Overview

The focus of this Master's Program is to understand how to develop resilient and healthy people and communities, which can adapt to changing conditions that may influence their health and wellbeing. In this program, you combine scientific insights from sociology and health sciences to become a specialist in the field of healthcare policy, societal resilience, and health and wellbeing. You learn how to design policy and preventive measures to handle the consequences (for health and wellbeing) of topics related to financial problems, depression, dementia, stress, burnout, addiction, aging, lifestyle, and chronic disease.

• Collaborate closely with healthcare organizations through participation in the unique Academic Collaborative Centers from Tranzo in theoretical modules as well as during an internship and your thesis.

Challenge yourself with an Extended Master's program or a Double degree program. The Extended Master adds one semester to the total program to provide you with an internship to enhance your skills and gain relevant work experience. With a Double degree program, you have the opportunity to earn a degree from both Tilburg University and one of our partner universities:

• Double degree in Sociology and Social Research - with the University of Trento (Trento, Italy)
• Double degree in Sociology and Population Studies – with the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain)

Career prospects

As a graduate, you are equipped to lead projects and help people tackling health and wellbeing related societal problems. You can analyze societal issues and public interventions aimed at addressing (health)care challenges from a sociological and health and wellbeing perspective. Our graduates found work as a policy advisor, policy executive, data analyst, researcher, or trainer at:

• (Health) care organizations
• Local, regional, national and international health policy organizations
• NGOs - non-governmental organizations