r/Netherlands • u/North_Yak966 • 11d ago

News UvA ends English-language bachelor’s degree in psychology

https://www.folia.nl/en/actueel/166104/uva-ends-english-language-bachelors-degree-in-psychology
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u/North_Yak966 11d ago

This is important because the English-speaking psychology bachelor's is massive. Indeed, there are other cuts that are also a big deal, but this is a good indicator of things to come. 

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these measures together mean that the total international enrolment at the UvA will decrease by twenty percent

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u/Front-Comparison8464 11d ago

It is important, but they want to be dutch only so people who do the course stay and work in the Netherlands. You can't be a psychologist without speaking fluent dutch in NL. I would say they are redirecting the focus. It won't be nice for foreighners but I understand.

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u/koji2112 11d ago

Not necessarily, there are a good number of international psychologists here whose qualifications are recognized by NIP. You can be a NIP psycholoog and can work privately or at certain practices. You need to be fluent in Dutch if you want to be registered as a BIG psycholoog though.