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Full time September MSc 1 year full-time
Business & Management (5) Psychology (31)

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Are you fascinated by human behaviour and want to make a positive impact on society? Look no further than our MSc in Psychology programme! With specialisations in Work, Organisation & Health, Behaviour Change, and Gezondheidszorgpsychologie (in Dutch), we offer a wide range of options to suit your interests. To join, you'll need to have completed a Psychology Bachelor's degree at a research university level. Unfortunately, if you have a Bachelor's degree from a University of Applied Sciences, you won't be eligible. At Radboud University, we focus on practical application and scientific research, preparing you for a successful career in psychology.

About the course

Are you interested in the complexity of human behaviour? Would you like to contribute to people's wellbeing and processes of change in our society? If so, a Master's programme in Psychology might be the right choice for you! While the language of instruction for the specialisations in Work, Organisation & Health and Behaviour Change is English, it is possible for Dutch-speaking students to join Dutch seminars and to write their assignments in Dutch.

Discover our campus and get information on our English-taught programmes during our online Virtual Master's Open Day on 30 November! Unable to attend on this day? Tune into one of our online information events to learn more from the comfort of your own home.

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Entry Requirements

You can only participate in our Psychology Master’s programme if you have successfully completed a Psychology Bachelor's degree at research university level. If you have not obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or if you have obtained a Bachelor’s degree at a University of Applied Sciences, you are not admissible to our Master’s programme in Psychology. There is no Pre-master’s or bridging programme for Psychology at Radboud University and it is not possible to be admitted with a pre-master’s degree from other universities.


Fees

The legal tuition for the 2024-2025 academic year is €2.530 ,-and is applicable to EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese students who have not yet obtained a Master’s degree in the Netherlands. Our tuition fee for non-EU/EEA students is 17,470 euros.

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Student Profiles

Frieda Stifft

About the programme: I like that you are only with students who are interested in the same things as you are. We had a really nice introduction day with the teachers as well, so practically everyone knows each other.

The atmosphere in class: The atmosphere in the masters program is very familiar. Its a small group and you do a lot of practical workgroups. Therefore everyone knows each other and the teachers are very approachable and friendly.

Challenges and obstacles: The program asks a lot more of you than the bachelor did. It is a lot more to read, more to learn and you will be asked to think like a Master's student on a higher level. It is not about learning things anymore but about connecting things you've learned and putting it into practice. This is quite challenging but as well you get the feeling of really learning something for your future profession, which is very nice.

Internship: I am currently looking for an internship as it is mandatory to do one from February. I will write the thesis in the company I am doing my internship. You get a lot of help from the study for writing your CV and your applications.

Plans after receiving a degree: People spend most of the day at work, so I think it is important to look at work from a psychological perspective. I want to work in People Development and Learning, so helping that everyone gets to his/her right place and can develop on a professional and personal level.

Liza Luesink

I did my internship together with another student at the Tax Authority, who were so enthusiastic about our work that they offered us both a job. The Tax Authority hoped to utilise our knowledge in order to encourage people to promptly file their declarations and pay their taxes. We put behaviour change theories into practice, to see what does and doesn’t work. For example, we modify letters that are sent out to the tax payers. Instead of threatening the recipients – ‘Submit your form in time or you will be fined’ - we use a reciprocity appeal: 'I’ve enclosed a return envelope to make the process easier for you’. Too obvious? Not at all; they hardly even notice what we’re doing. But the great thing is that it works! We’ve sent out two different letters and the version in which we’ve applied principles of influencing has led to a ten percent increase in responses. What’s more, if the Tax Authority’s standard blue envelope is adorned with a yellow Post-it Note on which a message is written, the recipient’s tax return is filed in half the normal time!

We measure everything, which is something that we also learned during the Master’s programme. Working systematically involves posing the following questions: What is the problem, which behaviour do you want to achieve and how can you ensure that your interventions are measurable? This is how we add value. We give a lot of presentations and organise a lot of workshops, which enables employees to look at their work from a different perspective and allows them to clarify the effect that their behaviour has on the taxpayer. So far, the response has been quite encouraging.

This job has increased my enthusiasm for my work. Having a knowledge of behaviour change really does mean that you can achieve something.

Scholarships

The Radboud Scholarship Programme is a very selective scholarship programme. It offers talented, highly motivated, non-EEA students with outstanding study results the opportunity to be awarded a scholarship for a complete English-taught Radboud University Master’s degree programme.

Each year, a number of partial scholarships are awarded within the Radboud Scholarship Programme for the duration of one of the English taught Master's degree programmes (with the exception of Erasmus Mundus Master's programmes and joint-degree Master's programmes).

A Radboud Scholarship will reduce your tuition fee to the legal fee (EU/EEA) instead of the institutional fee (non-EU/EEA).

Value of Scholarship(s)

Partial scholarships (legal instead of institutional tuition fees)

Eligibility

You will be eligible to apply for a Radboud Scholarship if you:
- hold a non-EU/EEA passport
- are not eligible for the lower EEA tuition fee for other reasons
- have (will obtain) a Bachelor's degree achieved outside the Netherlands
- meet the English language proficiency requirement for the Master's programme of your choice
- have been (will be) fully admitted to the English-taught Master's degree programme starting 1 September
- are enrolled at Radboud University as a full-time student for the academic year and Master's degree programme for which the scholarship will be awarded.

