Overview

The Health Psychology masters at Comenius University Bratislava can choose specific scientific methods of basic and applied research in health psychology, overlapping general and experimental psychology, pedagogical, counselling and school psychology, clinical psychology and social psychology, and work psychology.

He has extensive professional knowledge from several areas of the field of study, which serves as a basis for conducting research and development and creating new knowledge in psychology.

Career opportunities

Graduates will be prepared to work in higher education, public health and epidemiology, health care, public administration, development and analysis, and the private sector. Thanks to their interdisciplinary training and experience with international research projects, they will be valuable contributors to global research networks.

Graduates of the doctoral study of Health Psychology are, at the same time, fully qualified to perform any practice in psychology following the legislation for individual specialisations. The graduates will most often hold the occupational psychologists' positions due to the demand on the labour market.

Also, the graduates work, for example, in various areas of clinical psychology, traffic psychology, forensic psychology, pedagogical, school, counselling psychology, research positions, and many others.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

International Conferences

Advanced Statistical Analysis

Course Lecturing

Member of project team

Seminars in Health Psychology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-30 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

180 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus, Blended

Campus Location

Bratislava, Slovakia

Disciplines

Psychology

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Graduate of the 2nd degree of university study

Knowledge of English at B2 level

Knowledge of Psychology equivalent to the completion of the second degree of single-subject study of

Psychology.

Critical evaluation of information - processing of fundamental theories and empirical studies, presented in

the submitted PhD project and during the presentation in the admission procedure

Scientific integrity - without signs of plagiarism in the submitted PhD project or previous studies and

scientific research practice.

Experience with writing a scientific text

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

1000 EUR / year

≈ 1000 EUR / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

1000 EUR / year

≈ 1000 EUR / year

Living costs

Bratislava

Slovakia

600 - 980 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Scholarships Information

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