Eötvös Loránd University

MA Psychology

The program aims to train psychology professionals who have mastered the theories and methods of psychological science on an advanced level, are proficient in the various subfields of psychology, possess the skills and techniques of psychology as a profession and can apply these to help individuals, groups or organizations develop and improve. The program also aims to provide students with expertise based on the most recent theoretical advancements and practical knowledge in the field, so students develop professional skills and a commitment to psychology as a profession. This solid foundation of knowledge enables graduates to practise psychology as a vocation independently, participate in post-graduate programs and attend further methodological training in psychology.

There are three specialisations available. We cannot guarantee that each specialisation will start in September as it depends on the number of applications received-minimum 12 per specialization.

Clinical and Health Psychology Specialisation

The educational aims of Clinical and Health Psychology specialisation: to train experts in the applied branches of clinical and health psychology who possess extensive knowledge of diagnostics, therapy and clinical research, who have wide-ranging skills in methodology and who are able to use their Master’s level knowledge of psychology in the service of promoting and improving health.

Our students will gain competence in the following areas:

• Clinical and diagnostic work
• Supportive and motivational communication
• Planning and assessment of health promotion programs
• The critical assessment and identification of the practical relevance of clinical research.

Our research teams and workshops:

• Health Psychology Research Group
• Research Team in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
• Research Group on Addiction
• Positive Psychology Research Group
• Personality, Health and Emotion Regulation
• Our partners
• Support Centre for Giving Up Smoking- Budapest
• National Institute for Health Development
• Research Institute for Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Counselling and Educational Psychology Specialisation

The educational aims of the Counseling and School Psychology specialisation:

• to train professionals – working primarily in the practical areas – who are equally familiar with the socialisation issues of childhood, adolescence and adulthood, who possess the necessary skills in their theoretical preparedness as well as in their diagnostic and counselling methods used in practice to work with clients of various age groups,
• they can primarily be employed by childcare institutions (nursery and pre-school) and schools, educational advisories and other institutions doing work related to career counselling, life skills counselling and crisis counselling,
• they are familiar with the psychodynamics of individual, group and family counselling.
• Their work in psychological care can especially be useful at the various levels of prevention. Its mission is to facilitate development and change in individuals, groups and family systems alike.

Our students will gain skills in the following areas:

• Life skills, Couple’s and Family Counseling
• Career counselling
• Group counselling
• School psychology
• Educational counselling
• Crisis intervention
• Children’s psycho-diagnostics
• Counseling in health psychology

Our research groups and workshops

• Pedagogical Psychology
• Research Group on Test Methodology for Differential and School Psychology
• Research Group on Teaching Profession and School Psychology
• Research Group on Qualitative Psychology