University of Geneva - UNIGE
speciality:
Psychology
What is a Psychology Degree?
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.
Benefits of a Psychology Degree
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.
Psychology Degree Structure
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.
2 Student Reviews
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Psychology13 Jun, 2024
DoraCHMy experience as a psychology student at UNIGEMy adventure at UNIGE has begun in 2019, with a surprising beginning of academic career in chemistry. Having discovered I wasn’t set for this field, the University allowed me, as it does to all students, to switch paths smoothly to begin a Bachelor’s degree in psychology. Since then, I have completed it and begun a Master’s degree. University of Geneva is a great public university that is usually accommodating, but lacks engagement in student needs and remains quite superficial. The buildings are great, though some are getting a bit old, but there is no campus to properly speaking, which makes up for a quite deceiving student experience. The study plan in my field is comprehensive, but it’s too much academically oriented, even though the majority of students plan to work in the field. Finally, it would have been great to have a major-minor system, in order to be able to broaden our horizons to other fields.
View moreProgramme: PsychologyDegree: Master'sGraduation: 2025Delivery Type: On CampusCampus: Geneva -
Psychology17 Nov, 2019
StudentInternational University in SwitzerlandThe university of Geneva is in the center of Geneva, not far from local attractions, the Leman Lake and the mountains. I like the facts that it’s international, a lot of students come from all around the world, especially to study economics (bilingual program – French/English) and international relations, to work at the UN, WHO, WTO, etc.
Switzerland being a calm country, there is not a crazy amount of parties held by the University. If you’re part of international students groups (Erasmus), there is a good chance that you will have somewhere to go out everyday.
The quality of the education is very high, and the teachers come from everywhere around the world. The UNIGE is very inexpensive as well : 500 Swiss francs/semester, so a total of 1000chf per year.A little extra this year : 2 Nobel Prizes out of 3 at Geneva University! This should impact the global ranking of the university in the Shanghai ranking.
View moreProgramme: PsychologyDegree: Bachelor'sCampus: Geneva
