Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Porto
PhD in Applied Psychology
Porto, Portugal
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 384 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Monthly tuition: 384€ x 10 months/year
Introduction
The International Ph.D. Program in Applied Psychology: Adaptation and change in contemporary societies is a joint doctoral degree offered by the Faculty of Education and Psychology of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (FEPUCP), the Blanquerna Faculty of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Sports-Ramon Llull University Barcelona (FPCEE-URL), and the Department of Psychology at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), with the following areas of research:
- Human relationships across the lifespan: couple, family, and group
- Mental health and psychopathology: Challenges of a global and changing society
- Exclusion: Social (in)justice, conflict, and psychological wellbeing
- Adaptive and maladaptive behaviors related to digital technologies
The program is conceived to provide training in a research environment for doctoral students interested in applying psychology across the lifespan and in relation to mental health and well-being in the context of contemporary societies, characterized by fast changes and complex social problems.
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Curriculum
Program Organisation
The International Ph.D. Program in Applied Psychology corresponds to 180 ECTS credits and has a duration of 3 years (6 semesters).
The student will join a research group and develop a thesis within the framework of one of the research areas described in the program. Each student will work on his or her thesis with a supervisory team consisting of three supervisors, one from each partner university.
Students enroll in one of the partner universities (“home institution”), where they spend most of their research time. When in FEPUCP, the course will take place on the premises of the Porto Regional Centre – Campus Foz; in FPCEE-URL, this will be at Blanquerna- Campus Cister; at NTU you will be based in the City Centre campus.
During the program, students must spend 12 months (two semesters) at another partner university: those from URL and UCP at NTU, and those from NTU at UCP and/or at URL. Additionally, students may have a 1-6 months internship at the third university, depending on the needs of their research project.
Program Outcome
The main objectives of the program are:
- To provide a strong research environment through highly qualified research teams;
- To offer a quality program, based on conceptual and methodological consistency, that focuses on state-of-the-art knowledge and research in one of the four research branches/areas;
- To encourage quality research within the research groups of the partner universities;
- To train researchers for a high level national/international career;
- To foster Ph.D. students’ mobility/internationalization and their participation in research networks;
- To maximize the international dissemination of research in relevant contexts for the area of study.