Psychology

Psychology Master’s Programme

Current challenges such as demographic change and the development of a long-lived society, intergenerational and multicultural diversity, digitalisation and the increasing psychosocial risks due to the complexity of the world we live in are also increasing the need for psychological skills and appropriately trained psychologists. The master’s programme in Psychology will enable you to acquire interdisciplinary knowledge and develop the needed competencies to apply diagnostic methods, procedures, approaches and counselling skills when working with individuals and groups.

In-demand competencies that you will develop

Counselling skills

You will develop counselling skills to work independently with individuals and groups to enhance optimal functioning and quality of life, both professionally and personally.

Personal development and ethics

You will build personal competencies, develop empathy and supportive communication skills, as well as other social skills that are important for working responsibly with different target groups. You will learn how to apply and respect the principles and standards of psychological ethics at all levels of professional practice.

Research work

You will be trained to use scientific research methods and complex methods of data analysis to solve professional and scientific problems in the field of psychology.

Interdisciplinary connections

The programme will integrate basic and applied psychological skills with knowledge in related professional fields to develop competencies for effective performance in different workplaces and social settings.

Addressing complex psychosocial challenges

You will be trained to co-shape creative, successful and healthy social environments and to comprehensively address and resolve complex psychosocial challenges in different areas of applied psychology.

Diagnostic and assessment skills

You will develop practical skills for the development and use of psychodiagnostic instruments, which are designed to assess cognitive function and personality. You will learn how to correctly interpret the results of psychological testing.

Programme structure

1st year (60 ECTS)

Compulsory Courses

Differential psychology 9 ECTS
Psychodiagnostics 9 ECTS
Work psychology and health management 9 ECTS
Conflict management, mediation and coaching 9 ECTS
Judgment, Decision Making and Problem Solving 9 ECTS
Applied Psychometrics 9 ECTS
Positive Psychology 6 ECTS

2nd year (60 ECTS)

Compulsory Courses

Psychologic counselling 6 ECTS
Practical work 6 ECTS
Raziskovalni praktikum 6 ECTS
Elective courses 1, 2 and 3 (6 ECTS + 6 ECTS + 6 ECTS)
Master's thesis 24 ECTS

Elective courses list

Elective courses are chosen by the student from a common pool of elective courses, provided they are not also compulsory courses within the student’s program. The faculty offers those elective courses for which a sufficient number of students have registered.

Business for Social Responsibility and Business Ethics 6 ECTS
Intelectual Property 6 ECTS
Chinese with Asian Business Culture 6 ECTS
Cognitive behavioural coaching 6 ECTS
Communication and Lobbying 6 ECTS
International Business Law 6 ECTS
International marketing 6 ECTS
International Business Finance 6 ECTS
Measuring and Assuring the Quality of life 6 ECTS
Advanced Artificial Intelligence for Business Innovation and Digital Management 6 ECTS
Personal coaching 6 ECTS
Positive Psychology 6 ECTS
Attraction, Selection, and Employment of Staf 6 ECTS
Educational psychology 6 ECTS
The Psyhology of Leadership 6 ECTS
Sustainable and smart mobility systems 6 ECTS
Sustainable human resource management and Health and Safety Management 6 ECTS
Energy management in cities, smart buildings and processes 6 ECTS
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Business Intelligence (BI) 6 ECTS
Big Data Management 6 ECTS

Curricula of Elective Courses