Psychology - University of Twente

Unique features
- As an intervention engineer you learn to work outside-in
- learn to deal effectively with the opportunatues and risks of a high-tech society
- Develop an international, intercultural and interdisciplonary view of your field
- develop 21st-century skills in a small-scale education environment at a cool campus

The programma
A lot of people tend to associate psychology mainly with clinical ‘couch psychology’. In our bachelor’s programme Psychology you will discover that psychology is much more than that – and offers far broader career prospects, too. Of course, you will build a solid foundation in clinical psychology, personality psychology, cognitive neuropsychology, social psychology and developmental psychology. On top of that, we will give you the tools you need to design effective interventions for new challenges in our rapidly changing world – using human-friendly robots, or creating smart solutions for tackling gaming addictions, or traffic risks resulting from mobile phone use. At the UT, you will learn to analyse personal or social problems in an academic way and to systematically work out a realistic solution in which your psychological knowledge is embedded.

Year 1
Psychology & Intervention design
Social Behaviour
Cognition Development
The Individual

Year 2
Elective modulee (choose from Health Psychology & Applied Technology / Psychology in Learning & Instruction / Psychology of safety
Elective module (choose from Mental Health (clinical psychology) / Human Factors & Engineering Psychology)
Research Methods & Research Project
Psychological and Professional Skills

Year 3
Electives (study abroad, or choose modules to widen or deepen your knowledge from Twente or other Dutch Universities)
History, Ethics and Philosophy of Psychology
Bachelor's assignment

After your bachelor:
After obtaining your Bachelor’s diploma, you can immediately enter the job market, or you can specialize by taking one of the Master’s programmes at the University of Twente or elsewhere. Most graduates opt for further studies, thereby increasing their chances of getting a job in which psychology takes central stage.
On the labour market the ‘outside-in’ problem approach, the engineering mind-set and the understanding of technology that you will have gained at the UT will give a huge advantage!