The master's specialisation Clinical Neuropsychology consists of four mandatory courses. Two of those courses focus on neuropsychological intervention methods and innovations in clinical neuropsychology, the other two on neuropsychological diagnostics. For both topics, the theoretical foundation as well as the practical implications are dealt with in separate courses. This allows for the unique combination of lectures and workgroups with an in depth perspective on evidence-based clinical neuropsychology.

More information about the structure of the master’s programme can be found here.

During the internship, students gain hands-on practical experience in a professional setting within the domain of their master’s specialisation. As one of the final parts of their training to become a ‘scientist - practitioner’, students can familiarize themselves with the professional activities of a psychologist.

The standard internship has a duration of 280 hours (10 ECTS) and should be supplemented with at least 10 ECTS in electives to complete the master’s program. Alternatively, a 560 hours long clinical internship can be performed (20 ECTS). This type of internship allows for admission to the Dutch post-master program in Healthcare psychology (opleiding tot GZ psycholoog). Most 20 ECTS clinical internships can be used to acquire a psychodiagnostics qualification (Basisaantekening Psychodiagnostiek).

Both types of internships can be performed in the Netherlands or abroad, as long as the program’s requirements are met. For non-Dutch speaking students there are very limited placement options within the Netherlands with regard to the 20 ECTS clinical internship, due to language requirements. The Internal Practice Internship (IPI, 10 ECTS) provides the opportunity to do a clinically oriented internship within the university and is open to Dutch and international students.

See the Prospectus for further information.

Your master’s thesis will enable you to dive deeper into a particular neuropsychological topic that interests you. You will learn how to report on scientific research that you conducted or observed. You will get the opportunity to gain experience in all aspects of empirical research under supervision of one of our assistant professors or a scientist from another research institution. Projects vary from using an old database to answer a new research question, to setting up a new experiment in the psychology lab. Example topics of ongoing projects run by our staff are locked-in syndrome, combining music, movement and cognition, spatial navigation and work participation in patients with a neurological disorder. These projects offer several vacancies per semester.