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The faculty offers nine BSc programmes:

  • Child Development and Education
  • Communication Science
  • Psychology
  • Cultural and Social Anthropology 
  • Human Geography and Urban Planning 
  • Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 
  • Political Science
  • Sociology   
  • Computational Social Science

All programmes offer a number of English-taught courses that are open for exchange students. These courses are part of the Exchange Programme Social and Behavioural Sciences. This is a multi-disciplinary non-degree undergraduate programme for exchange students with courses in the following fields of studies:

 

Student profile

Bachelor's students

The  Exchange Programme Social and Behavioural Sciences is designed for international exchange students who are selected by their home institution in the framework of existing exchange agreements. To be accepted to the Exchange Programme Social and Behavioural Sciences students should have at least 1,5 - 2 years of academic education in a relevant field at the start of their exchange in Amsterdam.

Master's  students

  • There are only a few exchange agreements at master’s level for some specific master programmes of the Graduate School of Social Sciences. These include Research Master Urban Studies and the MSc Sociology – Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies.
  • From the Graduate School Child Development and Education: MSc Pedagogical Sciences: Youth at Risk and the MSc Educational Sciences.
  • Students in these programmes are officially administered via the Exchange Programme Social and Behavioural Sciences. However, they are hosted in the specific master's programme.
  • The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences does not accept free mover students in the exchange programme.

Start and duration

Students can study in the Exchange Programme Social and Behavioural Sciences for one or two semesters, according to the agreement with the student's home university. The 20-week semesters start in September and in February.

Transcript

All students in the Exchange Programme Social and Behavioural Sciences receive a transcript stating the courses they have successfully completed with the credits and grades they have obtained . The transcripts are sent digitally about five weeks after the official end of their exchange semester. A hardcopy can be issued upon request.

Host Institutions

The Exchange Programme Social and Behavioural Sciences is managed by the International Office Social and Behavioural Sciences in cooperation with the College of Communication, the College of Child Development and Education and the College of Psychology.

Facts & Figures
Language of instruction
English