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FPN Board approves launch of new Forensic Psychology Master
3 March 2010
The new two-year Forensic Psychology master’s programme will start this September. Programme director Prof. Corine de Ruiter is overjoyed that this step has finally been taken. “We have been waiting on this decision for years,” she says, “both the faculty and forensic institutions have shown a great deal of interest in the programme.”
The two-year Forensic Psychology Master is unique in the Netherlands and there are few programmes in the rest of Europe that can compare. The programme is taught exclusively in English and prepares students for jobs in the forensic sector such as forensic psychiatric clinics (TBS), jails, juvenile detention centres, or the Dutch Child Protective Services. These settings deal primarily with individuals who have come into contact with the (criminal) law and require diagnostic treatment for (the effects of) a psychiatric disorder.
Students will receive both clinical and research training. The Forensic Psychology Master has ties to clinical psychology but focuses on a forensic setting. A clinical internship is an integral part of the programme.
Selective programme
The Forensic Psychology Master is a selective master’s programme: students are selected based on prior education, academic performance and motivation. A total of 24 students will be accepted for the programme’s launch in September, all of whom have a bachelor’s degree in for instance psychology or mental health.
More information
On the FPN website there is more information available about the programme, the admissions procedure and the entrance requirements. For questions, please contact the Marketing and Communications department by phone at 043-388 2209/1554 or via email. The admissions deadline is 1 May 2010.
Presentation
On Saturday 13 March Prof. De Ruiter will give a presentation on Forensic Psychology during the Master’s Open Day. The presentation starts at 14:15 in the Maastrichtzaal. We gladly invite you to attend the presentation; please send us an email if you will be present.
Study grant
With the decision to start the programme in September 2010, the Faculty Board of Psychology and Neuroscience has anticipated the outcome of the appeals procedure that UM launched to counter the refusal of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to finance the programme’s two-year status. Until the financial status has been approved, students following the Forensic Psychology Master are not entitled to a study grant in the second year of the programme. For this reason, the faculty will offer Forensic Psychology students full compensation on an individual basis. This only applies to the second year and only to students who would be entitled to a study grant. Students will receive a study grant during the first year of the programme.
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