Psychology in Netherlands at VU Netherlands

These are the international student eligibility for the Psychology in Netherlands

We welcome and look for motivated and ambitious students who are actively developing themselves and are aware of their position and role in society. In order to be successful in this programme you need a solid aEUROemic basis in Psychology or a close-related discipline. Typically, successful students in this programme have at least a 7,0 average grade (or an equivalent GPA score).

The Faculty's Admission Board will decide upon your admission after having evaluated your complete online application. If you have read the admission criteria below and feel you are eligible for admission, please take the following steps to submit your application. Note that the initial application procedure is fully online and that scans of your relevant documents are required.

In order to gain admission to this Master's programme, you need to have obtained at least a Bachelor's degree from an accredited research university including at least three full years of aEUROemic study amounting to a minimum of 180 ECTS or equivalent. AEUROemic writing skill is to be demonstrated by submitting a thesis or other piece of aEUROemic writing you have done during your prior education.

Specific requirements for the Master's in Psychology: Work and Organizational Psychology

For admission to this study programme, a student needs to have completed (or is currently completing) a Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related programme.

Applicants need to have successfully completed courses related to the core of this programme, consisting of (or equivalents of):

At least 24 ECTS of completed Psychology courses, consisting of:

• Introduction to Psychology (6 ECTS)
• An (introductory) course'Work & Organizational Psychology (6 ECTS) (or an equivalent course; this is compulsory) (6 ECTS).
• A more specialized organizational psychology course (e.g., Human Resource Management, Management and Organization, Human Resource Development, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development) (6 ECTS).
• One extra psychology course, such as personality, social, clinical, developmental, or cognitive psychology (6 ECTS).

At least 18 ECTS of completed Quantitative methods courses, consisting of:

• Statistics (6 ECTS)
• Research methods (6 ECTS)
• A more specialized quantitative methods course (e.g., statistical diagnostics, psychometrics, multivariate statistics, multiple regression, or structural equation modelling) (6 ECTS).

These are the domestic student eligibility for the Psychology

Requirements with a bachelor in Psychology Students with a bachelor in Psychology from a different Dutch University and a minor in Social and Organizational Psychology (minor S&O) obtained at the VU can enroll directly into the Master’s program: Psychology: Work and Organizational Psychology. Psychology students with a different minor can enroll if they meet the following requirements:

• A sufficient grade for M&D3: Individual and Organizational Diagnosis (6ECTS) or a comparable course (to be assessed by the admissions board).
• One of the three following courses: Human Resource Management, Management and Organization, or Human Resource Development, or a comparable course (to be assessed by the admissions board). 

• A minimum of 24 ECTS of completed Psychology courses consisting of:

1. Introduction to Psychology (6 ECTS)
2. An (introductory) course ‘Work & Organizational Psychology (6 ECTS) (or an equivalent course to be assessed by the Admission Board).
3. One of the following more specialized courses: Human Resource Management, Management and Organization, Human Resource Development, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development, (or an equivalent course to be assessed by the Admission Board).
4. One extra psychology course, such as personality, social, clinical, developmental, or cognitive psychology.

• A minimum of 18 ECTS of completed Quantitative methods courses, consisting of:

1. Statistics (6 ECTS)
2. Research methods (6 ECTS)
3. A sufficient grade for M&D3: Individual and Organizational Diagnosis (6 ECTS), or a different more specialized quantitative methods course (e.g., psychometrics, multivariate statistics, multiple regression, or structural equation modelling) (6 EC) (to be assessed by the Admission Board).

These are the test eligibilities for the Psychology to qualify.

The international student tuition fees and costs for Psychology in Netherlands.