Student review [#19214] for Psychology
at Leiden University

My experiences were during the COVID peak times of 2020-2021, and as such everything was done online. Also, LU is the only University I ever attended, so I have no measuring stick to measure LU against, keep that in mind and adjust your judgments while reading.

I followed the master’s track of Applied Cognitive Psychology at LU. I was positively surprised by the contents of the courses: It takes the “Applied”
seriously, as there are a lot of mock experiments, designs and interventions you create in mock teams comprised of students. You are not only required to use your knowledge of Psychology but also consider the whole “product” you will want to deliver (Proposals, funding requests, presentation to stakeholders).

Something I especially appreciated was that they even invited real CEOs to listen to a short pitch on the ideas we developed over 8 weeks, and then give us feedback and their opinion on the feasibility.

Professor’s in this master’s track that I met all seemed very personable and enthusiastic about their respective fields of Psychology.

It is a one-year course, with a required internship and master’s thesis on top of mandatory courses is quite time-intensive. Most students, like me, take one and a half or two years to graduate.

If you are interested in the field of Cognitive Psychology I recommend this master’s track.