Youth Studies Utrecht University

Overview

By integrating knowledge from different disciplines you will be able to better understand youth issues and to find solutions to youth problems that are beyond the scope of a single discipline or area of research. Additionally, you will gain knowledge about policies and interventions regarding youth issues and develop academic skills to conduct research in the field of youth.

Through an innovative approach in interdisciplinary science, the Master’s programme will prepare you for work in academic institutes, policy organisations, and NGOs; for being part of an internationalizing and increasingly diverse workforce. It offers you an exciting choice of themes, perspectives and methodological approaches and provides you with the opportunity to individually design an important part of your Master's research. You will also complete an internship in an organization in the professional field of youth. This freedom of choice stimulates your personal development and prepares you optimally for a career in research or advisory positions.

Career Prospects

After your MAster's

Your prospects after this Master’s programme Youth Studies at Utrecht University are good. Youth care, and more broadly, efforts to enhance the position of young people,  have gained momentum. This Master's programme emphasizes current social themes, which allows you to connect to current societal developments in relation to youth. The programme also takes advantage of the growing demand for evidence-based actions regarding the prevention and treatment of youth problems.

This Master’s programme will make you a broadly educated, social-scientifical university graduate fit for a variety of jobs in the fields of youth care, youth policy and youth research.  

Examples of jobs are:

• policy worker
• researcher
• intervention specialist
• youth worker

Accreditation

Accredited by the NVAO - Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders.