Psychology
Something extraordinary happens to children around the age of five. They suddenly realise that other people can think differently than they do. From then on, they start thinking about other people's thoughts. They become amateur psychologists. When you choose to become a psychologist, you take this one step further. You can start to apply scientific knowledge and methods to gain an understanding of what other people think, feel, desire and do.
UvA online Open House
This year, you won’t be able to attend any busy on-campus events with lots of people. But our online Open House is the perfect way to get to know UvA study programmes and university life from the comfort of your own home.
Every study programme has an Open House page with videos, FAQs and live events. On the main Open House website you can discover all our programmes,explore the city and campus, and get inspired during our theme weeks.
The study programme
Human behaviour often appears to be predictable. But on closer inspection, it turns out to be less obvious than you think. Can behaviour ever be understood? And can it – where necessary – be influenced?
This programme not only looks at the general characteristics of human behaviour, but focuses particularly on differences between behaviour: How do people respond to stress? Why does one person perform better at school than another? Why is one person friendly and relaxed while another may often seem tense and stressed? These questions are explored in the Psychology Bachelor’s programme.
After graduation
Graduates find employment in a range of different positions, depending on the major:
- psychologist
- HR officer
- trainer
- sports psychologist
- test developer
- adviser
- sexologist
- information specialist
Is Psychology for you?
If the bullet points below apply to you, then this programme could be a good fit:
- You are fascinated by people and their behaviour.
- You are interested in what drives people, in their skills, emotions, development and the way in which they interact.
- You show initiative and are inquisitive. In order to study behaviour, you will apply scientific methods to collect data about people.
- One of the most important instruments available to the psychologist is research. By using scientific methods to do research, a psychologist can gain insight into human behaviours. You can be critical when necessary.
- You have a pre-university diploma equivalent to a Dutch VWO diploma.
- You must have pre-university-level Mathematics because of the amount of research and statistics in the programme.
Please note that the Bachelor's programme has a Numerus Fixus. This means the programme has 600 places available.
| Degree programme | BSc |
|---|---|
| Mode | Full-time |
| Credits | 180 EC ECTS, 36 months |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Starts in | September |
| CROHO code | 56604 |