Study location	Italy, Padua
Type	Master's degree, full-time
Nominal duration	2 years (120 ECTS)
Study language	Italian
Awards	(Laurea magistrale in Psicologia di Comunità, della Promozione del Benessere e del Cambiamento Sociale)
Course code	PS2381/000ZZ/2023

Tuition fee	€2,642 per year For more information please visit: www.unipd.it/en/tuition-fees
Application fee	€30 one-time This fee is non-refundable.
Deposit	€205 one-time In order to accept your place at the University of Padua, the payment of the admission fee is required. This fee is non-refundable.

Entry qualification

Bachelor diploma (or equivalent) A minimum three-year undergraduate degree (or equivalent) is required with proven skills in General Psychology, Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology, Psychometrics, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and in at least on of these subjects: Work and Organizational Psychology, Dynamic Psychology, Clinical Psychology. - For non-EU students residing outside Italy please check the relevant Call for admission - For EU students or equated or non-EU students residing in Italy, please check the relevant Call for admission (TBD) Please verify country-based specific entry title requirements at the following link. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian. You can often get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents with you when you finally go to the university. If you are admitted to the degree course, you will have to submit other documents including original and translated/legalised copies of your previous qualifications, etc. No legalised documents are required at application stage.

Language requirements	English B2 level (CEFR) or equivalent Please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions

Other requirements	Specific requirements for Non-EU applicants: Italian – B2 Level (CEFR) or equivalent: please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions Available places for non-European candidates residing outside Italy: 4 (2 for Chinese students joining the Marco Polo Project)

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Overview

A programme that focuses on persons-in-contexts and the community at large such as cities, neighbourhoods, virtual, workplace, and school communities. By activating the resources present in the community itself, the course offers the theoretical models of social, general, developmental, clinical and health psychology to identify, for preventive purposes, areas and groups of those at risk. Students will gain theoretical knowledge needed to encourage social change and the promotion of pro-social attitudes to develop projects that prevent mental, physical and social health problems by detecting the needs of groups and communities and to prevent risky behaviour and aggressive conduct. Students will be able to evaluate the mental, physical and social health problems of groups and operate interventions in the psycho-social fields adaptable to the situation.

Career opportunities

The Master’s degree programme in Psychology of Community, Wellness Promotion, and Social Change train professionals in the following skills: a) assess the main health, mental health and social problems in specific social groups and communities through scientifically validated tools and investigation techniques; b) design psychosocial interventions that are culturally sensitive to the contexts (e.g. the critical aspects of virtual communities, bullying in schools, cultural integration in neighborhoods and cities) based on the main theoretical models of the scientific literature.
Graduates will become specialists and proficient in the profession of Psychological Sciences and, after passing the State Exam and registering to the professional Order of Psychologists, will be able to work and function as a Psychologist (with the possibility to carry out the psychotherapeutic profession after further studies in graduate schools enabling the exercise of Psychotherapy). The graduate can also work as a professional in the social and public health facilities (consistent with applicable rules for access to the role of psychologist in the National Health System) and private (local associations, national and international social cooperation agencies), and as a professional psychologist, in particular in the field consulting and advising for the design of social and health policies, and in evaluating the effectiveness of prevention projects.