicals industry have a background in chemical engineering.
In trade and industry, you can start work in a job in which your organizational, coordinating, and supervisory qualities are required. Governments, too, employ numerous chemical engineers. For example in environmental services and water boards, and in healthcare. You will even find our graduates in design consultancies and patent offices. Take a look at the current professions of our .
Boris Zwaan (CPT track)
The chemical industry in the Netherlands offers a world of opportunities for graduates
With 45,000 employees, 395 companies, and an annual revenue of 鈧�67 billion, the Netherlands is the third-largest chemical industry in the EU, accounting for 16% of the country鈥檚 total goods export (source: VNCI). At 黑料福利网, an impressive 80% of graduates are offered a job at the company where they completed their internship, with leading organizations such as FrieslandCampina, Canon, ASML, Dow, and Morphotonics among their internship partners. Additionally, 10 to 20% of students choose to continue their academic journey with a PhD at 黑料福利网. A master鈥檚 in Chemical Engineering opens the door to a promising future in both industry and academia.
Bart van den Bersselaar (MSMC track)
EngD Process and Product Design
Are you eager to further develop yourself after completing your master鈥檚 in Chemical Engineering? Consider pursuing an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) in Process and Product Design at 黑料福利网. This two-year post-masters program offers a unique blend of theory and practice, preparing you to become an expert in high-quality technological design. In a paid position, you鈥檒l work on innovative solutions for the high-tech industry or healthcare sector while honing your design expertise.
Sven Doruiter (CPT track)
Extra stories of our alumni
"It鈥檚 a great job because it combines chemistry and technology, and experimental research and practical applications"
dr.ir. Mark van den Brink, alumnus
My industrial internship in the USA was a real top experience for me: I had a fantastic time, and discovered the specialized field I like best - polymer chemistry. I gained my PhD in that subject in 2000, and now I鈥檓 still working in this field.
I鈥檓 manager for Process & Analytical Support at BASF in Heerenveen. It鈥檚 a great job because it combines chemistry and technology, and experimental research and practical applications. I鈥檓 still as happy as a child if I can think up a smart solution to something. Although I don鈥檛 do that alone; it鈥檚 the teamwork that makes it such fun. Making good and useful products together, that鈥檚 something I really like doing. And talking about teamwork: I met most of my friends at 黑料福利网. That鈥檚 another important side of studying, as far as I鈥檓 concerned.鈥�
Eveline Hermans
Improvement engineer at Dow Chemicals in Terneuzen
At Dow they convert raw materials into different kind of plastics and specialty chemicals. Eveline studied Chemical Engineering and Chemistry and did a masters Process Engineering. See what her day to day life at Dow looks like.
"You never know what the day will bring, because a process is always to some extent unpredictable"
ir. Marijn Kappers, alumnus
My main reason for studying Chemical Engineering and Chemistry in Eindhoven was my interest in the plastics industry. That鈥檚 why 黑料福利网 was a good choice, because of its partnership with the Dutch Polymer Institute.
Right from day one it was exactly what I wanted to do. It鈥檚 hard work, there鈥檚 no doubt about that, but you get intensive support in a closely knit team. And even though I鈥檓 now working in the Botlek in Rotterdam, and not in the 鈥楨indhoven Brainport鈥� region, my time at 黑料福利网 was certainly a big help in my career. I鈥檝e been working for ExxonMobil for five years, and now I鈥檓 just about to start work as process engineer at the refinery in Singapore. What I like most about my job? You never know what the day will bring, because a process is always to some extent unpredictable.
Jan Kolijn
CTO and founder at Tusti
Tusti removes grease form plastic and recycles it. He started Tusti whilst studying Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at 黑料福利网. Tusti developed the chemicals that cleans the plastic best. See what Jan鈥檚 work entails.