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Project-X parties organised via Facebook. Unhealthy eating habits. Workplace bullying. Although a wide range of issues, the same rule applies to all of them: it comes down to the way in which people affect each other's behaviour. In this Master’s programme, you study human behaviour and behaviour change in a social, health, or organisational context.
Interested in our programme? Meet us at the Open Day!
Tracks
During this Master’s programme, you will choose between the following three tracks:
- Social Influence: about the social influence of behaviour and attitude change
- Health Promotion: about improving health-related behaviour
- Work and Organisation: about the functioning and wellbeing of individuals and teams in organisations
By choosing a track and elective courses you can explore your personal field of interest.
Research driven
This Master’s programme connects closely to our research programmes Social-cognitive and Interpersonal Determinants of Behaviour, Health Psychology: Self-regulation, and Work and Organisational Psychology. Connecting theory and practice is essential in our Master's. You will develop theory-driven interventions by means of the PATH model (Problem-Analysis-Test-Help).
Do you want to know more about our research? Watch the videos of Professor Belle Derks about Work and Organisational Psychology (in Dutch) or about Social Psychology by Professor Kees van den Bos. A video of Professor Denise de Ridder about Health Psychology: Self-regulation will follow soon.
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International orientation
The courses in this Master's programme are rooted in international scientific literature and are focused on the internatonal context. You can do your internship and/or thesis abroad or in (internatonal) organisations in the Netherlands, such as Trendsactive, Coca Cola, Hays, Sogeti (in Dutch), Philips and Nutrica.
As our student, you are primarily responsible for finding your own internship organisation. The department of Social, Health and Organisational Psychology has a database of internship organisations and has an internatonal network you can use.
Programme objectives
You will gain specialised knowledge, skills and insights in the fields of Social Psychology, Health Psychology and/or Work and Organisational Psychology. Your development as an academic professional is of central concern.
As a Master's graduate, you will be able to analyse and propose interventions for social, health or organisational issues, such as:
- integration and participation issues
- consumer behaviour
- employability of employees
- innovation and performance in organisations
- radicalisation
- gender inequality
- self-regulation issues
- health-related behaviour
“Health is one of the most important things in our lives. Why do people nevertheless find it so difficult to engage in healthy behaviour?”
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Summary
- Degree: This Master's programme is officially registered under its name in the Central Register of Higher Education Study Programmes
- Title: MSc
- Master's degree in: Psychology
- Programme: Social, Health and Organisational Psychology
- Accreditation:
- Accredited by the NVAO
- Croho code:
- 66604
- Language of instruction:
- English
- Part- or full-time status:
- Full-time
- Duration:
- 1 year
- Credits: 60 credits equals one year full-time study load (European Credit Transfer System, ECTS)
- 60
- Start of studies:
- September
- Application deadline:
- Tuition fees:
- Dutch and other EU/EEA students (statutory fee 2019-2020, full-time): € 2,083 more information and exceptions
- Non-EU/EEA students (institutional fee): 2018-19: € 15,575, 2019-20: € 16,600more information and exceptions
- Faculty:
- Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Graduate school:
- Social and Behavioural Sciences