School of Psychological Sciences
Department of Psychology
The department of psychology qualifies new generations of young psychologists through providing theoretical knowledge and practical skills for promoting psychological research. The department is dedicated to academic excellence combined with personal supervision by the faculty members as well as clinical practice and tutorials as a central part of the training process.
Department of Cognitive Sciences
The field of cognitive sciences combines different approaches regarding mental processes such as perception, learning, memory, and others. The research methods combine computational models representing brain networks and simulations of artificial intelligence that mimic human behavior and can predict complex situations.
*Awarding the degree is conditional upon approval of the council for higher education.
The Interdisciplinary Program of Child Development
The goal of the program is to deepen the knowledge of practitioners working with children and youth in developmental domains, and to provide tools for critical approach and for setting up intervention, evaluation and training programs. The studies are based on updated theories in child development, and they survey various disorders, adoption, and out-of-home therapeutic frameworks, combined with practical training in the field.
Prof. Gal Richter Levin
Head of the School of Psychological Sciences
Message from the School Head
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Welcome to the school of psychological sciences at the University of Haifa. The school includes a variety of research areas in psychology (BA, MA, Ph.D.), cognitive sciences (BA), and child development programs (MA and Ph.D.). The school includes 31 leading researchers, who work to promote research and pedagogy in the school using a variety of innovative ideas and methods. The school promotes interdisciplinary research in different areas including clinical research, brain and behavior, neurocognition, child development, psychopathology, neuropsychology, cognitive psychology and human factors, social psychology and philosophy. In parallel with research, the school emphasizes high-quality pedagogy in all degrees through providing theoretical knowledge, critical thinking, as well as practical skills and tools. You are invited to visit the websites of the different departments for more information! |
