MSc in Applied Social Psychology
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline *
EARLIEST START DATE
Request earliest startdate
TUITION FEES
RUB 390,000 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* online applications are accepted for preliminary selection; online candidate interviews will be held with programmes; you have to upload your portfolio to the personal online account before August 10
** 195 000 – 390 000 RUB/year
Scholarships
Explore scholarship opportunities to help fund your studies
Introduction
The Applied Social Psychology program is a double-degree Master’s program offered by the HSE Faculty of Social Sciences and Tilburg University (the Netherlands), which explores different fields within social psychology, cross-cultural psychology, economic psychology, and work and organizational psychology.
Taught exclusively in English by world-renowned scholars in social science, it is a unique master’s program in Russia that gives students the opportunity to choose which areas they want to focus on, as well as the ability to complement their training in social psychology with minors in management, sociology, economics, and other disciplines.
Program Overview
Double Degree MSc in Applied Social Psychology
Structure of the program: 1st year at HSE, optional 2nd year at Tilburg University (for the Double Degree) or HSE.
Applied Social Psychology trains students in theoretical and applied social psychology, preparing them for careers in academia or in applied research settings. Students can enroll in a double-degree track, which will enable them to earn a degree from Tilburg University (the Netherlands) in addition to a degree from HSE University. Courses are taught by HSE lecturers and renowned experts from leading social and psychological schools worldwide. Students choose the areas that they wish to focus on so that they are well equipped to launch their careers after graduation.
Program benefits
- Study at two outstanding universities to earn two degrees.
- Set yourself up for an internationally-driven career.
- Gain practical experience from the beginning, working on international research projects through internships at the International Laboratory for Socio-Cultural Research.
- Prepare for future careers both in academia and business.
- Choose an individual learning pathway, combining electives from the program and from other HSE faculties.
- Learn from leading social psychology scholars, including S. H. Schwartz, J. Berry, S. Breugelmans, and N. Lebedeva at HSE and F. van de Vijver, M. Zeelenberg, and I. van Beest at Tilburg University.
Gallery
Admissions
Curriculum
Core courses and electives are offered in the following areas:
Year 1 – HSE University Moscow
- Social Psychology
- Cross-Cultural Psychology
Year 2 – Tilburg University (for double-degree students) or HSE University Moscow
- Economic Psychology
- Work and Organizational Psychology
Students select the courses within these areas that best align with their interests and career goals. Courses offered by other faculties at HSE can also be taken for credit. Classes are a mix of lectures, seminars, and practice sessions.
Career Opportunities
Students of the program "Applied social psychology" have an opportunity to gain knowledge in the following fields:
- The social psychology field provides a depth review of social attitudes, their predictive power for behaviors and outcomes in cognitive processing of social information and emotional responses; interpersonal and intergroup processes (leadership, group-effects), interpersonal communication, psychology of attraction and prosocial behavior, etc.;
- The cross-cultural psychology field provides students with knowledge of culture and cognition, culture and personality; instructs on the usage of cultures’ measuring and mapping, cultural values, and social axioms; provides practice-oriented workshops on intercultural relations, a psychological adaptation of migrants, prevention of ethnic and religious extremism; raises issues of multiculturalism as an ideology and practice of intercultural communication;
- The economic psychology field provides training in consumer behavior, investment and financial behavior, planning and assessment of social programs, advertisement evaluation and expertise;
- The organizational psychology field reviews organizational behavior, leadership in organizations, HR-consulting for organizations, personnel assessment, in-depth training in cross-cultural organizational behavior, assessment and adaptation of personnel in international companies.
Experience in the use of the latest innovations from research and practice provides our graduates great advantage in the labor market. Graduates of the program are trained in predicting and interpreting people's behavior, their response to socio-economic and political changes. They are skilled in the psychological facilitation of international negotiations and support in the process of acculturation for expatriates. Our graduates also gain the skills of media monitoring and analysis when it comes to the issues of how the media and virtual reality influence people's attitudes and behavior.
Which companies are looking for our graduates?
Graduates of our program are currently employed in international companies and large Russian corporations (e.g. Gazprom, Severstal, etc). They are also highly valued in recruitment agencies and consulting centers. Fluent and skilled professional communication in English and the skills of statistical data analysis contribute to our graduates' competitiveness in both Russian and international labor markets. According to surveys, 100% of the graduates were hired within the first year after graduation, and most of them use skills and knowledge obtained at the program in their everyday professional lives. Moreover, many students start working before graduation. Among those who choose the double degree option, around 40% stay employed in the Netherlands after a successful internship in Dutch companies. A large number of the graduates work as researchers and continue their path in academia by enrolling in Ph.D. programs in Russia and abroad.
There are several career directions for MSc "Applied social psychology" graduates:
- Career in academia: enrollment for the Ph.D. program at graduate schools around the world, work for research centers (ILSCR, LCSR, VTsIOM, FOM)
- Career in teaching: internship and teaching for colleges and universities (including HSE);
- Career in civil service: state administrative professionals (departments and offices dealing with social and migration issues);
- Work for Russian and International corporations (MTS, MARS, Unilever, ROMIR, GfK-Rus). Double degree graduates have an opportunity to gain employment in European companies after internship for Tilburg University;
- Career in consulting: consultant at various social and welfare centers (Centers of monitoring and prevention of ethnic conflicts, the Museum of tolerance, etc.);
- Work for a non-government and non-profit organization, charity funds (CAF, UNICEF, WWF)