Psychology: Behaviour Change (specialisation)
Entry requirements
Admission requirements:
- If you have obtained (or will obtain) a Bachelor’s (or Master’s) degree in Psychology from a research university outside the Netherlands, then you are admissible if your degree includes:
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Statistics and Data Analysis (at least 15 EC, i.e. 420 study hours) and the statistical package SPSS. Subsequently, you are able to execute basic statistical analyses such as t-test, F-tests, correlations, regression analyses, analyses of variance and chi-square tests.
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Methods of psychological research (at least 20 EC, i.e. 560 study hours). Subsequently, you are able to distinguish different types of validity and tests for reliability and to evaluate the quality of different types of research design.
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Social Psychology and Work/ Organisational/ Occupational Psychology at a Bachelor’s level (at least 30 EC, i.e. 840 study hours).
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At least one empirical research project with substantial quantitative data and statistical analyses that resulted in an individually written report in APA-style.
They can be found listed on our website here.
Language requirements
You need to be fluent in both written and spoken English. Students without a Dutch Bachelor's degree or VWO diploma need one of the following:
Language tests and scores
- TOEFL
Minimum score: 100
Subscores: 22
Please note: the TOEFL Home Edition is not accepted.
- IELTS Academic
Minimum score: 7.0
Subscores: 6.5
- Cambridge C1 Advanced
Minimum score: 185
Subscores: 176
- Cambridge C2 proficiency
Minimum score: 185
Subscores: 176
Months of entry
September
Course content
Are you interested in the complexity of human behaviour? Would you like to contribute to people's wellbeing and processes of change in our society? If so, Psychology: Behaviour Change might be the right choice for you!
What will you learn?
The study programme focusses on both theory and practice and will train you to become a practice-based researcher. You study scientific theory to become a behavioural expert and learn how to implement your knowledge by developing and testing behaviour change interventions in practice. Your graduation assignment is a research project, consisting of an internship and thesis in a domain of your choice. The programme has a clear and singular goal: for you to become a scientific expert of behaviour change in all its forms.
Something for you?
· You will gain profound insight into the driving force behind people's motivation.
· You will be trained to become an expert in behaviour change.
· You will have the opportunity to apply all your knowledge and skills to solve an actual behaviour change problem in the professional field.
· Your prospects as a graduate psychologist are quite diverse, ranging from commercial clients to government agencies or charities.
Future career opportunities
Behaviour is being increasingly examined in different areas within various organisations and companies. These are developments that bode well for your future professional prospects. Furthermore, successful completion of this programme will provide you with the opportunity to work in a wide range of areas and professions.
Graduates have found work in many different professions, e.g. as advertising or marketing expert (both online and offline), information officer, communication consultant, project manager, researcher, prevention expert, health promoter or policy officer in local, provincial or national government. You could also consider doing a government or corporate traineeship.
Information for international students
Application deadlines
Non-EU/EEA students
- The deadline for non-EU/EEA students who wish to apply for a scholarship is 31 January prior to the September intake. For the requirements and selection procedure for scholarships, please check our scholarship overview.
- The deadline for those not applying for a scholarship is 1 April for non-EU/EEA nationals for the September 2026 intake. You can apply for the September 2026 intake from 1 October 2025.
EU/EEA students
- The application deadline for EU/EEA students with housing assistance for the September 2026 intake is 1 May, and the deadline without housing assistance is 1 July. You can apply from 1 October onward for the 2026/2027 academic year.
The application deadlines for Master’s starting in February are 1 November for non-EU/EEA citizens and 1 December for EU/EEA citizens.
Fees and funding
Radboud University offers 3 different scholarships that are open to prospective Master's students from non-EU/EEA countries and who want to follow an English-taught Master's programme.
The Radboud Scholarship Programme offers talented, highly motivated, non-EU/EEA students with outstanding study results the opportunity to be awarded a partial scholarship for an English-taught Master’s programme.
NL Scholarship (for prospective students)
The NL Scholarship (formerly known as Holland Scholarship) is a partial scholarship for non-EU/EEA students who want to do their Master’s in the Netherlands.
Fulbright-Radboud Scholarships
The Fulbright Commission, sponsored by Radboud University, is offering scholarships for talented American students to study at Radboud University.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MSc
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Study Information
- study-information@ru.nl