Social, Health and Organisational Psychology

Overview

Tracks

During the Social, Health and Organisational Psychology  programme at Utrecht University , you will choose between the following three tracks:

• Social Influence: about the social influence of behaviour and attitude change

• Health Promotion: about improving health-related behaviour

• Work and Organisation: about the functioning and wellbeing of individuals and teams in organisations

By choosing a track and elective courses you can explore your personal field of interest.

Research driven

This Master’s programme connects closely to our research programmes Social-cognitive and Interpersonal Determinants of Behaviour, Health Psychology: Self-regulation, and Work and Organisational Psychology. Connecting theory and practice is essential in our Master's. You will develop theory-driven interventions by means of the PATH model (Problem-Analysis-Test-Help).

Career Prospects

The knowledge and skills you gain in this Master's programme provide access to a broad spectrum of occupational opportunities. Graduates get (sometimes after a traineeship or further education) a large variety of jobs in commercial organisations and in the public sector. 

You can also start your own company. Due to the strong international focus of our programme, you are an attractive employee for organisations from all over the world.

Professional jobs

• organisational consultant (KPN, Berenschot or Cap Gemini)

• trainer, coach (Pure Talent, Universities of Applied Sciences)

• expert in behaviour change (d&b, Milieu Centraal, Arcadis Nederland)

• health psychologist (Nutricia, Philips, Local Community Health Service (GGD), first-line basic healthcare instituitions (e.g. general practitioners))

• project manager (Team Alert, Publicis Amsterdam)

• consultant for public communication (Hilversum Media Campus, NPO)

• consultant for marketing or advertising (Coolblue, STER reclame, Booking.com)

• consultant for recruitment & selection, HRM (Yacht, Hays, Akerendam, CEB, Randstad)

• consultant for policy makers (Government, ministries, township, NS (in Dutch))

• work psychologist (Falke & Verbaan, Volker Wessels)

• researcher (TNO, Trendsactive, Motivaction, TNS NIPO, Bol.com, Toota Research, CBS, Ipsos, Anti Discriminatie Bureau Radar)

Accreditation

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