Postgraduate Study

Do you have an accredited four year psychology degree? If you are interested in pursuing professional registration as a psychologist then either our Professional Doctorate or one of our Masters level programs could be for you.

Do you want to be come a registered Counsellor? You can appply for our Masters of Counselling if you have a three or four year bachelors degree in one of the following areas: Social Work; Psychology; Social Welfare; Behavioural Studies; Human Services; Nursing; The Therapies; Medicine; or other appropriate fields of study.

Alternatively, if you would like to pursue a career in research or academia, you should consider a Research PhD.

Postgraduate Programs

The following figure represents your options for postgraduate study in Psychology at UQ. Please click on the program names in the figure to find out more about each program.

APAC Accredited 4 Year Psychology Degree with Honours	Research PhD (3-4 Years)	Academic/Research Career
	Professional Doctorate (3 Years)	Registration as a Psychologist (May commence PhD after 1 year of Masters level study)
	Master of Clinical Psychology (2 Years)
	Master of Organisational Psychology (2 Years)
	Master of Applied Psychology (Health/Counselling/Sport) (2 Years)
Approved 3 Year Bachelors Degree (see details above)	Master of Counselling (2 Years)	Practice as a Counsellor