Completing the Master’s in Psychology with a specialisation in Health Psychology & Technology will open up excellent job opportunities. You can look forward to a career as a policymaker, adviser, intervention designer or researcher, to name a few of your options. You could also continue with a PhD, or even start up your own business.
Type of degree
When you have completed this Master's with the specialisation in Health Psychology & Technology, you will receive a Master’s degree in Psychology along with the title Master of Science (MSc.). Your specialisation will be mentioned specifically on your diploma supplement, highlighting your specialised knowledge and skills in health psychology and technology.
Job opportunities
As a graduate of this specialisation, numerous career paths are open to you. With the growing importance of public health initiatives, your ability to bridge psychology and healthcare is highly valuable. You could take a leading role in coordinating, designing, implementing, and evaluating health-promoting interventions for the public, patients, and caregivers.
Graduates work as policy officers, coordinators of health psychology interventions, or researchers at organisations such as the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), or the Netherlands Institute for Sport and Physical Activity (NISB). Other organisations eager for professionals with your expertise include hospitals, healthcare facilities, patient federations, local public health services (GGDs), research institutes, and (eHealth) companies. Some alumni also pursue careers in higher education as lecturers.
Let's talk about your career
To give you an idea of your future job, student Stijn with a specialisation in Health Psychology & Technology is visiting alumna Elske, who works as a Policy Officer at Tactus. Elske shows what her career is like after completing her Master's with specialisation in Health Psychology & Technology.
Start a business
Do you have a great business idea? At the University of Twente, you can turn it into reality! At UT, we highly encourage entrepreneurship. In fact, with over 1,000 start-ups to its name, UT is recognised as one of the most entrepreneurial universities in the Netherlands. Did you know that big international companies like Booking.com and Just Eat Takeaway were once founded by students of UT? We are keen to put your scientific knowledge to practical use in solutions that people and society need. Your innovative ideas, creativity and the courage to put in the extra mile will be rewarded. As a catalyst for meaningful entrepreneurship, we offer you the Novel-T foundation and their start-up hub Incubase on campus.
Continue as a researcher: Obtain a PhD
Instead of pursuing a professional career right away after completing your Master’s degree, you can opt to follow a PhD programme at Twente Graduate School (TGS). This involves spending four years studying a particular research area in-depth at one of our research institutes. Obtaining your PhD earns you the title of Doctor (Dr).
Interested in doing a PhD? You can check below if there are any vacancies. If not, you can also send in an open application.