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Master in Clinical, Social and Intercultural Psychology University of Padova
Introduction
The Master’s degree offers knowledge and practical skills in different sectors of Psychology, in order to diversify the psychologist’s toolbox across interventions regarding mental health, individuals at work, and societies. Contemporary societies are increasingly complex and multifaceted, requiring psychologists to deal with interculturality and multiple ethnicities in their work with both individuals and the community.
Admissions
Curriculum
1st Year
- Intercultural psychology
- Intergroup relations
- Cross-cultural Issues in Personnel Psychology
- Clinical Psychology and cultural differences
- Process and outcome in psychological interventions
- Assessment and diagnosis in Clinical neuropsychology
- Psychology of Inclusion and Social Sustainability
- Psychology of Adult Development across cultures
- Career counseling and vocational guidance in multi-cultural contexts
- Brain disorders and behavior across cultures
- Animal and Human behavior: a comparative perspective
- Cross-cultural Research Methods
- Measurement and data analysis in cross-cultural research
- Intercultural education
- Philosophy of Interculturality
2nd Year:
- Sociology, Places, and Cultures of Sustainability
- Human rights in intercultural dialogue
- Bioethics and Deontology in Psychology
- Psychology for cooperation and sustainable development (++)
- Community mediation (++)
- An intercultural analysis of crisis and discomfort in developmental processes (++)
(++)= laboratory
Career Opportunities
Graduates work as psychologists in areas with multicultural users: Hospitals, Education, Multidisciplinary teams operating in the field of social welfare, non-profit social cooperatives or non-governmental organizations, private and public work organizations with multi-ethnic clients and personnel.
Rankings
The University of Padua is among the top 150 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022 for Psychology.
It is also among the top 150 in the Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2022 for Psychology.