Psychology MA
Israel
Ecuador
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Iraq
Turkey
Maldives
Psychology MA
Psychologist
Degree program
Master
OH-FHF/1470-4/2009.
English
4 semesters (2 years)
120
5
150
The aim of the programme is to train psychology professionals who have mastered the theories and methods of psychological science on an advanced level, are proficient in the various subfields of psychology, possess the skills and techniques of psychology as a profession and are able to apply these to help individuals, groups or organizations develop and improve. The programme also aims to provide students with expertise based on the most recent theoretical advancements and practical knowledge in the field, so students develop professional skills and a commitment to psychology as a profession. This solid foundation of knowledge enables graduates to practise psychology as a vocation independently, participate in post-graduate programmes and attend further methodological trainings in psychology.
There are three specialisations available. We cannot guarantee that each specialisation will start in September as it depends on the number of applications received-minimum 12 per specialization.
Clinical and Health Psychology Specialisation
The educational aims of Clinical and Health Psychology specialisation: to train experts in the applied branches of clinical and health psychology who possess extensive knowledge of diagnostics, therapy and clinical research, who have wide-ranging skills in methodology and who are able to use their Master’s level knowledge of psychology in the service of promoting and improving health.
Our students will gain competence in the following areas:
- Clinical and diagnostic work
- Supportive and motivational communication
- Planning and assessment of health promotion programmes
- The critical assessment and identification of the practical relevance of clinical research.
Our research teams and workshops:
- Health Psychology Research Group
- Research Team in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
- Research Group on Addiction
- Positive Psychology Research Group
- Personality, Health and Emotion Regulation
- Our partners
- Support Centre for Giving Up Smoking- Budapest
- National Institute for Health Development
- Research Institute for Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Counselling and Educational Psychology Specialisation
The educational aims of the Counseling and School Psychology specialisation:
- to train professionals – working primarily in the practical areas – who are equally familiar with the socialisation issues of childhood, adolescence and adulthood, who possess the necessary skills in their theoretical preparedness as well as in their diagnostic and counselling methods used in practice to work with clients of various age groups,
- they can primarily be employed by childcare institutions (nursery and pre-school) and schools, educational advisories and other institutions doing work related to career counselling, life skills counselling and crisis counselling,
- they are familiar with the psychodynamics of individual, group and family counselling.
- Their work in psychological care can especially be useful at the various levels of prevention. Its mission is to facilitate development and change in individuals, groups and family systems alike.
Our students will gain skills in the following areas:
- Life skills, Couple’s and Family Counseling
- Career counselling
- Group counselling
- School psychology
- Educational counselling
- Crisis intervention
- Children’s psycho-diagnostics
- Counseling in health psychology
Our research groups and workshops
- Pedagogical Psychology
- Research Group on Test Methodology for Differential and School Psychology
- Research Group on Teaching Profession and School Psychology
- Research Group on Qualitative Psychology
For more information, please visit the following link: https://www.ppk.elte.hu/psychology_ma_program_
- Top 250 programme (Time Higher Education, 2022)
- Practice-based programme
- 20+ research groups and labs are open to young researchers
- Professional qualifications
- Administrative capacity to assist student life
- Exchange opportunities to more than 70 partner universities
- 2 specialisations available
The programme’s purpose is to train psychologists, who are apprised of the different fields of psychology. They know the profession’s methods and instruments, and are able to use them in order to get acquainted with individuals, groups or organisations, and develop them if necessary. They possess adequate knowledge to continue their studies in a doctoral programme.
Psychologist:
- at companies
- at civil organizations
- in hospitals
- at schools
4,700 EUR
4,700 EUR
EUR 60 (non-refundable) between 20/11/2025-30/01/2026___EUR 120 (non-refundable) between 01/02/2026-25/03/2026___EUR 120 (non-refundable) between 26/04/2026-15/06/2026___EUR 180 (non-refundable) between 16/06/2026-10/07/2026
EUR 60 (non-refundable) between 20/11/2025-30/01/2026___EUR 120 (non-refundable) between 01/02/2026-25/03/2026___EUR 120 (non-refundable) between 26/04/2026-15/06/2026___EUR 180 (non-refundable) between 16/06/2026-10/07/2026
Entrance exam fee: 120 EUR (non-refundable)
Entrance exam fee: 120 EUR (non-refundable)
4,700 EUR
EUR 60 (non-refundable) between 20/11/2025-30/01/2026___EUR 120 (non-refundable) between 01/02/2026-25/03/2026___EUR 120 (non-refundable) between 26/04/2026-15/06/2026___EUR 180 (non-refundable) between 16/06/2026-10/07/2026
Entrance exam fee: 120 EUR (non-refundable)
Yes
01, Sep, 2026
10, Jul, 2026
No
Entry requirements
Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or Psychology-related Sciences. However, full credit acknowledgement is given only for a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. In the case of a Psychology-related Sciences degree, each degree will be considered individually, and transcripts from your Bachelor’s degree as well as course descriptions will be requested. The minimum requirement is 100 ECTs in psychology , including the following fields:
- general/cognitive/experimental psychology
- developmental psychology
- personality psychology
- social psychology
- research methods and statistics
- mental health/problems issues
If the applicant takes their final examination during the current semester, and their degree certificate (diploma) is not issued before the last application deadline, a certification is required, which verifies that the applicant will presumably receive a degree. In case of being accepted as a student, however, the applicant must present the diploma upon enrolment at the latest.
The educational and outcome requirements are defined by the Ministry of Human Capacities (Regulation No. 18/2016. (VIII. 5.)). The details of the application and admission process are defined by the Organisational and Operational Regulations of ELTE.
