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Discover and help the person behind the behaviour
Graduated as a junior psychologist, now what?

With the bachelor's in Psychology, you can go in many directions. At the VU Amsterdam, you not only develop knowledge, but also the skills to put that knowledge into practice.

Most bachelor's students in Psychology choose to continue studying. Do you want to supervise or treat people later on? Then you can specialise further with a master's degree in Psychology to become, for example, a clinical psychologist, health psychologist or child psychologist.

After your Bachelor's degree in Psychology, you can also work directly as a research assistant, policy officer or behavioural advisor in organisations, schools or the government.

Topics you could work on after your degree:

  • Developing campaigns that make young people more mentally resilient
  • Researching online addiction and devising ways to reduce it
  • Collaborate on therapies that help prevent anxiety or depression
  • Advise schools, businesses and the government on how to keep people healthy and motivated
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What can you do after your Bachelor’s degree?

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With a Bachelor of Psychology degree, you have insight into what drives people and how to bring about behavioural change. In addition, you have well-developed communication and research skills, making you broadly employable. You can advise organisations on their human resources policy, conduct research, or implement projects aiming to change a company’s organisational culture. As such, you can work at research agencies, or in the HR and organisation departments of large companies and institutions.

Possible positions:
Research assistant or junior researcher
Policy officer (at a local council, ministry, NGO)
Communications or information officer
Human resources officer / HR assistant
Teaching assistant or educational support worker
Trainer or coach (after additional courses)
Market researcher or data analyst
Health or welfare project officer
Behavioural change or campaign advisor
User experience researcher (UX)

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