Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Porto
Master in Psychology and Human Resource Development
Porto, Portugal
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
Portuguese
PACE
Part time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 9,360 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
The master's degree in Psychology and Human Resource Development at the Faculty of Education and Psychology, was designed in partnership with the Católica Porto Business School, with the main objective of guaranteeing a multidisciplinary training offer that prepares professionals, in the field of Psychology, for the development of human resources in an organizational context.
In view of the new challenges of the labor market and contemporary society, we believe that maintaining this focus depends on a teaching-learning approach aligned with organizational partners and with a permanent self-assessment by students and teachers. In this way, ensuring that the skills of our students respond to the real needs of organizations and the people who work there.
Multidisciplinarity
The Psychology approach is enriched by the multidisciplinary analysis of human resources development and enhanced by the partnership with Católica Porto Business School that provides our students with contact with disciplines (Management, Economics and Law), teachers and colleagues with academic knowledge and profiles / diverse professionals.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Merit Scholarships
- 7 merit scholarships for Master's in Psychology students - 3 scholarships of 100% and 4 scholarships of 50% of the tuition fees;
- 4 merit scholarships for Master's students in Psychology and Human Resources Development - 2 scholarships of 100% and 2 scholarships of 50% of the tuition fees.
Curriculum
The Master's in Psychology and Human Resource Development lasts for four semesters, that is, two academic years.
- The first and second semesters are devoted to curricular training in an academic context and materialize the multidisciplinary approach to identity of this master's degree.
- The third and fourth semesters are dedicated to the elaboration of the Master's Thesis and the completion of the Curricular Internship and the respective Internship Report.
1st year - 1st semester
- Organizational behavior
- Labor Law and Labor Relations
- Human Resources Economics
- Strategic and International HR Management
- Research Methodologies in Psychology and Human Resource Development
- Research Seminars in Psychology and Human Resource Development
1st year - 2nd semester
- Psychological Diagnosis and Intervention in Human Resources
- Training and Development
- Performance Management, Compensation & Analytics
- work psychology
- Recruitment, Selection and Socialization of People
- Safety and Well-being at Work
- Dissertation Project*
Tutoring (1st and 2nd semester I 1st year)
2nd year I 1st and 2nd semesters
- Dissertation (with tutoring) in Psychology and Human Resource Development
- Curricular Internship (with supervision) in Psychology and Human Resources Development*
* These curricular units take place in conjunction with research projects developed at the Center for Studies in Human Development (CEDH).
Program Outcome
Goals
- To promote psychology and its application in the area of Human Resources as a multidisciplinary domain of knowledge production and intervention in organizations;
- Promote the assumption of the Human Resources professional as a strategic business partner;
- Increase in HR professionals the skills to combine, in an articulated way in the field, research, reflection and intervention;
- Ensure qualification for professional autonomy in Psychology and Human Resources Development through close contact with reference practices in the field and individualized support in the consolidation and transposition of specific knowledge in this domain into practice.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
career opportunities
Based on this curricular plan, two wide-ranging possibilities for career opportunities open up to students:
- Professional qualification to intervene in multidisciplinary contexts, valuing the contribution of psychology and its application in the field of Human Resources;
- Qualification in terms of research, allowing integration into research teams/projects and/or progression of academic studies.
Specifically, the completion of this Masters enables students to intervene in a wide variety of domains, among which the following stand out:
- Recruitment, selection and integration;
- Professional training and development;
- performance management;
- Conflict management and mediation of labor relations;
- Career advice, evaluating the nature of rewards and satisfaction in professional trajectories;
- Intervention in terms of improving working conditions;
- Prevention management in occupational safety and health;
- Intervention and promotion of local development;
- Investigation.
Psychologists who work in the field of Human Resources work in different contexts, namely:
- Public and private sector companies;
- Government and public services;
- Employment centers and Centers for the management and organization of training;
- Professional Integration Offices;
- Consulting Companies;
- Multidisciplinary teams: collaboration with other professionals, such as managers, institutional representatives, training technicians, and specialists from different sectors of activity;
- Higher education establishments.