Overview

Positive psychology is the scientific study of strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive in their personal live, schools and universities, companies, and mental health care. You focus on people's strengths and talents and study concepts like creativity, happiness, developing talents and strengths, adaptive power, and psychological well-being. You will study these concepts in the context of individuals, personal life, health, education, entrepreneurship, and society in general.

Instead of focusing on preventing human disfunctioning, a positive psychologist recognizes and trains people’s character strengths to promote optimal flourishing in work, relationships, and personal development.
The program has the highest student satisfaction of all the psychology programs in the Netherlands (Keuzegids Masters 2025).

Opportunities

In the master's track Positive Psychology and Well-being you’ll deal with concepts like positive development and growth, creativity, happiness, talents, character strengths, adaptive power, psychological well-being, and factors which enable individuals and systems to achieve these concepts. You will pay attention to the positive aspects of individuals and systems and how these can contribute to society.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Introduction and Theories about Positive Psychology

Mastering Relationships

Positive Institutions
Positive Psychology Interventions and Assessment

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Tilburg, Netherlands

Disciplines

Psychology Social Psychology View 11 other Masters in Social Psychology in Netherlands

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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90

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6.5

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General requirements

Bachelor's and/or a master's degree in psychology
- You can apply for admission BEFORE you have graduated, but you must have graduated by September 1 at the latest. If your graduation ceremony is after September 1, please send an email to your International Admission Coordinator at tsb-admissions@tilburguniversity.edu before you apply to avoid disappointment.
- You cannot be accepted into this master's program without having either a bachelor's or master's degree in Psychology. Work experience or an interest in this field cannot be taken into account for the admission process without a sufficient academic background.
Advanced knowledge of research methods and statistics.
Knowledge of the basic psychological subjects.

Knowledge of specific (major) psychology courses.
You need to demonstrate proficiency in English (TOEFL iBT, IELTS Academic, Cambridge C1 advanced or C2 Proficiency).

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

19900 EUR / year

≈ 19900 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

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EU/EEA Nationals

2695 EUR / year

≈ 2695 EUR / year

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Fees are indicative only and may be subject to change.

Living costs

Tilburg

Netherlands

700 - 1100 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Committed to financially supporting talented and motivated students, Tilburg University offers scholarships for both prospective and current students. On our Scholarships’ page - www.tilburguniversity.edu/scholarships - , you will find an overview of general scholarships (mainly offered by Tilburg University) and an overview of external scholarships per country. Please note that the number of scholarships is limited and mainly targeted at students with excellent study results.

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