The Master’s degree programme in Psychology is a two-year programme leading to an MSc (Psychology) degree. Teaching takes place at the Department of Psychology, located in the Nobel Park complex at Aarhus University.

Applied psychology in focus

In comparison to the Bachelor’s programme, the Master’s programme allows you to specialize in selected fields, and the programme focuses increasingly on applying theory to practice although the practical skills required to obtain authorization to practice psychology are developed after graduation.

As a Master’s student in Psychology, you must acquire a theoretical foundation and a broad knowledge of different areas within psychology in preparation for future clinical work, such as direct contact with clients, consulting psychology or preventive therapy. A solid theoretical grounding is also required if you decide to pursue a research career in academia.

Teaching in the Master’s programme is a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops and written assignments, and the teaching staff includes both permanently employed faculty and external lecturers in private practice.

A broad range of subject areas

Research at the Department of Psychology is organized in a number of research units, and the research environment is characterized by a broad range of subject areas, concentrating around the following:

• Social psychology and personality psychology
• Cognitive psychology
• Developmental psychology
• Work and organisational psychology
• Clinical psychology
• Educational psychology

The broad range of fields implies that both basic research and applied research is conducted at the department.