Admission and application Economic Psychology - national procedure

Students of Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (TSB)

The following TSB Bachelor's make you eligible to the Master's program:

• Bachelor Psychology with one of the minors Social Psychology, Economic Psychology or Work and Organizational Psychology.
• Bachelor Psychology with the differentiation Psychology and Society (started in cohort 2015-2016 or earlier)
• Another TSB Bachelor's program (Organization Studies, Human Resource Studies, Sociology, or Global Management of Social Issues). In order to be admitted you need to have completed:
  • the basic Psychology courses: Functieleer (Experimental Psychology), Hersenen en gedrag (Brain and behavior) , Ontwikkelingsleer (Developmental Psychology), Persoonlijkheidspsychologie (Psychology of Personality), Sociale Psychologie (Social Psychology) and Psychopathologie (Psychopathology)
  • the courses of one of the minors Social Psychology, Economic Psychology or Work and Organizational Psychology

Are you a student of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (TSB) who has successfully completed

• an individual pre-Master's program granted by the Examination Board of TSB or
• the so-called connecting (convenant) program of Toegepaste Psychologie at Fontys Eindhoven? 

Then you will be admitted to this Master's program without additional requirements. 

For admission to this Master's program, register in Studielink (see step 1 of the admission procedure below).

Do you have questions?
Send an e-mail to Ma_SP@tilburguniversity.edu

Bachelor’s students of other Schools of Tilburg University

In order to be admitted you need to have sufficient knowledge

• of the basic Psychology subjects: Functieleer (Experimental Psychology), Hersenen en gedrag (Brain and behavior) , Ontwikkelingsleer (Developmental Psychology), Persoonlijkheidspsychologie (Psychology of Personality), Sociale Psychologie (Social Psychology) and Psychopathologie (Psychopathology)
• of specific courses in the field of Social Psychology or Economic Psychology
• in research methods and statistics

The criteria used for admission can be found in this big course list.

To apply you must register in Studielink. Applications are considered on a case-by-case basis. Should you fail to meet all the prerequisites for admission to the Master's program, you may be able to make up this so-called deficit by taking an individual pre-Master's program.

Do you want to know if you are admissible?
The only way to find out whether you are eligible for the Master's program, is to apply for admission by registering in Studielink. See the admission procedure below.

Do you have questions about the procedure?
Send an e-mail to Ma_SP@tilburguniversity.edu

Students with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology

The Psychology Bachelor’s programs of all Dutch universities offer sufficient basic knowledge in their programs. However, you also need to have sufficient knowledge of a number of specific subjects in the field of Social Psychology or Economic Psychology.

The criteria used for admission can be found in this short course list.

Students with a Bachelor’s in a social science subject

In order to be admitted you need to have sufficient knowledge

• of the basic Psychology subjects: Functieleer (Experimental Psychology), Hersenen en gedrag (Brain and behavior) , Ontwikkelingsleer (Developmental Psychology), Persoonlijkheidspsychologie (Psychology of Personality), Sociale Psychologie (Social Psychology) and Psychopathologie (Psychopathology)
• of specific courses in the field of Social Psychology or Economic Psychology
• in research methods and statistics

The criteria used for admission can be found in this big course list.

To apply you must register in Studielink. Applications are considered on a case-by-case basis. Should you fail to meet all the prerequisites for admission to the Master's program, you may be able to make up this so-called deficit by taking an individual pre-Master's program.

Do you want to know if you are admissible?
The only way to find out whether you are eligible for the Master's program, is to apply for admission by registering in Studielink. See the admission procedure below.

Do you have questions about the procedure?
Send an e-mail to Ma_SP@tilburguniversity.edu

Students with a Bachelor's degree from a University of Applied Sciences (hbo) in the Netherlands are not eligible to apply for admission to the Master's program in Economic Psychology.

Unfortunately you can not follow a pre-Master's program to acquire admission to the Master's program.

The only exception applies to students who follow the so-called connecting (convenant) program during their studies at Fontys Toegepaste Psychologie (Eindhoven).

The admission and registration procedure starts when you enroll for the Master's program in Economic Psychology via Studielink, the Dutch national database for higher education.

Register yourself in Studielink before August 1.

• The name of this Master's program in Studielink:
  M Social Psychology (CROHO-code: 60077)
  Economic Psychology is an element of CROHO-code 60077 Master Social Psychology.

Enroll via Studielink

Enter an e-mail address in Studielink that you use regularly. Tilburg University sends you important information at this address to complete your registration. Please read the documentation in the e-mail carefully and check your mailbox (and junk mail) regularly.

The Examination Board assesses whether your degree qualifies you for admission to this (Pre-)Master's program on a case by case basis.

Admission requests for the September 2021 intake will be processed as of February 1, 2021.

You will receive the decision of the Examination Board by e-mail. In general, we aim to assess your application within 6 weeks.

There are three possibilities:

• (Conditionally) accepted to the Master's program
  If you are conditionally accepted, this means that you are admitted to our Master's program (on the condition that we request additional information).
• (Conditionally) accepted to a pre-Master's program
  It is possible that you do not completely fulfill the requirements. If this is the case, we may offer you an individual pre-Master's program to prepare you for the Master's program, provided that you send the originals or certified copies of your documents.
• Rejected
  If you do not fulfill the admission requirements, your application will be rejected. We will e-mail you personally the reasons for the rejection.

Confirm your registration at Tilburg University

After your registration in Studielink, you will be notified by Tilburg University by e-mail and need to confirm this registration before you can start with the program.

Please read the documentation in your e-mail carefully and check your mailbox (and junk mail) regularly.