Career prospects
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Psychology
After obtaining your Bachelor's degree in Psychology you can specialise in a Master's programme. Within this Master's programme you can choose between 11 tracks. Read more about the different tracks of the Master's in Psychology.
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Health Care Psychology
This Master's degree is designed for students who have chosen a clinical specialization and who, after the master's degree, wish to be considered for the post-master's degree in GZ psychology (health care psychologist) or another post-initial continuing education program, such as the post-master's degree in psychotherapy. Within this programme there are 4 different tracks.
Please note: these tracks are taught in Dutch.
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Research Master Psychology
The primary focus of the Research Master’s programme is developing critical, scientific thinking skills and teaching scientific knowledge and skills that are crucial for conducting high-quality psychological research.
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Other UvA Master's programmes
After the bachelor's in Psychology, you can also choose one of the other Master's programmes at the University of Amsterdam.
Where do our graduates work?
As a Master's graduate, you will have developed an academic level of thinking and working. You will know how to analyse psychological problems and develop research questions on the basis of these problems.
Graduates find employment in a range of different positions, depending on the major:
- psychologist
- HR officer
- trainer
- sports psychologist
- test developer
- adviser/consultant
- sexologist
- information specialist
- school psychologist
- recruiter
Potential employers and working environments include:
- organisational consultancies
- marketing and research agencies
- training consultancies
- mental healthcare
- education