137 Healthcare Masters Degree Programs in Netherlands

Protecting health on a global scale raises tremendous challenges. Examples of those challenges include the control of infectious diseases, tackling risk factors for chronic diseases, addressing issues in climate change, and ensuring access to proper healthcare. To meet this need, we have developed the specialised Health and Technology Law LLM programme, equipping students with in-depth knowledge of both legal fields and their intersection.

Why are smoking behaviour and financial problems related? How can digital interventions support the mental health of young adults? Which behavioural change techniques are most effective in countering obesity in deprived neighborhoods? How do we motivate people to stay healthy, live a meaningful life, and actively participate to society when they become older? If you're curious about the answers to these questions and more, this master track is the right choice! By the end of this programme, you will be equipped with scientific knowledge and practical experience in behaviour change methods and technologies, ready to make a real impact on health-related societal challenges.

The European Master in Health Economics and Management program chases excellence in health economics and management, with the joint European master’s program being taught by the top four European universities in this field. The first semester starts in Bologna, the second, third, and final semesters are up to you. During this two-year master’s program, you can choose to study in Oslo, Innsbruck, or Rotterdam.

Are you interested in understanding the intricacies of health throughout a person's life? Do you want to be part of a community of motivated and socially conscious students, all working towards a healthier future? Then the LHD Track is designed just for you.

Do you wish to improve your comprehension of human learning and performance? Do you wonder how people can learn and perform optimally? Then this master track is the right choice for you as we offer you one of the best master programmes in Psychology in the Netherlands.

The HSP track combines cutting-edge interdisciplinary research with practical policy questions, aiming to solve complex public health problems related to societal issues like an ageing population, increasing levels of chronic diseases, widening health inequalities, migration and urbanization. You learn to tackle issues like these from various academic disciplines, as you are taught and supervised by experts in economics, spatial sciences, psychology, sociology, and medicine. The track is a small-scale selective programme that is embedded within the research master Clinical and Psychosocial Epidemiology (CPE) and is an initiative of the University Medical Center Groningen and the Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health.

This track is designed for anyone with a special interest in the psychology of organisations, labour and personnel. We teach you how to select the best people; how individuals perform in teams; and how you can foster work engagement in employees. We offer you one of the best master programmes in Psychology in the Netherlands.

The Master in Cardiovascular Health and Disease positions you at the basic and clinical science in the cardiovascular research field. You study the cardiovascular system in the broadest sense and learn to conduct cardiovascular-related research on a basic, translational, or preclinical level.

Are you interested in understanding the intricacies of health throughout a person's life? Do you want to be part of a community of motivated and socially conscious students, all working towards a healthier future? Then the LHD Track is designed just for you.

Get a comprehensive view by exploring the Master in Health Economics, Policy & Law approaches to the complexities of healthcare systems. Healthcare systems worldwide face complicated challenges. Policymakers want to retain or improve access to good-quality healthcare, but they also want to keep systems affordable for patients and taxpayers. Meanwhile, healthcare expenditure is increasing, demographics are changing, expectations are higher, and expensive new treatments are becoming available.

‘Health, Ageing and Society’ is the new name for the Master’s Vitality and Ageing. We are ready for change – are you?! The name reflects the broad contents of the study and it better reflects what the programme stands for. Approximately 150 students have graduated since the start of the programme in 2016. Will you be next?! In the coming months, we will be updating our website. We have already added some new videos and the new yearbook (2022-‘23). Also, copies of the three main course books will be available soon. We hope you enjoy reading and watching, and hope to see you at one of our information activities! 

The MSc in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences offers unique interdisciplinary cooperation between preclinical, pharmaceutical, medical and economical research fields, with teaching professors within walking distance. Our research and education cover all drug/vaccine-related aspects that are relevant to the drug development life cycle, and Groningen drug research and education are among the best in the world. Besides that, our program was awarded the 'Top Rated Program' label (Keuzegids Masters 2017), and our Pharmacy education has been ranked number 1 among students in the Netherlands since 2015.

Theory and History of Psychology is a very special program, that gives you the tools to see beyond the discipline's present horizons (requiring a background in Psychology). It is run by a group of specialists in the Theory and History of Psychology, and it is unique in Europe, we know of only three such English-speaking graduate programs in the world.

The Research Master Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience: Clinical Psychology gives you a theoretical background and clinical insight for research in mental health fields. It provides the theoretical background and clinical insight necessary for future research in the various fields of mental health.

Are you interested in the basic mechanisms that underlie health and disease? Do you want to learn how to examine their occurrences and determinants in contexts such as clinical practice and healthcare policy? Are you interested in pursuing or developing your career as an epidemiological researcher or policy adviser in public health or clinical medicine? Then Epidemiology could be just the program for you.