Education and research within the faculty are aimed at this broad objective and thus make a recognizable contribution to the VU-wide theme Human Health and Life Sciences. To this end, the faculty has expertise in genetics, motor skills, effort, perception, cognition, emotion, learning and social interaction.
Much attention is paid to the effects of training, treatment, counseling, upbringing and education on the behavior of healthy people and people with a physical or mental condition.
Programme Structure
Research areas include:
- Genes, behaviour and health
- Cognition, affect, behavior, and intervention in mental disorder
- Mapping the brain; normal and deviant brain functioning
- Clinical developmental psychology
- Challenges to childrearing relationships
- Learning sciences
- Educational governance, identity and diversity
- Attention and performance
- Biomechanics
- Physiology
- Learning and performance
- Neurocontrol
- Prevention and rehabilitation
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
In order to apply for a PhD programme at VU Amsterdam you will need:
- Master's degree certificate or equivalent qualification
- Curriculum vitae
- Preliminary research proposal (up to 800 words to indicate fields of interest)
- Copy of ID
- Language requirements/scores from TOEFL
Tuition Fees
- International (Applies to you): Non-residents — 16,090 AUD / year (≈ 10,000 EUR / year)
- EU/EEA (Applies to you): EU/EEA Nationals — 16,090 AUD / year (≈ 10,000 EUR / year)
Additional Details: the tuition fee is waived for internal PhD candidates employed at FGB
Living costs
Amsterdam, Netherlands: 1,609-2,414 AUD / month
