Master of Professional Psychology

Western Sydney University

About Master of Professional Psychology

If you're a fourth-year Psychology graduate, this degree gives you a fifth year of training under the 'five plus one' model. You'll emerge with an APAC-accredited degree and 50 per cent of the requirements towards registration as a general psychologist.

You’ll be trained in the key areas of ethics, psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions. Emerge with an APAC-accredited degree and 50 per cent of the requirements towards registration as a general psychologist. To obtain full registration, you will need to organise additional supervised placement hours.

To meet the need for forensically oriented psychologists in the field, this degree also addresses psychological practice within the forensic psychology domain.

Entry Requirements

Successful completion of a recognised** Bachelor degree equivalent to an Australian degree

English Program Requirements

With many English testing centres currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Western Sydney University will temporarily extend the time validity for existing approved official IELTS or TOEFL IBT English test scores to 3 years instead of 2 years before the intended intake commencement for programs requiring IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.

Changes have also been made to our list of approved English tests. Western will temporarily accept the following alternative English tests for programs requiring IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.

English Requirements

  • Min IELTS: 6.5

Career

The Master of Professional Psychology provides you with one year of the two-year registration process for psychologists. Once you have completed your second year and become fully registered, you'll be ready to make a real difference to people's lives in:

  • Counselling
  • Hospitals and other mental health services
  • Education
  • Law and corrections
  • Family and community-based services
  • Private practice
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Course Summary

Study level

Postgraduate

Discipline

Humanities

Cricos

088715D

Duration

1 year

Study mode

On Campus

Fee*

A$40,320 per year
University Summary

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