IOPS Curriculum and conferences
Below you can find a general overview of our courses, including a general description. Please note that some courses are given biennially and that the months stated are indicative only (due to circumstances, a course may be organized in another month)
In our Course Agenda you will find the current scheduled courses and, when available, specific information on dates and programs.
Educational plan
This overview can assist prospective IOPS students to draw up their education plan. The requirements for the IOPS certificate can be found here.
The curriculum part of the requirements consists of both 5 EC mandatory and 5 EC elective courses. For the elective courses, it is allowed to follow relevant courses outside IOPS.
Registration
You can register for all courses with the IOPS secretariat at secretariaat@iops.nl
Costs
Courses are free of charge for IOPS members. Affiliated members or other externals might have to pay a fee. The fee can differ for each course and can be requested with the IOPS coordinator. Regular IOPS members have priority when courses are full.
SMIP courses
We have a standing collaboration with our German partner SMiP. This collaboration includes mutually opening courses. SMiP courses can be counted towards the full 5 EC elective courses. More information can be found here.
SMiP Summer School Courses
The SMiP Summer School 2025 will take place from 30 June to 04 July, 2025, at the University of Mannheim, Germany. We offer a reduced participation fee for current IOPS members and will prioritize their workshop preferences over external participants’ preferences. You can find detailed information on the SMiP Summerschool 2025 homepage.
IOPS members can already register: application.
Utrecht Summer School Courses
The Utrecht Summer School offers a variety of courses, including two that are particularly relevant to IOPS students and part of the IOPS curriculum: A Gentle Introduction to Bayesian Estimation and Survey Design. In addition to these, other courses Methodology & Statistics – relevant to psychometrics and sociometrics – are also available to IOPS students.
Please note:
– IOPS-members can take one course for free per year
– this only applies to the courses Methodology & Statistics.
If you are interested in a specific course, we recommend reaching out to the course coordinator to confirm its relevance to your studies. To find and register for a course, please go to the Methodology & Statistics website (Utrecht Summerschool).
Other courses suitable for master level students
If you have an interest in courses related to Psychometrics and Statistics and are not currently a member of IOPS, please find this list of courses offered by other universities that you may find interesting and may be eligible to attend.
Overview IOPS courses
| #EC | Mand/Elect | Even years | Odd years | ||
| February | Statistical Learning (LU) | 2 | Elective | 2024, 2026… | |
| February | Statistical Consulting to Behavioral Scientists (LU) | 3 | Mandatory | 2025, 2027… | |
| April–June | SMiP : various courses * | 0,8/day | Elective | 2025 | |
| June | IOPS Summer Conference (2025 – LU) | n/a | 2024, 2026… | 2025, 2027… | |
| June/July | SMiP Summer School Courses (SMiP) | 0,8/day | Elective | 2025 | |
| July | A Gentle Introduction to Bayesian Estimation (UU) | 1,5 | Elective | 2024, 2026… | 2025, 2027… |
| August | Advanced Survey Design (UU) | 1,5 | Elective | 2025, 2027… | |
| September | What is Psychometrics? (UvA) | 2 | Mandatory | 2024, 2026… | 2025, 2027… |
| October | Bayesian Item Response Modeling (UT) | 2 | Elective | 2024, 2026… | |
| October | Mathematical Statistics This course will not be available in 2025! | 1 | Elective | ||
| October November | Optimization & Numerical Methods (KU Leuven) | 2 | Elective | 2024, 2026… | 2025, 2027… |
| December | IOPS Winter Conference (2025 – UU) | n/a | 2024, 2026… | 2025, 2027… |
* See also the SMiP webpage for details on the courses. Please register by sending an e-mail to Annette Förster.