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Apply now for a Master Honours Challenge!
Do you want to gain problem-solving experience? Shape your future with a Master Honours Challenge! Apply before 13 oktober 2024.
Think like an entrepreneur, researcher or policy-maker
In the Master Honours Challenges you are trained to be a problem-solver. You experience what it's like to think as, for instance, an entrepreneur, researcher or policy-maker that aims to tackle a problem. Your challenge can relate to a business, an organisation, academia or society as a whole.
In your challenge, you will work closely with a team of students from different disciplines. You learn how to work together professionally and prepare yourself for life after your master's!
Challenges in the 1st semester
In the first semester we offer three Master Honours Challenges, in English:
- Futures Thinking (5 EC): Prepare yourself for what the future may hold and develop a futures thinking mindset! Engage with stakeholders about future scenarios.
- Making Impact: bridging research and society for inclusive health and wellbeing (5EC): Explore the interrelation between research and society and become an impactful researcher! Take on a project in the field of health and well-being.
- Tackling Inequalities (10 EC): How to deal with the growing inequalities in our society? Gain the theoretical background needed and tackle a local societal problem. View news article for examples.
Apply before 13 October
You can now apply for a Master Honours Challenges of the first semester until Sunday October 13 23:59 hrs. We are looking forward to your application!
Why a Master Honours Challenge?
- You meet and work with students of other disciplines, just like you would in the workplace. This is both fun and insightful.
- You may work with partner organisations and get a taste of what they value in professional life.
- You get to discover whether a work field or area of expertise suits you.
- You look into 'hot topics' and complex (societal) challenges.
- You get to experience experimental education and learn new skills. Some examples of examinations: podcasts, pitches for stakeholders, documentaries, exhibitions.
Curious how students experience the challenges? Read this interview with two former participants!
More information
Read more about the Master Honours Challenges. Do you have any questions? Please take a look at the FAQ or send an e-mail to maclasses@ha.leidenuniv.nl.