Worldwide, it is stressed that we need to continue learning, our lifelong. This minor offers an interdisciplinary set of courses about lifelong learning. Students gain insights from multiple scientific perspectives and learn to apply them in real world settings, thereby developing collaborative, design and consultancy skills.

Study programme

Importance of the interdisciplinary orientation

People need to continue learning to be able to adapt to the rapid changes in today’s societies and economies. Fostering and supporting lifelong learning involves personal, organizational, societal and economic aspects. Understanding these different aspects and their complex interplay requires a diverse array of disciplinary approaches and theories. The multidisciplinary character of the minor will present students with approaches they will not encounter while enrolled in a monodisciplinary program and, as such, will challenge them to think across disciplinary borders and ideas.

The minor is formed around a nucleus of lecturers from psychology, economics and educational sciences, with guest lectures from other disciplines.

Students strengthen learning culture within organisations

The project course “Learning and innovating in organisations” is considered the backbone of the minor. In this course students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds work together in consultancy teams of a ‘pop-up’ consultancy firm on real questions from profit and non-profit organisations in the Amsterdam region.

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Entry requirements

• You can register for the minor if you have finished the first year of your university bachelor or if you have finished the first two years (i.e., obtained 120 ECTS) of your HBO degree programme (Dutch higher vocational education). Students of all disciplines are welcome, however, some basic social scientific knowledge is required.
• All courses (except for the project 'Learning and innovating in organisations') can be followed as separate elective courses (without following the remaining courses of the minor).
• Students in the project course 'Learning and innovating in organisations' need to follow the complete minor and register for all five courses

Enrolment

Once you have decided to enrol for this minor, you'll need to do two things. Firstly, you must apply for admission to the minor between Monday 1 April and Thursday 3 June 2025. Subsequently, you need to register for the minor courses.

1. Apply for admission

• UvA students:  
  The application form will be available from Monday 1 April until Thursday 3 June 2025.  

• Non-UvA students:  
  The application form will be available from Monday 1 April until Thursday 3 June 2025.
  Non-UvA students must first register as a guest student through Studielink. You can find more information at uva.nl/bachelor-s/minors/  

2. Register for the courses

You need to register for all minor courses separately during the course registration period. You can find more information on the students' website.

Contact

Mail your questions to the minor coordinator Dr. Frank Cornelissen, l.j.f.cornelissen@uva.nl.

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