Universiteit Maastricht

Rankings

In recent years, the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience has invariably landed among the top in the national rankings. The Psychology bachelor’s programme was attained third place in Elsevier’s 2011 best studies guide (Beste Studies 2011) . In the 2012 choice guide for higher education and universities (Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs Universiteiten 2012) the programme came second best.


Masters

In the ‘Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs Masters 2011’, the master’s in Psychology came in fifth and the research master’s in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience is now ranked three. Both programmes ended in second place in the ‘Beste Studies 2011’. There is a constant high appreciation from the students for the academic staff, the skills training, and the facilities. However, the students feel that preparing them for their further career and the practice is something that needs to be improved.

German Centre for Higher Education Development

The education and research of the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience also scores highly in the rankings of the German Centre for Higher Education Development(CHE) in cooperation with the weekly Die Zeit.

The faculties research has been deemed ‘excellent’ by the CHE. On the basis of its high number of publications and student mobility (among other things), the faculty has been included in the ‘Excellence Group’ of the CHE ExcellenceRanking 2009. Other selection criteria were staff mobility, the number of citations and the extent of international orientation.
Click for the results. Factsheets and information on the CHE ExcellenceRanking are available via www.che-excellenceranking.eu.

QS World University Ranking – Psychology 2011

The Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience came in 51-100 in the influential international QS World University Ranking – Psychology 2011. The QS ranking three indicators: academic peer review, employer review, and the number of citations per academic staff member. In that last category, the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience performed better than 29 other psychology faculties ranked in the top 50. This year is the first time the QS has compared the international psychology faculties.