It's time to graduate!
Each year a class graduates the MSc MADE which focuses on metropolitan challenges, entrepreneurial skills and data analysis in the urban context. They have developed to be a generation of metropolitan innovators by graduating from the MSc MADE (Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering) program. The highlight of the day is of course receiving the joint degree diploma’s from Wageningen University & Research and Delft University of Technology.
Every year the Graduation Ceremony is a big festive event where we look back at two amazing years of learning, researching and tinkering in the city of Amsterdam. We celebrate the (not anymore) students entering the working field and look ahead at what comes next.
“After my bachelor Industrial Design, I wanted to focus on process design rather than product design to head towards more sustainable and circular environments. I got very interested in complex systems, such as the city. The MSc MADE also included a lot of multi- and interdisciplinary work, which I have always very much liked and challenges me to get the most out of ideas and solutions together with others.”
Nono Leermakers, MSc MADE alumni
Leaving a mark on the Alumni Map
During the ceremony, a tradition for the students is to pin their mark on the Alumni Map. This map is a representation of the City of Amsterdam. The mark symbolizes the place which is of great value to them. You can find it proudly hanging in the AMS Institute office and reminds us of all the great students who completed the master's program.
Students pin their mark
Alumni working prospects
Once graduated from the MSc MADE, the students are ready to hit the working field. This differs from engineering, design to consultancy positions. These are some examples of where the MSc MADE students started their careers:
Policy Officer Sustainability at the Urban Planning Department) at the Municipality of The Hague, Environmental Consultant at Witteveen+Bos, Junior Advisor for the wastewater chain at the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland, Junior Project Manager at APEA (a research and consultancy firm focussed on the cradle-to-cradle principle), Technology Consulting Analyst at Accenture, Circular Fashion Lab Coordinator at Wageningen University & Research and trainee at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.