Psychology University of Twente (UT)

Overview

Psychology from University of Twente (UT) is the only one in which you will learn to work ‘the outside-in’. This means that your starting point is not psychological theory, but rather a real-life societal or human problem, for which you draw on your knowledge to find a solution .

Quick Facts:

• As a university known for its many technical courses, we will teach you to think and act like an ‘engineer’. You will become competent in analysing complex problems and systematically working towards an effective intervention with the help of theories, research and academic and professional skills. Applying this engineering approach will enable you to develop targeted psychological solutions for the challenges of our time. Analysis, critical thinking, ingenuity and problem-solving will be among your core competencies.
• We are the only university at which you can study psychology with the added dimension of a strong focus on technology. As a UT psychologist, you will build up unique expertise in the different ways in which technology, human behaviour and societal processes influence each other. Whether you become a researcher or a care provider, you will be able to use, or develop, smart technological tools – for example, a health app, or a Virtual Reality game that allows you to investigate human behaviour more deeply than ever. You will understand how to create substantial improvements for people and society by connecting psychology and technology. Think, for example, of an app that helps people overcome depression, or game addiction. UT, one of the world’s leading tech universities, is the ideal place to do this: many of the technologies that will influence our future are developed and studied here on campus, from apps and web applications to robotics and adaptive systems. For example, in our BMS-lab, where we fuse social sciences with high-tech possibilities, you will gain knowledge and experience that are impossible to get in a classroom. Your insight into all these possibilities and threats will give you a head start on tomorrow’s job market.