Application Procedure

You can apply by indicating during your application for admission for a Master's programme in the OSIRIS Application system that you wish to apply for a Radboud Scholarship. You will then be requested to upload three additional documents: two reference letters and a curriculum vitae. If you already uploaded these documents for the Master’s programme application, you can upload the same documents again for your scholarship application.

The selection for the scholarship and the admission to the Master's programme are two separate processes: admission to the Master's programme does not imply selection for the scholarship.

Deadline
You must have submitted your application in the OSIRIS system by 31 January 23:59 CET and have it completed by 14 February 23:59 CET.


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Grant amounts for one year courses:
The grant will be paid in 11 monthly installments of €1,400. International travel will be reimbursed to a maximum of €1000. The residence permit will be arranged and paid for by Radboud University (approximately €210). Tuition fees are not waived, and differ per programme. Costs for insurance are covered by Fulbright.

Grant amounts for two year courses:
The grant for the first year of study will be paid in 12 monthly installments of €1,400. International travel will be reimbursed to a maximum of €1000. The costs for a visa and residence permit (approximately €207) will also be fully covered. Tuition fees are not waived, and differ per programme. Costs for insurance are covered by Fulbright.

The grant for a two-year Master's will be available for both years of study, on the condition that sufficient progress is made and sufficient results have been achieved in the first year. If awarded for the second year, the second grant period will not exceed 11 monthly installments of €1,400.

Value of Scholarship(s)

€15,400 - € 30,800

Eligibility

To qualify for a scholarship, applicants must have American nationality, have excellent academic marks, engage in extracurricular activities and be admitted to Radboud University Nijmegen.

Please note that U.S. students currently residing in the Netherlands will not be considered for any awards to the Netherlands. In addition, U.S. students with both U.S. and Dutch or European Union citizenship will not be considered.

Application Procedure

Scholarship applications for 2024-2025 are open and close on Tuesday 10 October 2023 at 5 pm Eastern Time. Applicants are required to have applied separately to Radboud University by 1 January 2024 for admission to the Master’s programme of their choice via the online application procedure, independent of their Fulbright application. At the time of application or later during the selection process for the Fulbright grant, scholarship candidates must be admitted to an English-taught Master's programme at Radboud University and provide a letter of admission. The Radboud University application process opens 1 October 2023. The application results will be made known at the end of March 2024.


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The NL Scholarship (NLS) will always be combined with the Radboud Scholarship Programme (RSP). This means that students applying for the NLS must also apply for the RSP. You can be awarded both the NLS and RSP, or just the RSP. You cannot be awarded just the NLS. This scholarship cannot be combined with the Radboud Encouragement Scholarship.

The scholarship amounts to €5,000. The grant is awarded for 1 year and can only be received once. You will receive this in the first year of your study programme. Please note that this is not a full scholarship. The costs of living and studying in the Netherlands are not covered by the scholarship.

Value of Scholarship(s)

€ 5000

Eligibility

-Hold a non-EU/non-EEA passport.
-Obtained a Bachelor's degree achieved outside the Netherlands.
-Have been fully admitted to the English-taught Master's programme starting 1 September 2024.
-Have applied for the Radboud Scholarship Programme for 2024-2025, starting 1 September 2024.
-Are able to comply with the conditions for obtaining a visa for the Netherlands.

Application Procedure


You can apply by indicating during your application procedure for a Master's programme in the OSIRIS Application system that you wish to apply for a NL Scholarship.

The selection for the scholarship and the admission to the Master's programme are two separate processes: admission to the programme does not imply selection for NLS.

You must have submitted your application in the OSIRIS system by 31 January 23:59 CET and have it completed by 14 February 23:59 CET.


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Radboud University wants to contribute to a healthy and free world with equal opportunities for all. We find it important to realise a diverse and inclusive campus for all our students and staff. In order to give all talented students the opportunity to become part of our academic community, including students from non-EU/EEA countries who might be financially struggling to pay the institutional Radboud University tuition fee, we offer a number of full scholarships.

The Radboud Encouragement Scholarship is available for applicants from non-EU/EEA countries, applying for one of our English-taught Master’s degree programmes (with the exception of Erasmus Mundus Master's programmes and joint-degree Master's programmes).The scholarship covers the full tuition fee and living costs of €11,520 (as set by the IND, the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service, for 2023-2024) for the duration of the Master’s programme.

Value of Scholarship(s)

Full tuition and living costs

Eligibility

-Hold a non-EU/EEA passport
-Are not eligible for the lower EEA tuition fee for other reasons
-Do not have sufficient funds or access to grants or loans to finance your studies at Radboud University
-Have (will obtain) a Bachelor's degree achieved outside the Netherlands, have no degrees achieved in the Netherlands and did not receive any previous education in the Netherlands (exchange programmes excluded, provided that they are part of the bachelor degree achieved outside the Netherlands)
-Meet the English language proficiency requirement for the Master's programme of your choice

Application Procedure

You can apply by indicating during your application for admission (verwijst naar een andere website) for a Master's programme in the OSIRIS Application system that you wish to apply for a Radboud Encouragement Scholarship. You will then be requested to upload two reference letters and a curriculum vitae (you may upload the same reference letters and CV if you have already uploaded those for your Master’s programme application) and the scholarship motivation letter.

Deadline
You must have submitted your application in the OSIRIS system by 31 January 23:59 CET and have it completed by 14 February 23:59 CET.


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