Master's specialisationPsychology: Work, Organisation and Health
Do you aim to bring out the best in people? Do you want to motivate them to work with pleasure and in good health? If these questions spark your interest, then this Master’s specialisation is the right choice for you!
Something for you?
- You can choose to focus on occupational and health psychology, personnel psychology or organisational psychology.
- You will acquire advisory, communication and coaching skills and learn how to apply theory to practice.
- You will work closely with fellow students and lecturers in our small and interactive classes.
- You will gain hands-on experience during your 5-month internship and thesis project, so you're well prepared for your career.
- You will be able to make a difference for organisations, teams, employees and their development, skills and health.
Admission requirements
Do you want to know if you can be admitted? Read more about the admission requirements of this programme.
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If you have determined that you can be admitted with your previous education, you can apply via Studielink.
Apply nowFactsheet
- Main language
- English (100%)
- Study duration
- 1 year (60 EC)
- Start
- September
- Contact hours
- 5-10
- Programme format
- Full time
- Degree
- Master of Science, specialisation of Psychology
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- CROHO code
- 60260
- Accreditation
- NVAO
What will you learn
You will learn how to analyse the quality of work and the behaviour of employees, managers, teams and functional groups through the use of theoretical frameworks and models. You will work on assignments and case studies brought in by professionals to gain hands-on experience. You also learn how to apply interventions focused at employees, the quality of work, or the organisation, enabling employees to function optimally. You will develop specific knowledge of various areas, such as work motivation, recruitment, selection, and onboarding employees, resistance to change, work-related stress, and job performance. You will learn to apply this knowledge in the context of behavioural and organisational change, which will consequently enable you to help employees and organisations to remain dynamic, healthy, competitive, and innovative.
Study programmeFuture career opportunities
You will be able to focus on a job in both the profit sector (in commercial companies and agencies) and the non-profit sector (government organisations, educational institutions and the healthcare sector). Most graduates end up working in positions that deal with advising, counseling employees or developing training programmes.
Career prospectsResearch
You can research many topics and issues with Work, Organisation and Health psychology. To give you some inspiration, you can find some of the topics that our teachers and students are researching:
- The relationship between remote work autonomy and work-life balance satisfaction.
- Developing and implementing an intervention to enhance the sustainable employability of elderly care staff.
- The prevention of work-related stress and burnout within High-Tech companies.
- Organisational changes and how to encourage employees to get on board with these changes.
- Designing selection and development tools to find the right employee for the right job.
- An intervention with digital coaches, workshops and E-learning to make employees more digitally skilled.
Would you like to read more about ongoing research by our teachers? Then take a look at the research done within the Work, Health and Performance (WHP) programme, that is a part of the Behavioural Science Institute (BSI).
Questions about this programme?
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ContactTuitions & grants
If you are going to follow this Master's programme, you will pay an annual tuition fee. There are different tuition rates. The amount depends on your personal situation.
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