Higher Education (master's two years)

The programme aims to educate candidates with a solid basis for analysing and critically assessing change processes at all relevant levels in higher education, and for understanding the management dimension in these processes. The programme has a special emphasis on change processes related to quality development in higher education. This implies, amongst other things, that the relationship between institutional approaches concerning areas such as funding, ICT, human resources development, and student support, as well as quality development will be discussed from a number of perspectives.
demonstrate understanding of the basic nature of higher education and research, its institutions, systems, programmes and curricula
analyse and describe how changes in policies, functions and operations of higher education are related
analyse and explain the role of management in higher education change processes
demonstrate understanding of the nature of quality development in higher education change processes

This programme targets individuals that aspire to, or are currently professionally involved in the field of higher education.

Graduate of this programme have gone on to work at various internationally known institutions; such as the European Commission, local ministries, research institutions and development agencies. The career prospects for this programme include the following:

policy-makers
institutional leaders, managers and administrators
ministries of education
researchers
teaching staff of colleges and universities.
Employment areas for graduates include entities (public and private) in need of personnel with advanced, specialised knowledge on higher education systems and dynamics. These include, but are not limited to, the following bodies: national governmental agencies, public and private higher education institutions, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), independent/coordinating bodies (e.g. for quality), international development agencies, supranational organisations (OECD, Unesco, EU), multinational corporations, etc.