Program Description

Warsaw International Studies in Psychology (WISP) is a full 5-year masters program in psychology. In the first 3 years students complete basic coursework. Years 4 and 5 are devoted to advanced courses and masters seminars. The program includes courses that are required for all students (obligatory) as well as courses that are selected by each student in accordance with her/his interests (electives). The main goal of the WISP program is to provide a high quality psychology education in English both for foreign students and for Polish students fluent in English who see their future careers on an international scene. In order to ensure the most up-to-date education, our team of lecturers is composed of at least 30% of foreign lecturers invited from renowned universities and research institutes in Europe and North America. The program is designed to provide students with a solid background in psychology and methodology of social sciences and at the same time to let students shape an education path closest to their interests. Obligatory core courses comprise only about 50% of the course total, the rest are selected from a wide range of electives and specialization courses. We collaborate with Collegium Civitas, a private school of social sciences run under the auspices of the Polish Academy of Sciences as well as the Warsaw School of Social Psychology. Our Faculty is known for its warm, friendly, and at the same time intellectually stimulating atmosphere.

An international context:

Students
About half of our students are from abroad, coming from Sweden, Canada, USA, Germany, Norway, Hungary, Japan, Tibet, Turkmenistan and Zimbabwe. In the 2006/2007 academic year, the average age of our students was 23,5.

Foreign lecturers
Our instructors respresent the following countries: Poland, USA, UK, Israel, Canada, Austria, Germany, Holland, Italy, France. In the 2006/2007 academic year, 7 of our 15 instructors were from abroad.

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