Research Master in Psychology - Individual Differences and Assessment Tilburg University

Overview

Program and courses

You will become an expert in analyzing individual differences, such as personality, and their impact on daily life. You will experience what it is like to work as a researcher by conducting hands-on research. Personalize your education by choosing your own supervisors, electives, traineeships, and research topics. You will be optimally prepared for a PhD or a career in applied research.

During this unique two-year Research Master's program, you become an expert in the area of individual differences and assessment. Acquire knowledge about the biological correlates and development of individual differences, and how these differences affect people's lives in the domains of work and health. The Research Master's offers four lines of learning: content, statistics, scientific writing, and projects. The program is awarded with the highest student satisfaction, according to Elsevier Best Studies and Keuzegids Masters (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).

• Personalize your education by selecting your supervisors, research topics, electives, and international/internal traineeships yourself. Acquire methodological and statistical knowledge and write two scientific papers as part of the curriculum.
• Become part of an ambitious and international group of students, and experience the real ‘cohort’ feeling in a small-scale, interactive learning environment with individual guidance from international experts. Get a glimpse of the atmosphere of the program in the Character Studies blog.
• You have the opportunity to combine your studies on individual differences with electives from Clinical Neuropsychology. Under specific conditions, you can qualify for the LOGO declaration, which is required to enroll in the Dutch postgraduate clinical education (GZ Psycholoog). For more information, please contact the Education Coordinator via rema_ida@tilburguniversity.edu.
• Experience hands-on research into assessing individual differences in various contexts during traineeships.

Career prospects

As a graduate, you are an expert in an area of great societal relevance, such as human resource management, health promotion, and clinical research. The Research Master's program is an excellent preparation for a PhD and a position in applied research. About 75% of our students find a PhD position even before graduation. You can also find work in a wide range of fields as a policy researcher, advisor or human resources and management consultant, or clinical psychologist.

Examples of our graduates' jobs:

• Advisor of social science research at the Dutch Military
• PhD candidates at Tilburg University , Maastricht University, Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam
• Research Analyst at NIQ
• Workforce Management Specialist Nike
• Sales & Marketing Employee
• PhD student Rehabilitation Sciences program, University of British Columbia, Canada
• PhD position at the Movez Lab at Erasmus University Rotterdam