Psychology is the favourite science for students who want to get into the depths of human feelings. This is considered to be the science of mind and behaviour. More specifically, psychology wants to explore the way people think, act, and feel, by appealing to the emotional side of people.
Passion can lead students to choose this specialisation. It is not considered a difficult one, but it is not very easy to approach, as the theoretical elements of the discipline are combined with the practical ones.
After studying Psychology, students choose to specialise in a particular sub-field. Depending on their preference, they can choose between Biological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Comparative Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality Psychology and many others.
Psychology is a great opportunity to get to know each other better and to get to know others. Thus, students who are looking to understanding human behaviour, feelings and mind gain an inside vision of what these notions really mean and what determines people to make certain decisions and act under different circumstances.
The employment rate among Psychology graduates has grown in recent years. Salaries are satisfactory, and young people can focus either on psychological services in schools, hospitals, treatment centres, clinics, depending on the specialisation chosen. Furthermore, Psychology graduates can integrate a career in social media, marketing, and advertising, as they understand best the reasons why people choose to make decisions according to what they see in real life.
In the four years of Bachelor studies, graduates acquire the necessary knowledge to practice Psychology, initially learning the underlying theoretical notions. These notions become an important starting point in their career, seeing later how practice blends very well with theory. It should be noted that on the labour market, students who hold a Bachelor’s degree are much more appreciated and have an advantage over those who follow simple courses.
A Master’s program usually lasts between 2 and 3 years, coming as a complement to the Bachelor’s courses. Master courses have a much more loaded curriculum and a great deal of information. A Doctoral program is dedicated to students who want to do research in Psychology in various institutes or to become teachers. This has a duration of between 5 and 7 years.
I arrived in Lecce in 2018. I was a 19-year old girl, curious but confused about her future and her abilities, moving alone for the very first time. I still remember the welcome in my first student apartment, that I shared with two colleagues. Soon, we became a real family: we lived together, we went to the university together, we partied together. The student life was not the best, compared to other cities in Italy, since Lecce is a small town, but there are distinctive pubs and bars where you can find live music, local beers and the food from Puglia is just AMAZING! I liked the classes, the professors were young and open to any suggestions to improve the lessons; also the amount of study was fair. I spent my last year in Spain, with an Erasmus programme first, and then for an internship. The University of Salento doesn’t have a real international netword in my opinion, but still, it offers 3/4 countries every year to study abroad. Except for some external problems (few public means of transport, bureaucratic disorganization), it has been one of the most memorable experiences of my life.
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