Psychology
The Bachelor's program in Psychology centers around the study of individuals, where you explore the mind and behavior. You find the answers to questions such as who we are, how we think and feel, and why we make certain decisions. This program's curriculum is flexible, which gives you the freedom to specialize by choosing one out of nine majors, combined with a minor.
In the Bachelor's program in Psychology, you study mind and behavior. You study people, who we are, how we think and feel and why we make certain decisions. This program's flexible curriculum gives you the freedom to specialize by combining a major with a minor.
Throughout the program, you will gain a solid foundation in the various fields of Psychology. These include Mental health, Social Psychology, and Social Science Research. By choosing a major in your second, and a minor in your third year, you can tailor your study program to your academic interests and career aspirations. You will follow lectures, and collaborate with your fellow students during tutorials and group assignments. You will also have the opportunity to put what you learned into practice by doing lab research and scientific research projects.
You can specialize in one of the following majors:
- Clinical Psychology
- Cognitive Neuropsychology
- Developmental Psychology and Lifespan Psychology
- Economic Psychology
- Forensic Psychology
- Medical Psychology
- Psychological Methods and Data Science
- Social Psychology
- Work and Organizational Psychology
Why Psychology in Tilburg?
- You get an excellent education in Psychology. Tilburg University has one of the few academic centers of expertise in the areas of Economic, Forensic, and Medical Psychology in the Netherlands.
- Self-direct your future career and design your own study program by choosing one of the nine majors and a minor to fit your academic interest and career aspirations. This unique combination will make you stand out on the job market.
- Benefit from an interactive learning environment in an international classroom and personal guidance and coaching from an academic mentor. This mentor will support you throughout your study trajectory and help you achieve your full potential. Personal development is central throughout the program in the Program for Academic Study Success (PASS)
- Gain international experience by spending a semester at a partner university abroad.
For the bachelor’s program in Psychology, the selection committee determines whether you can be admitted to the program. After you registered for the Psychology study program in KASTU and your application meets our admissions criteria you will receive a confirmation email in which the selection procedure is further explained as well as the steps you need to take.
You participate in the selection procedure between January 16 and April 14. The following criteria apply to the selection procedure:
A. Average high school grade. Further information follows.
B. A selection assignment consisting of a knowledge test.
C. A selection assignment consisting of a motivation assignment.
The selection assignments B (knowledge test) and C (motivation assignment) will be organized online. Most likely these parts of the selection procedure will take place in the month of March. Obviously, you will receive an invitation as well as further instructions for the selection procedure timely.
What can you do with a Psychology degree?
After completing a Master's program, you can find work in a variety of fields. For a full overview of your options, take a look at the Dutch Institute of Psychologists.
- As a child and adolescent psychologist, you examine the development of children and adolescents. You diagnose and treat children and young people with behavioral problems, anxiety disorders, depression, autism, problems at school or around identity and sexuality.
- As a clinical psychologist, you diagnose and treat complex and serious psychological disorders, such as depression, addiction, and anxiety disorders. As a clinical psychologist, you work, for example, at mental healthcare institutions, in addiction care, at hospitals and caring for people with intellectual disabilities.
- As a medical psychologist, you focus on the relationship between psychological well-being and the physical health of patients. You have medical knowledge about chronic diseases, and you provide psychological care to patients with these diseases. As a medical psychologist you deal with questions such as: to what extent does having a certain disease or applying a certain treatment have an impact on the quality of life of patients?
- As a (clinical) neuropsychologist, you deal with neurodevelopmental disorders and brain disorders such as epilepsy, autism, ADHD, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. For example, as a clinical neuropsychologist you work at a mental health institution where you work with patients in acute (hospital) admission, and patients in the later chronic phases.
- As a social psychologist, you study the relationships between thoughts, behavior, and actions in social situations. As a social psychologist, you work, for example, as an (academic) researcher at a university, (non-)profit company, an organizational consultancy or a market and media research agency. You investigate how people react in certain social situations and apply this knowledge in practice.
- As a work and organizational psychologist, you study human behavior in the workplace and look at the influence of the work or the organization on the behavior of the employee. Your findings are used, for example, to reduce ‘sick leave’ in an organization or to develop and implement training programs for employees.
Graduates found work at Elisabeth-TweeSteden hospital, mental health care institutions, universities, market research agencies, Impegno, GfK, CZ and Philips.
