Admission criteria
Child Development and Education (Research MSc)
The following criteria are set for admission:
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree in pedagogical sciences, educational sciences, developmental psychology, or a related field (e.g., psychology, sociology).
- Basic knowledge of research methods and applied statistics in social and behavioural science research.
- Excellent study results, with marks in the top segment of graduation. Special importance is attached to the study results for research methods and statistics, research practicals and theses.
- Good writing skills, as indicated by written academic work (e.g., a paper or thesis).
- Sufficient active and passive proficiency in English, as indicated by a letter of motivation and the application interview. Non-native English speakers are required to take a test. However, non-native English speakers who have successfully finished an English-taught programme at university level are released from this obligation. Dutch students with a “VWO-diploma” do not have to take an English test either.
- An active interest in research, as indicated by earlier study results, a letter of motivation and the application interview.
- The ambition to become a researcher, as indicated by a letter of motivation and the application interview.