Reasons to choose the Health, Ageing and Society master’s programme

There are plenty of reasons why you can choose to follow our master's programme:

• Our master’s programme thrives and grows, nurtured by diversity, and we welcome motivated students and professionals from (nearly) all disciplines and schools of thought.
• Apply for our master’s programme and enjoy a close, international, and interdisciplinary environment that allows you to broaden your horizon.
• The interdisciplinary approach, this new way of thinking can be applied to many other areas.
• You will gain insight into individual and social aspects of ageing gracefully.
• You love to find solutions to challenges. You are eager to create innovations and implement them the way an entrepreneur would. We will encourage you to exploit the knowledge gained.
• Our master’s programme offers opportunities for personal as well as professional development.
• We focus our attention on senior citizens, so experience or affinity with eldercare is an asset although not a prerequisite.
• You want to pursue a second master’s degree to expand and broaden your knowledge.
• The most important reason: You have ideas on how to improve healthcare in our society in the future and you want to play a role in achieving this. You are an entrepreneur at heart and innovation is your middle name.

If this appeals to you, you are welcome to apply!

Characteristics of the Health, Ageing and Society master’s programme

A mix of cultures, languages, and people
Our students are diverse in culture and background. You will attend interactive seminars, studying in an interdisciplinary and international environment. Together, you will find solutions to the challenges of the future, experiencing the value of this collective approach. An international approach is encouraged as a matter of course. Examples include the guest lectures by international experts, the annual study visits to the Max Planck Institute in Cologne and to the European Parliament in Brussels, and research into the healthcare systems of your international peers. Finally, many students choose to do their research internship abroad.

With and for all ages
The Health, Ageing and Society master’s programme offers a valuable expansion of knowledge and insight for students as well as experienced professionals from the broad field of healthcare. There is a wide mix of ages and levels of experience, offering the added value of a fresh approach combined with dedicated experience in the field. In addition, senior citizens are involved in the curriculum in various ways; as members of the advisory council, as participants in the lectures, and taking part in innovation projects together with the students.

International perspective
When it comes to elderly care, our country leads the way. Our master’s programme offers international students a unique opportunity to learn more about the Dutch views, systems, and challenges, and to compare them with healthcare systems in other countries. Do the systems match up or are they totally different? Finding the answer to this question will lead to surprising new questions, remarkable perspectives, new insights and solutions.

The power of intensive guidance and small groups
Our students appreciate the master’s programme for its personalized study methods and its small-group, international set-up. Students with various bachelor backgrounds set out to study and work in small groups to do their assignments under intensive guidance.

Prizes

A proud master
For the 4th consecutive year, our master’s programme has been awarded top rankings and high praise in the NSE, the Dutch National Students Survey. The students rated the components ambience, lecturers and assessments as 'excellent'. Scores of 'above average' are given to programme content and career preparation. More than 80% of the students indicate to choose the study again. 

Obviously, you can rely on reviews of former students, but the programme offers much more than that with its future-oriented, interdisciplinary, and personal approach. We study together, work together, and find opportunities for the future. Our programme combines various perspectives, ranging from biological to psychological and from social to economic aspects. It offers an integral vision on happiness, good health and vitality, recovery, and what to do when all of these options are exhausted. It presents a great challenge in healthcare and healthcare management.

We have set up a broad range of informative activities for students considering starting the Master’s in Health, Ageing and Society:

• Chat with a student in the Health, Ageing and Society Master’s programme
• Look at our frequently asked questions and answers
• Click here for our other informative activities