Responsibility in Science, Engineering and Technology (RESET)

This practice-focused master's programme explores how responsibility is shaped, negotiated and enacted across both technical and social domains in today’s highly technologised societies. It brings together perspectives from science, engineering and the social sciences so that students can examine real-world problems where technology, ethics and society intersect. The curriculum emphasizes hands-on learning and applied approaches to help students translate theoretical insight into practice.

Students build advanced, up-to-date knowledge of technoscience—how science and technology co-develop—and deepen their ability to analyze the social, ethical and political dimensions of technological innovation. At the same time the programme develops substantial transferable skills (communication, collaboration, and critical reflection) within an international and interdisciplinary learning environment.

Designed for learners from diverse academic backgrounds, the course is taught in English and encourages cross-disciplinary dialogue, preparing graduates to engage with complex responsibility issues in research, policy, industry and civil society settings. For specific details about course structure, application deadlines and tuition, consult the official programme webpage.

Requirements (as provided)

• Degree awarded: Master of Arts
• Field: Social Sciences
• Language of instruction: English
• Admission criteria and other application details: not specified in the provided text — please refer to the programme’s official webpage for up-to-date entry requirements and application procedures.

This program uses an innovative, practice-focused curriculum that emphasizes immersive, hands-on learning. Teaching is built around case studies, team projects and a compulsory internship, all designed to encourage new forms of collaboration between institutions and across academic disciplines. The approach favors experiential learning so you apply conceptual frameworks directly to real-world problems.

A defining strength is the programme’s interdisciplinary cohort: students come from science, technology and engineering as well as social and life sciences, psychology and the humanities. That mix creates balanced, cross-disciplinary exchange and equips you to navigate diverse professional contexts where technical and social perspectives intersect.

Learning takes place in small seminars, internationally oriented projects and extracurricular workshops that simulate global teamwork and project delivery. Graduates leave with practical experience in collaborative research and implementation, plus skills in international project management and intercultural communication that prepare them for careers in multinational, interdisciplinary settings.

Program components (required)

• Case-study based seminars and problem-focused coursework
• Collaborative project work across disciplines and institutions
• An internship providing practical, workplace experience
• Small-scale seminars and extracurricular workshops for skill development
• Internationally oriented projects that emphasize global teamwork

Key learning outcomes

• Ability to work effectively across disciplinary and institutional boundaries
• Practical experience translating theory into applied solutions through projects and internship
• Competence in international project management practices
• Improved intercultural communication and readiness for global professional environments

Graduates are prepared for roles that bridge technology, society and policy. The programme’s mix of technical understanding, ethical and social analysis, and practical experience (including a mandatory internship) equips alumni for positions in industry R&D and innovation teams, corporate responsibility and compliance, technology assessment, and consultancy focused on ethical and social implications of technology.

Additional career pathways include jobs in public sector and regulatory bodies, NGOs and think tanks dealing with science and technology governance, and research/academic positions that address responsible innovation and interdisciplinary technoscience studies. The international and project-management training also supports careers in multinational organisations and international institutions.