Master Foundations of Clinical Psychology - Máster en Fundamentos de Psicología Clínica

Study a well-recognised and respected Master’s course with a patient-centred focus, teaching the origins and range of clinical psychology.

A Bachelors Honours degree with 2:1 or equivalent in a required subject

International entry requirements
If English is not your first language, you will need to provide evidence that you can understand English to a satisfactory level. English language requirements, for this course are normally:

IELTS (Academic) 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in writing and 5.5 in speaking, listening and reading or equivalent.

Respected course, producing highly thought after and employable graduates for many branches of psychology
Excellent preparation if you wish to enter training to qualify as a clinical psychologist
Patient-centred approach, using case studies to consider a wide range of therapies and disorders
Study advanced research methods to prepare you to undertake independent research
Choose your specialism of interest for your research project, which will be supported by workshops and literature reviews
Delivery is typically two days per week between October and May each year, with supervision for the dissertation in June and July. This delivery pattern allows you to plan and build a clinical portfolio more effectively.

Roots & Range of Psychological Disorders: An introduction to the origins of mainstream psychological disorders. This provides context for the teaching of the subject for the rest of the course, and allows you to gain an in-depth understanding of the range of clinical psychological disorders.
Psychological Therapy: The main psychological therapeutic approaches used in the clinical treatment of disorders.
Advanced Research Methods: The unit covers a range of research methods and a tool used for conducting advanced level research, and describes the intricacies of experimental design in such contexts. The unit aims to prepare students for undertaking independent research using advanced research techniques.
Advanced Statistics: You will learn and apply a range of statistical techniques intended for analysing data from psychological research. These are advanced techniques which are not covered at undergraduate level.
Research Project: You can choose a specialism of interest and explore in detail core aspects of your subject area.

As a Foundations of Clinical Psychology graduate, you will be prepared to undertake roles such as:

Clinical Psychologist
Community Support Officer
Healthcare Assistant
Learning Support Assistant
Occupational Therapist.