Groningen, Netherlands
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
Dutch, English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Oct 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 20,800 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Dutch, EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA students
** for Non-EU|for EU/EEA EUR 2,530
Key Summary
Introduction
Neuropsychology: Cognition, emotion, and behavior as functions of the brain.
Clinical neuropsychology is a specialty discipline within psychology that is focused on the associations between the brain and neuropsychological functions, including cognition, emotion, and behavior. Clinical neuropsychology is particularly interested in the effects of brain disorders and other clinical conditions affecting the brain on these functions.
Disorders and conditions comprise acquired or congenital neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions in children, adolescents, and adults, such as ADHD, autism, stroke, brain tumor, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, drug abuse, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, etc.
Clinical neuropsychologists can be involved in both the assessment and treatment of people with brain disorders in various applied and often clinical settings, but also in patient-related research. Methods used in the field of clinical neuropsychology are neuropsychological tests, neuroimaging, and electrophysiological techniques.
With the aging population, the number of people with neuropsychological disorders increases, and with this also the demand for well-trained clinical neuropsychologists.
Why study this program in Groningen?
- international approach
- expert tuition from professionals in the field
- a sound basis for working in the clinical field
- a sound basis for a Ph.D. trajectory
Curriculum
Courses
- Building experiments and measuring performance (5 EC)
- Neuropsychology and psychiatric disorders (5 EC)
- Repeated measures (5 EC)
- Keuzecursus / Elective course
- Literatuurpakket /Literature review (5 EC)
- Master these /Master's thesis Clinical Neuropsychology (30 EC)
- Advanced experimental skills (5 EC)
- Research methods in clinical neuropsychology (5 EC)
- Capita selecta Klinische Neuropsychologie/Capita Selecta (5 EC)
- Advanced clinical neuropsychology (5 EC)
- Neuropsychological assessment (5 EC)
- Test construction (5 EC)
- Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and Treatment (5 EC)
Study abroad
Study abroad is optional
Admissions
Gallery
Career Opportunities
Job prospects
What is a neuropsychologist doing?
- Working as a neuropsychologist in clinical practice (neuropsychological assessment and treatment of patients)
- Research in clinical populations (Ph.D. trajectory)
- Policymaker in science or clinical practice
Job examples
Neuropsychologist
in general and academic hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, school support services, epilepsy centers, forensic hospitals, institutions for the mentally disabled, psychiatric centers, etc.
Researcher
in the field of clinical neuropsychology, e.g. research focused on neuropsychological impairments in patients with neurological or psychiatric conditions or studying the efficacy of neuropsychological treatment.
Policymaker in science or clinical practice
For example, positions as coordinator or large research projects, manager in higher education, administration, in research institutes or pharmaceutical companies.