The qualification awarded: Clinical Psychologist
Programme leader: Kseniya Pyrkova, PhD in Medicine, Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology and Personality Psychology.
The degree programme aims at training highly qualified graduates to carry out professional activities in the field of clinical psychology.
Competitive advantages of the program
The Department partners with the Republican Clinical Psychiatric Hospital named after V.M. Bekhterev, the center of integrative psychotherapy ‘Era’, the Raif special educational institution of the closed type, the rehabilitation center for children and adolescents with disabilities ‘Sunny RT’. The emphasis in the educational process is placed on the practical application of acquired knowledge. The main competitive advantages of the program are unique courses and highly qualified academic and teaching staff.
Fields of expertise
Students can work and carry out their research in the organizations of health care, social protection, and education of the population. Graduates can also provide private psychological counseling services.
Curriculum
The curriculum is built on practical and hands-on experience. The program focuses on psychological factors of maladaptation and development of neuropsychic and psychosomatic diseases; psychological assessment in clinical practice; psychological counseling in the framework of preventive, curative and rehabilitation work, also focusing on crisis and extreme situations; psychological examination (medical-social, medical-pedagogical, forensic-psychological, military).
Student teaching internship and career opportunities
· The Republican Clinical Psychiatric Hospital named after V.M. Bekhterev;
· The center of integrative psychotherapy ‘Era’;
· School for children and adolescents with the disruptive behavior of the closed type ‘Republican Special General School named after N.A. Gallyamova’;
· The Raif special educational institution of the closed type;
· The rehabilitation center for children and adolescents with disabilities ‘Sunny RT’.
