Information meeting Master students USE

1. Information meeting Master students USE dr. Gerrit Faber, Director of Studies drs. Huub Klein Schiphorst, Academic Counsellor dr. Niels Bosma

2. Programme October 11 2013 • Three choices thesis • Pros and cons of different choices • Schedule period 4 • Master coordinators • Graduation procedure • After graduation • Questions?

3. Three choices • Own subject Find out potential supervisors: http://www.uu.nl/leg/staff/SearchConsult your master’s or track coordinator. Meeting with staff in your track/programme? Hand in Registration Form before 16December 2013

4. Three choices (ctnd) • External research Consult your master’s or track coordinator if you have questions or ideas about a research internship. Important: ambitions, areas of interest Hand in Registration Form before 16 December 2013

5. Three choices (cntnd) 3. Subject provided by USE Complementary to the research of USE Subjects will be published at the beginning of January You chose a subject in your programme or track Subscribe through BB from 3 February 2014. (email will follow in January)

6. Own subject … Positive: • Great opportunity to follow your own (research) interest Negative: • Thesis is not organized within the context of an actual USE research program • Is it doable? Is there an expert professor to supervise you? Etc… Therefore: contact your programme/track coördinator

7. External research… Positive: • Thesis is organized within the context of a company or organization with a specific research question • Good opportunity to gather some work experience Negative: • Might be difficult to finish on time • Remark: the thesis requirements apply!

8. Subject provided by USE … • We make sure that there is enough diversity • We make sure that there is enough capacity Positive: • Thesis is organized within the context of an actual USE research program. • The subjects are ‘doable’. Negative: • Less opportunities to follow your own (research) interest

9. Examples of topics to be covered • Incentives and firm performance • Effectiveness of the (proposed) reforms in banking supervision in the EU • The role of status in the world of legal business • Which room for maneuver is there for public debt? • Dynamic decision model for recycling businesses • Issues of modern self-employment and entrepreneurship • What level of fine on the Dutch beer cartel is effective? • Etc.

10. International Master Thesis Project 2013USE – Indiana University at Bloomington • Pre-structured Master Thesis Project • Visit Washington DC (2 weeks, May) • Research Colloquium “Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index”; European Regionalversion: REDI • Field trip(s) • Institute of Development Strategies – Indiana University (4 weeks, May-June) • 2 x Research Colloquium, 2 x Workshop • Final week at USE: Transatlantic Student Conference “Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development” • USE faculty: Dr Niels Bosma, Dr Mark Sanders, Prof Dr Erik Stam • 6 week field trip to the US: €3000 additional costs for travel and housing • Valuable experience!

11. International Master Thesis Project 2013USE – Indiana University at Bloomington • George Mason University, Washington DC • Indiana University, School of Public & Environmental Affairs Prof. ZoltanAcs Prof. David Audretsch

12. Schedule before period 4 February: individual meeting with supervisor to discuss research topic and design March: make your research design Period 4 starts 21st of April 2014

13. Schedule period 4 Week 1: first meeting intervision group about research design Week 3: individual meeting with your supervisor Week 4: second meeting intervision group Week 8: individual meeting with your supervisor Week 10: end seminar, defending your thesis July 4th: latest moment to hand in final version thesis

14. Master coordinators International Economics and Business: Prof. Clemens Kool Law and Economics: Prof. Hans Schenk Economics of Public Policy and Management: dr. Loek Groot

15. Track coordinators International Economics and Business: International Management: Prof. Hans Schenk International Financial Economics: Prof. Clemens Kool International Ventures and Entrepreneurship: Prof. Erik Stam Globalisation and Development: Dr. Marc Schramm

16. Graduation Procedure Publish your thesis at www.uu.nl/igitur Once graduation requirements have been fulfilled you will graduate ‘automatically’ Graduation Ceremony: September or October No: collect your diploma at the Studentdesk For more information: see Studentdesk Online >Practical Information > Graduation and afterwards

17. After graduation: labour market? All students Career orientation: for details see: www.uu.nl/students > Career orientation www.uu.nl/studenten/arbeidsmarkt Be active: - ECU’92 EconomicCareer Day on October 30 UU’s Careers Day 2014 on February 7th 2014 http://www.uu.nl/EN/informationfor/students/careerorientation/careersday/Pages/default.aspx - Visit workshops career orientation

18. After graduation Non EEA students 'Orientation year for highly educated migrants’ Change of residence permit -> seeking work after graduation Information on www.uu.nl/visa > after graduation

19. Questions or remarks?