Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives (BA)
Career prospects
With your degree in Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives, you’re more than a specialist in world philosophy. Alongside your subject expertise, you’ve developed a broad set of academic skills that give you a strong start to your career. Graduates often find roles where advising, archiving and organising, policy-making and preparing and supervising and coaching play a central role. There are a surprising number of directions you can take after completing your studies.
Why employers find you interesting
Graduates often secure roles that require a high level of education. Within two months of graduation, 55% find a job, and 80% are employed within six months. Research among alumni shows that for 62%, their first job was at higher professional or academic level. After gaining a few years of experience, this rises to 70%.
The skills you develop during your studies make you a strong candidate for a wide range of roles in various organisations. Recent graduates report that ability to select and process complex information, analysing, working independently, written communication, forming an opinion and problem-solving are the skills they use most in their jobs.
Gaining relevant experience alongside your studies strengthens your position. Alumni say that internships and studying abroad contributed most to their career start.
Anna van Hooijdonk
Second year student
"To those who are unsure whether to sign up for this programme, I would say: just go for it. I'm very happy with my choice. The atmosphere here is good, the lecturers are great, and you receive a lot of support."
Emma Abdi Wansbrough
Student
"Learning about the different ideas, traditions, and ways people from all over the world think had a big impact on me. Such insights help me start cross-cultural dialogue. For example, if you want to work at an NGO, knowing of foreign cultures and ways of thinking will help you enormously. There are many possible master’s you can do after a bachelor's degree in Philosophy. I'm going to do a master's in law to have a better understanding of the judicial system, so I can help improve educational systems."
Where can you work after graduating?
Your expertise and capabilities open doors in many different sectors. Our alumni work at Dutch and international companies and organisations in such sectors as government and semipublic sector, education, professional services, arts and culture and IT Services.
Source: Job market survey 2025 among Philosophy graduates 2020-2024. Research by Career Service Humanities
Many graduates continue with a master’s degree after their bachelor’s. Further study pays off: those with a master’s degree are more likely to secure higher-level positions.
Graduates at work
A glimpse of workplaces where recent graduates have started their careers:
- Policymaker – The Netherlands Initiative for Educational Research (NRO)
- Blue Book trainee - Kabinet of Wopke Hoekstra, European Commission
- Teacher Arts and Society – Highschool Lycée Ermesinde, Luxemburg
- IT Trainee – Calco
- Project officer trainee Education Innovation – TU Delft