Degree from a Dutch research university
This page outlines the step-by-step process for completing your application to a Master's programme at Utrecht University. Please read this information thoroughly before starting your application.
To be accepted to this Master’s programme you need:
- An academic Bachelor’s degree with specific academic knowledge and skills. You can find these requirements in this document
- Sufficient command of the English language. As a graduate from a Dutch research university you have fulfilled this language requirement.
With the Bachelor’s degrees listed below you meet the required knowledge and skills. Any other Bachelor’s degrees with similar orientations will be assessed by the Admissions Committee on the basis of the requested academic knowledge and skills.
Utrecht University:
Psychology.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, with a specialisation in Social, Health and Organisational Psychology.
- Interdisciplinary Social Science, Sociology or Pedagogical Sciences including a quantitative Bachelor’s thesis and three advanced courses in psychology (20 ECTS). Preferably, advanced courses in your chosen track. Examples of such courses at Utrecht University: Social Cognition, Interpersonal Processes, Self-regulation, Science of Happiness, Power and Leadership, Work Psychology, Organisational Psychology, Making Diversity Work: Building Inclusive Organisations, Psychology and Economic Behaviour.
- University College Utrecht degree with a major in Social Sciences, including: Introduction to Psychology, Research in Practice, Applied Multivariate Statistics, a quantitative Bachelor’s thesis, and three advanced courses in psychology (level 3, 20 ECTS). Examples of advanced courses are: Health Psychology, Psychology of Human Motivation, Psychology of Ethnic Relations.
Other Dutch research universities
- Psychology, including a quantitative Bachelor's thesis.
Unsure if you qualify for admission?
In order to properly assess whether you qualify for admission, it is important that we have the right information. It is therefore necessary that you apply through the regular admission procedure and submit the required documents. The Admissions Committee will look into your qualifications for admission and you will receive notification in the form of a letter of (non-, conditional or unconditional) acceptance.
There is no general pre-Master’s programme.
However, in some cases you may be able to do a short tailor-made pre-Master’s programme or a Summer School course to acquire knowledge or skills you currently do not have. This is for the Admissions Committee to decide.
In order to be considered for a pre-Master’s programme/Summer School course you need to have most required knowledge and skills. Only more advanced knowledge concerning psychology at the exit level of the Bachelor’s degree (via pre-Master’s programme) and/or multivariate statistics (possible via a Summer School course) can in some cases be acquired in this way. It is not possible to do a pre-Master’s or Summer School to acquire any other required knowledge or skill.
Please always apply for the Master’s programme first. If the Admissions Committee determines that you do not meet all entry requirements, they will decide if you are eligible for a pre-Master’s and, if so, what your pre-Master’s programme will look like.
Please note: a pre-Master's Programme is only available for students with a Dutch educational background who do not need housing, and who do not have or require a residence permit for study purposes. In addition, the language of instruction might be in Dutch.
Applications open | 1 October |
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Deadline for scholarship applicants | 1 February |
Application deadline | 1 April |
Complete your application in time
All deadlines expire at 23:59 [CET/CEST] on the specified date. Your application is complete when you have (1) fully submitted your Studielink ánd OSIRIS application, (2) uploaded all required documents in Osiris Online Application. After the deadline has passed, incomplete applications will be cancelled.
The following documents must be uploaded before the deadline:
Diploma or DUO extract (if graduated)
Transcript from OSIRIS (for Utrecht University students) or certified transcript (for students from other Dutch research universities).
A certified transcript must include courses, grades and a stamp/signature of the institute.An overview of courses yet to be completed (when you have not yet obtained your diploma)
Motivation statement in English
Curriculum vitae / resume in English
Checklist Entry Requirements and syllabi of all the courses you list on this Checklist. (Not required for all. Please check the form for details).
- A copy of your quantitative Bachelor’s thesis or similar research report. When you have not yet completed your thesis, submit your research design including your research question, short theoretical framework and methods of research. This is not required for psychology students from Utrecht University.
Visit Studielink and complete the registration process. You can find all information on how to use Studielink here. After completing your Studielink application, you will receive login details for OSIRIS Online Application within 2 working days.
Apply via StudielinkAfter submitting your application to Studielink, you will receive an email with login details for OSIRIS Online Application. Here you can upload all required documents, check the status of your application and enter contact details of your referee(s).
After you upload all documents in OSIRIS, the Graduate School will evaluate them. We strive to inform you of our decision within 20 working days.