Psychology

The Training & Development track unites theories and applications from Social, Clinical and Work and Organisational Psychology. This track within the Master of Psychology is suitable for you if you are looking for a broad professional field as a trainer within psychology. In Training & Development, you will use a variety of theoretical and practical approaches. The track starts once a year in September.

During the track Behavioural Data Science, you will learn to analyse data about human behaviour, which is an important and valuable skill in today's society. The police use data to predict the risk of burglary by area and week of the year, whereas insurance companies adjust their prices based on client data. Schools adjust educational programmes based on what is known about student progress. Companies, public institutions and governmental organisations: they all use the continuous stream of big data to describe and predict human behaviour.

Overeating, drug use, and unprotected sex are behaviours that are the most important health problems in the western world, and too much stress exacerbates these behaviours. At the Health Promotion & Behaviour Change track, you will gain knowledge and skills for prevention and intervention of unhealthy behaviours, and how to stimulate healthy behaviours.

Wil je een professioneel trainer worden die met een psychologische blik te werk gaat? De track Training & ontwikkeling biedt je alle kennis en ervaring die je daarvoor nodig hebt. Je verdiept je in theorieën en toepassingen uit de sociale, klinische en arbeids- en organisatiepsychologie. Met het trainerspracticum bereid je je voor op de praktijk, zodat je na je studie inzetbaar bent in het brede werkveld van de psychologie. Je kunt op 2 momenten starten met deze track: in september en in februari.

90,000 hours – that's how much time we spend on work over a lifetime. A powerful reminder of the importance of having jobs and careers that we love. Gain the expertise to select, place, and nurture talent in organisations with science-based knowledge of human resource and career management, and practical skills in psychological assessment and career counselling.

Apply your knowledge about human behaviour and how the brain works to solve societal issues (such as climate change and inequality) or problems in businesses, politics, work, and life in general. The teachers have experience in both business and academia, providing you with hands-on experience in using behavioural science to influence what people think, say and do.

Change is a fact of life for today’s organisations. In order to survive, organisations should adapt to these changes. How can organisations successfully manage organisational change? How can we help and promote cooperation between individuals in organisations? What to do with conflicts or resistance that may arise? In this track, you will learn how you can help organisations to manage organisational change, how to develop teams, how to manage conflicts between individuals, and process improvements. You will also develop your practical consulting skills.

This Master's track combines approaches from cultural and cross-cultural psychology and deals with three central issues: How does culture shape our psychological functioning? What are the consequences of cultural similarities and/or differences for the individual, the group, and for intergroup relations? How can we design and evaluate interventions and programs that are culturally sensitive? Are you ambitious and have an interest in (cross-) cultural psychology? We invite you to apply for this selective, one-year programme.