Department of Psychology

Interested in working on yourself and others? Learn to listen and understand. In addition to mandatory professional practice, you will participate in the most up-to-date scientific research in the field of clinical and forensic psychology, the psychology of education and sport, psychotherapy, and human resources management. Through lectures and experiential groups with leading experts, you will acquire theoretical knowledge, self-cognition skills, and skills for working with clients. At graduation, you will have earned a B.A. degree in Psychology.

This master’s programme is intended for students holding B.A. degrees in the humanities who wish to further their knowledge in the domain of psychology and acquire specific skills in the fields of clinical psychology, psychotherapy, psychosocial counselling, the psychology of education, and research. The programme offers competencies that specifically relate to practising psychology, from basic theoretical knowledge to its application in practice, including the practice and perfection of the skills acquired in the programme. Upon graduating, students receive an M.A. degree in Psychology.

Module Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy is intended for students who hold B.A. degrees in the humanities and wish to further their knowledge in the field of psychology and acquire specific skills in the fields of clinical psychology, psychotherapy, psychosocial counselling, the psychology of education, and research. The programme offers competencies that are specifically related to practising psychology, from basic theoretical knowledge to its application in practice, including the practice and perfection of the skills acquired in the programme.The aim of the programme is to equip its students with expert knowledge and practical skills in the most current fields of psycho-diagnostics, psychotherapy, and psychological counselling that are applicable in all domains of practical work. This module is also meant for practising psychologists, and professionals in auxiliary branches seeking further education in various psychotherapeutic modalities (defectology, andragogy, pedagogy, social work, upon passing the necessary examinations).

Module Psychosocial Counselling offers advanced education to all students who are interested in developing their research skills, including qualified counsellors, practising psychotherapists, and researchers in the humanities.The programme provides a detailed theoretical knowledge of psychosocial counselling and complements professional training in counselling, enabling students from various modalities of applied psychology to assume a critical perspective in their counselling activities and related practices. The aim of this academic programme is to stimulate critical thinking in professional qualified practising psychosocial therapists working with clients. It is a highly interdisciplinary academic programme that integrates concepts, practices, and skills from counselling and psychotherapy, psychology, sociology, philosophy, education, culture, healthcare, social protection, and other social sciences. The domain of applied psychosocial counselling opens room for qualitative, reflexive, and critical approaches to research and demands special expertise in explorations based on practice predicated on direct counselling work, the client’s experiences in the counselling process, and narrative, reflexive, and auto-ethnographic methods.

Psychology of Education module is intended for students who hold B.A. degrees in the humanities and wish to further their knowledge in the field of psychology and acquire specific skills in the fields of the psychology of education and research. The programme offers competencies that are specifically related to practising psychology, from basic theoretical knowledge to its application in practice, including the practice and perfection of the skills acquired in the programme.

Psychology is an empirical discipline that relies of scientific research practices. In the Research Module, exploring various areas of psychology and working in line with scientific rules, we will search for scientific answers together, following precisely defined procedures. On this journey of exploration, we will proceed from formulating our research problems, aims, and hypotheses, choosing our methods and samples, all the way to processing and interpreting the data we obtain. This exciting journey of research, which you will map out yourself with assistance from your mentors in various subjects, will be full of sensational revelations and surprises.

Experts in the domain of human resources management are an integral part of every modern organisation, corporation, and agency. This programme provides the requisite knowledge and skills for working as a consultant in the private sector, as well as for career in corporate environments.

Over the course of studying in this programme, students gain competencies that will enable them to implement innovative methods and techniques of leadership, coaching, and career counselling.

Upon graduating, students receive an M.A. degree in Human Resources Management. Students who graduate from this academic programme as part of the M.A. programme in Applied Psychology, are qualified to work in the psychological personality assessment and testing of employees, with an M.A. degree in Psychology.