53 Social Psychology Masters Degree Programs

The Psychological Sciences (Conversion) MSc online has been created for students and working professionals from non-psychology backgrounds, who want to gain a comprehensive understanding of the practical applications of psychological sciences and their impact on society. As a graduate, you’ll have acquired important transferable skills at an advanced level, such as research design, data analysis, and report preparation, whilst also building a solid basis to pursue a career as a professional psychologist through further study within the discipline (e.g. PhD, ClinPsyD, DEdPsy).

Master Psychology: Health and Social Psychology studies behaviour and behavioural change using methods from clinical and social psychology. The main focus is on understanding how people’s personalities, cognitions and social environment influence their health and social functioning.

Immerse yourself in modules exploring the psychology of intergroup behaviour, social cognition attitudes and persuasion, relating this MSc Social Psychology research to social problems. Taught by world-leading experts, developing you into an independent thinker ready to continue onto a doctorate or train as a psychologist.

The Experimental and Applied Psychology department at VU Amsterdam offers talented and motivated students a challenging and unique two-year Research Master’s program in Social Psychology. The program focuses on providing in-depth knowledge of major fields in social psychology by emphasizing general principles underlying social behavior.

The focus of the MSc in Psychology: Applied Social Psychology is on the theory and application of psychology to manage real-life problems. We provide an international approach, with international and staff experts tuition from professionals in the field, and you will have the freedom to choose your own area of specialization. Dutch students can take a large part of the program in Dutch.

The master course in Psychology of wellbeing and social inclusivity is aimed to train students on individual and collective well-being as social inclusivity. It is focussed on neurobiological correlates, individual and socio-psychological factors underlying individual and collective well-being in the lifespan.

Sustainability Psychology at the University of Leuphana is taught by members from various departments of the institute of psychology. The Institute's members are enthusiastic about research that answers fundamental psychological questions and at the same time focuses on their usefulness for sustainable social transformation processes. The Institute's psychological research focuses on changes in individuals at the micro level (e.g. negotiations in business relationships, fairness in performance evaluations) and at the macro level on changes in sub-areas of society (e.g. stakeholders in collective bargaining conflicts, occupational health managers).

The Social Psychology of Transformation (SPOT) Joint Erasmus Mundus Master Programme invites you on an exciting two-year journey through Europe. We are excited to offer you a unique opportunity to study at several leading European universities (ultimately earning a joint European degree) and to benefit from the expertise of all seven partner universities through a co-teaching approach integrated across the entire curriculum.

The MSc in Clinical and Community Psychology programme is based in the Department of Psychology, which has a strong focus on research and its application to clinical and community settings. This course represents an exit route for those interested in research careers in the voluntary/state sector and appointment as Assistant Psychologists in the health sector, and it provides an excellent basis for entry to doctoral-level degree programmes in psychology for those with a PSI-accredited undergraduate degree.

This MSc focuses on how individuals construe the social world and the processes that underlie social judgement and behaviour. The programme draws on the research of outstanding academic staff working in the areas of social cognition, social endocrinology, socio-cognitive neuroscience, and judgement and decision-making to provide unique, cutting-edge perspectives on humans as social beings. This programme should contribute to an understanding of applied societal problems in domains of climate change, mental health, inequality and social conflict.

How are our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours shaped by our social environment? And how do we shape that environment with our minds? The program will help you become the best researcher you can be. Learn all about evolution, morality, and cooperation, while acquiring excellent research skills.

Alef Trust's fully accredited online distance-learning MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology is an intellectually-stimulating and practice-oriented programme of study. Students develop critical thinking, writing and research skills while focusing on diverse topics related to the nature of consciousness, the dynamics between psyche and soma, the psychology of self and higher states of being, and the psychological basis of spiritual and mystical practices.

++ one year Master's ++ 100% online ++ possible Master's without first degree (without Bachelor) ++ work-accompanying ++

This Master has a modular structure, with a common module that lays the foundations for assessment, counselling and psycho-pedagogical intervention, to be later divided into two itineraries. The first itinerary is that of intervention in attention to diversity, which addresses people with specific educational needs, the programs for these people and the contexts in which they develop. The second itinerary is that of intervention in the social and working environment, in which the routes of socio-labor inclusion, intervention in lifelong learning and professional development, information and socio-labor support networks are addressed. This Master focuses on various contexts of action, such as those of attention to diversity and socio-labor, which require professionals who are specifically trained in these fields.

Why is it so hard for some people to limit their alcohol consumption? Why do some people lose their temper easily? Do you like finding answers to questions such as these? And can you see yourself helping people change their habits? Then you should consider specialising in Health and Social Psychology. The main focus of this specialisation is on understanding how people's personalities, cognitions and social environment influence their health and social functioning. You'll analyse the underlying mechanisms of unhealthy or antisocial behaviour using recent theories and models from various psychological disciplines. And you'll use this knowledge to set up behaviour-change Programs. After completing your master's, you can become a researcher in an academic or applied health setting, or work in communication planning, health promotion or policy-making.