Language requirements
IELTS 6.5+ or a B2 level Cambridge certificate (both oral and written)
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Bachelor-level degree |
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Transcript of records |
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CV |
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| Motivation letter | The letter should contain approximately 2000 characters. You should explain your experiences and ideas, how you met psychology and why you thought this profession would be suitable for you, what your aim is with the MA degree, how you would imagine your career, which area you are interested in, what further studies you are planning and which specialisation you would like to apply for. |
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Copy of the main pages of the passport (needs to be valid) |
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Proof of application fee payment |
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Proof of entrance exam fee payment |
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| Reference work | It can be any paper written in English by the applicant within the field of psychology (BA thesis extract, a research paper, a seminar paper, a research report, a published journal article or a book chapter, a case study, a literature review, etc.) Either a new paper or an improved version of an earlier work can also be written for the current application. The ideal length should be between 5-15 pages excluding references and the appendices. Click here for more detailed information regarding the reference work requirements. |
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Other: An official English translation of the certificates and the records if the language of the original is not English |
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Language certificate |
IELTS 6.5+ or B2 level Cambridge Certificate (if available) |
Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or Psychology-related Sciences. However, full credit acknowledgement is given only for a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. In the case of a Psychology-related Sciences degree, each degree will be considered individually, and transcripts from your Bachelor's degree as well as course descriptions will be requested.
The application starts in the online application system. Students need to register in the system, fill in the online application form, upload the required documents and follow the instructions during the application process.
The application and the entrance exam fee should be paid using the new Epay system. More details soon.
The deadline for application means the deadline of submission of the full and complete application package in the online system.
The application procedure includes 4 periods in order to give the applicants the freedom to submit their application when it’s most suitable for them.
- Early bird application: until January 31st - discounted application fee: 60 EUR
- Regular application 1: February 1st – March 25th
- Regular application 2: April 26th – June 15th
- Last Call: June 16th – July 10th - increased application fee: 180 EUR
We do not take applications between March 26th and April 26th!
The Faculty of Education and Psychology ELTE reserves the right to cancel the entrance periods in case the number of the admitted applicants reaches the limit during the previous entrance periods.
When the university receives the full application package and it is checked by the Student Affairs and Registrar’s Office an entrance exam date option will be sent in the online application system after the application deadline for the relevant period. Please, check your messages in the online application system, and the e-mail address that is linked to the account regularly.
How to pay the application fee?
You are required to pay 60/120/180 EUR application fee (non-refundable) depending on the application period, at the following link: ELTE Online Fizetési Rendszer
Please follow the instructions below carefully:
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In the Faculty dropdown menu select the Faculty of Education and Psychology |
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In the payment title; please select the application fee option |
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In the Subtitle field, select the programme level you are applying for(BA,BSc/MA,MSc/PhD) |
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In the Discount Code field, enter the code based on your application period: |
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Early Bird period: enter this specific code: EARLY BIRD PPK (valid between: 2025.11.25 – 2026.01.31)
Regular application period: enter this specific code: REGULAR PPK (valid between: 2026.02.01 – 2026.06.15)
Late application period: enter this specific code: LAST CALL PPK (valid between: 2026.06.16 – 2026.07.10)
The discount codes work without accents, but they are sensitive to spaces. To avoid any issues, the best option is to copy and paste the code directly as shown above.
Procedure of the entrance examination
You are required to pay 120 EUR entrance examination fee (non-refundable) at the following link: ELTE Online Fizetési Rendszer
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In the Faculty dropdown menu select the Faculty of Education and Psychology |
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In the payment title; please select the entrance examination fee option |
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In the Subtitle field, select the programme level you are applying for(BA,BSc/MA,MSc/PhD) |
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There are no discounts for the entrance examination fee!
The entrance exam consist of three parts.
The applicant is expected to talk about their motivation, earlier psychological studies, future plans besides the reference work submitted in the application.
Then, a discussion follows about an academic psychology-related article, which the applicant receives one hour prior to the interview. The article is from a field of the chosen specialisation. For example, in case of Clinical and Health Psychology Specialisation, the article will be about a research in that area. The applicant has one hour to read the article and make notes. Any additional help can be used (e.g. a dictionary). Then the examiner will start a discussion about the article and may ask the applicant to summarise it and will ask several questions:
- about its content
- about the methodology
- about the results and their application
- what could be improved
- what would be a suitable next step in the research.
During the entrance exam emphasis is laid on the the applicant' theoretical background, critical methodological analysis, statistical procedures, knowledge of the relevant vocabulary, placing of the results within the relevant field of research.
Finally, the interview gives room for questions coming from the applicant.
Successful applicants must have a good command of English and pass the entrance exam.The entrance exam can be taken personally or via an MS Teams meeting. (The application does not need to be downloaded, the meeting is accessible through the browser.)
For more information and guidance regarding the evaluation, as well as how to get prepared, please check the following website: http://applyppk.elte.hu/programme/psychology-ma/
The applications are examined by the Admission Board and applicants are notified of the outcome of the selection in the online application system. The ranking is based on a total evaluation of the academic excellence (based on the submitted documents) and the results of the entrance exam. Admission letters are sent out in the online application system.
Adrien RIGÓ
associate professor
Violetta FRANK
International Admission Coordinator
E-mail: admission@ppk.elte.hu
TEL: +36 1 461 4500 / 3499
Postal address: 1075 Budapest, Kazinczy utca 23-27.
Psychology MA at the Faculty of Education and Psychology
Psychology MA at the Faculty of Education and Psychology
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