Career prospects
After your studies
The Bachelor's specialisation Comparative European History provides you with a skillset that will facilitate your acceptance into a variety of Master's trajectories and will be an invaluable asset for your professional career. Your working prospects and future salary depend on the specialisation you choose.
Possible occupations
- Teacher
- Heritage professional
- Researcher
- Journalist for newspapers and magazines
- Government official
In which fields do our students find work?
Continuing your studies
After obtaining your Bachelor's degree you can enter the labour market. However, most students opt to continue on to a Master's degree. Obtaining a Master's degree gives you several advantages, including increasing your career opportunities. After completing your Bachelor's programme you can progress to a Master's programme.
English-taught programmes include:
- Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean Worlds
- Tourism and Culture
- Transatlantic Studies: History, Culture and Politics
- Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies (Research Master's)
Dutch-taught programmes include:
Labour market orientation: put your degree to work!
To prepare you for the job market, Radboud University offers various forms of labour market orientation, so that you can start planning your future during your studies.
For example, every faculty has a Career Service, where you can go with questions about and help with labor market orientation. They offer career advice interviews and skills training, among other things. You can also contact them if you want to gain a few months of practical experience by doing an internship.