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Alumni Surveys 2024

Help your alma mater to optimise its education!

Did you graduate from a master's programme at Maastricht University 1.5, 5 or 10 years ago? Help us improve our education and fill out the annual alumni survey! Support Maastricht University to gain insight into the position of its alumni, and the extent to which the master's programmes prepare for the labour market. 

The research is conducted among three cohorts of alumni who graduated either from a UM Master's programme or so-called ''Partner Master Programme''. The input is used to inform prospective students. Moreover, it provides the faculties with various information on their graduates, which may lead to new policy decisions. The questionnaires focus on the following main topics:

  • Transition and preparation of the master programme for the labour market.
  • Success in the labour market, in terms of employment, salary and occupation, as well as job satisfaction and the degree to which one contributes to society.
  • Acquired knowledge and skills.
  • Satisfaction with the master programme, in terms of content and preparation for the labour market (in NAE).

Among the respondents, we will raffle 4 Amazon vouchers (€200) and 5 UM sweaters

Collection of important data

The research yields rich and valuable data, revealing for example how alumni look back on their studies, what their employment prospects are, which jobs they obtain, which knowledge and skills they possess and what they value and aim for in their professional career. 

The information gathered is useful for a range of stakeholders. It can help prospective students with their study choice: what are the employment prospects of various master programmes, and what occupations can one expect to enter after graduating from these programmes? With this in mind, results from UM’s alumni research is used twice a year to inform prospective students attending the UM Master Open Days. Additionally, it provides the UM and its faculties with information on their graduates: how are they doing, and how they look back on their studies? The alumni research also provides important policy information. 

Conduct of research

UM’s alumni research consists of two related projects. As part of the National Alumni Survey (NAE) conducted by the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), alumni from several Dutch universities are asked to fill in a questionnaire about 1.5 years after graduation. UNL works together on this survey with Centerdata, which carries out the data collection. Additionally, alumni from UM are followed up later in their career, and asked to fill in questionnaires 5 and 10 years after graduation. This research is conducted jointly by the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) and DESAN Research Solutions.

Your data will be processed anonymously in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).