Economic Psychology

Programs and courses

Learn to understand and apply social and psychological insights to economic behavior, such as consumer behavior, financial decision-making, and marketing.

• Specialist in Economic Psychology since 1972.
• Small, interactive, international setting.
• Lectures by internationally renowned scholars from dynamic research institutes like TIBER and Netspar.
• This is a track of MSc Social Psychology. You specialize by following one of its tracks.

Expand your knowledge and skills even further

By following one of these double degrees available:

• Double degree in Applied Social Psychology at Tilburg University and Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia)
• Double degree in Cross-Cultural Economic Psychology at Tilburg University and University of Osnabrück (Osnabrück, Germany)

Typical courses are:

• The Psychology of Economics
• Psychology and Marketing
• Money and Financial Behavior
• The Psychology of Negotiation
• Advanced Consumer Science

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Career prospects

Prepare for both academic and practical careers in the fields of economic psychology, consumer behavior, marketing, communication, policy, consulting, or research.

• Alumni are often employed by management consultancies, and trade unions as well as in the consumer products industry and at market research institutes.
• Organizations where our graduates landed jobs include Philips, GfK, Accenture, Rabobank, Bol.com, Nationale Nederlanden, research universities and schools of applied sciences, KPN, Blauw Research, Interpolis, and the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration.

Graduates started or work for example as:

• Financial Economic Crime Coordinator at Rabobank
• Hair Brand Building Marketing Advisor at Unilever
• Market Researcher at market research agency Ruigrok Netpanel

Alumni facts

• Average number of months until first paid job: 4 
• Finds a job within 6 months after graduation: 70% 
• Employer requires a Master of Science degree: 63%
• Gross monthly income one year after graduation: € 2.051 
• Would choose the same master’s program again, at the same university: 82%
• Will recommend the study to friends, family or colleagues: 72%

Source: National Alumni Survey 2017 | n = 11

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Application and admission

This Master's track starts:

End of August

Best preparatory programs:

Bachelor in (Social) Psychology

Pre-Master's program:

Not available. The following Master Programs do offer a Pre-master's program for students from universities of applied sciences (HBO): Sociology, Human Resource Studies, Organization Studies, Marketing Management, Marketing Analytics and Communication and Information Sciences.

Tuition fees and scholarships

International students, please find all information about the tuition fees and the scholarships available.

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Related Master's programs

• Cross-Cultural Economic Psychology (Double degree)
• Applied Social Psychology (Double degree)
• Marketing Management
• Work and Organizational Psychology
• Research Master in Psychology: Individual Differences and Assessment
• Research Master in Social and Behavioral Sciences