Master
Health Education and Promotion
You like working with people – children, elderly, employees, patients – but you aren’t sure how to best address their specific health problems? Would you like to help make environments and organisations conducive to healthy living? Are you interested in why people smoke, drink or overeat – and in helping to change these behaviours? Then Health Education and Promotion could be just the programme for you. The programme revolves around developing, evaluating, implementing and promoting health interventions. After you’ve completed the programme you'll be an expert in promoting health and well-being. You could pursue a career at health institutes, consultancies, insurance companies, governments and academia. Read more >
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Fast facts
- focus on systematic and planned approach to health promotion
- intervention development, implementation and evaluation
- 1-year, full-time master’s or 2-year, part-time, taught in English
- starts in September
- admission deadlines available under 'Admission & registration'
- full-time: 12-14 hrs classes, 22-24 hrs group work/individual study
- part-time: 6-7 hrs classes, 11-13 hrs group work/individual study
- you’ll get an MSc in Health Education and Promotion
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Meet Daan: the student ambassador for the master's in Health Education Promotion.
On his Instagram account he shares his study programme experiences, moments of his life in Maastricht, and much more. Follow him to get a sneak peek of your possible future!
Also, if you have questions about the programme and/or about (student) life in Maastricht, don't hesitate to get in touch with Daan through his Instagram page; he's happy to help you with your study choice, as previous student ambassadors helped him with his.
There are so many small things people can do themselves to improve the quality of life
I feel it as a personal mission to promote health and educate people about health issues by using graphic design and illustration
I want to promote the overall knowledge about health
I would like to work in a health promoting company, in projects related to a variety of health issues, serving local communities and youth in particular
Health Education and Promotion programme has high-quality teaching
Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO)UM is the tenth best young university in the world
Times Higher Education 2019 Young Universities RankingCalendar
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