Master of Science [M.S] [Applied Cognitive Psychology] From Utrecht University

Processing information

During the ?offered by?, you will learn about processing information, especially about how you can use that information to advise clients on how to improve communications. That knowledge is useful for making signage or advertising more effective, for example, or for making products more user-friendly.

You will also learn to come up with solutions for a wide range of problems that can occur in professional practice. Humans are dramatically changing their environment using increasingly complex technology, such as the Internet, social media, robotics and automation. In order to design a living environment that is well suited to human cognitive abilities, we must have a good understanding of how humans process knowledge and their skill at applying it.

International orientation

This Master?s programme is internationally oriented, from the literature used in class to the opportunity to do an internship and write a thesis abroad, and from the option of attending electives at foreign universities to participating in international summer schools, research conferences or workshops.

Careers

This Master?s programme prepares you for a university-level job. You can?pursue an academic or?professional career after completing your degree.

Potential professional careers include:

• consultant

• applied researcher

Potential employers include:

• design industry

• health care

• ICT sector

• marketing and advertising

• railway companies

• telecommunications

• airports/aviation

• industrial product development