Work, Organisation and Health at Radboud University

The Master's specialisation in Work, Organisation and Health focuses on three specific areas, which are clearly recognisable in the professional field: occupational health psychology, personnel psychology (HRM) and organisational psychology. The Master's programme includes a focus on scientific insights as well as acquiring practical skills.
 

What will you learn?
You will learn how to analyse the quality of work and the behaviour of employees, managers, teams and functional groups through the use of theoretical frameworks and models. You also learn how to apply interventions focused at employees, the quality of work, or the organization, enabling employees to function optimally. You will develop specific knowledge of various areas, such as work motivation, recruitment, selection, and onboarding employees, resistance to change, work-related stress, employee health, and job performance. You will learn to apply this knowledge in the context of behavioural and organisational change, which will consequently enable you to help employees and organisations to remain dynamic, healthy, competitive, and innovative.

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Course Content

This study programme is 60 EC, and students have an introduction course, two specialisation courses, two application courses and a final Master's Project/Integrated Internship and Master's thesis.
 

The courses are as follows:
 

• Introduction to Work, Organisation and Health (6 EC)
   
• Choice of two out of three specialisation courses (each 6 EC)
  • Work, Health and Performance
  • Personnel Psychology
  • Organisation Development and Behavioural Change
     
• Choice of two out of three application courses (each 6 EC)
  • Work, Sport and Health
  • Human Resource Management
  • Organisational Change and advice
     
• Master's Project / Integrated Internship and Master's Thesis (30 EC)
   

The study programme includes a coherent and balanced curriculum. The design of the programme is based on the scientist-practitioner model. You learn to base your own professional practice on current theoretical insights and you will develop a critical scientific attitude that will be of great value in actual practice.

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Career

Once you have finished your studies, you will be a general psychologist. Graduates from this programme work in a variety of different positions, for example:
 

• Advising on a healthy work environment and on working hours and work breaks
• Counselling (and referring) employees who are forced to leave their job or who have already left their job
• Developing effective lifestyle and vitality programmes
• Putting the right employee in the right job
• Designing selection and development tools
• Developing training programmes or training employees to use certain skills
• Helping employees who feel stuck in their careers
• Advising organisations during change processes, which requires employees to move forward with the changes
• Advising companies on strategic HRM policies, remuneration and assessment and sustainable employability
• Counselling and advising teams and/or management on conflict management, collaboration or team changes.

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Admission

1. Bachelor's degree
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:
 

• Statistics and Data Analysis (at least 15 EC, i.e. 420 study hours) and the statistical package SPSS.
• Methods of psychological research (at least 20 EC, i.e. 560 study hours).
• Social Psychology and Work/Organisational/Occupational Psychology at a Bachelor's level (at least 30 EC, i.e. 840 study hours).
• At least one empirical research project with substantial quantitative data and statistical analyses that resulted in an individually written report in APA-style.
   

2. Proficiency in English
You need to have fluency in both written and spoken English. This requirement has been satisfied when the student meets one of the following conditions:
 

• Is a citizen of Australia, Canada (with exception of Quebec), Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, UK, USA and South Africa.
• Has successfully completed a Bachelor's programme that was taught completely in the English language in one of the following countries: EU/EEA-countries, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States of America.
   

All other students need one of the following certificates (All certificates may not be older than two years):
 

• IELTS Academic: overall score of at least 7.0 and band scores of at least 6.5
• TOEFL iBT: total score of at least 100,  sub scores at least 22 (reading), 22 (listening), 22 (speaking) and 25 (writing).
• CAE/CPE: grade of at least C

Application deadlines:
1 May (EU/EEA applicants)
1 April (Non-EU/EEA applicants)

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