Psychology at MRU and abroad

Psychology is the scientific study of the mind, and human and animal behaviour. There are a lot of universities where you can study psychology. I briefly compare The University of Edinburgh and Mykolas Romeris University.

The University of Edinburgh is recognised as having international excellence in psychological research, and was awarded a 5 rating in the last Research Assessment Exercise. Many of this university's degree programmes are accredited by the British Psychological Society. The University of Edinburgh have particular strengths in the psychology of language and cognition, health and individual differences, and are currently expanding as a centre of excellence in human cognitive neuroscience. There is experimental/practical work is a key element throughout the course. Courses are taught though a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical classes, project work and computer-based exercises. As a psychology graduate students have great flexibility in career choice. The wide range of transferable skills - such as research, statistical package use, report writing - gained through studying psychology are highly valued in many professions. You could work in areas such as personnel and management, business and finance, media and advertising, or healthcare. Alternatively, students could go on to postgraduate training in a variety of psychology careers, and continue with research and teaching in psychology.

Mykolas Romeris University is a modern and dynamic European university with a creative and efficient research and academic community. Courses provide students with the knowledge of research, theories, and their applications in psychology.Students of psychology become sought-after professionals due to their ability to understand human behaviour, collect, analyze, and interpret data, master statistics and experimental design. They also develop the competences to apply gained knowledge in pursuing their personal and professional goals. Students will have to attend seminars and lectures and work in groups to prepare the given tasks. Bachelor’s degree programme in psychology is to provide a quality education that prepares students to enter a broad range of careers in psychology and related fields. Also, students could go on to postgraduate training in a three of psychology careers: Psychology of Law, Social Psychology and Business Psychology.

To sum up, students have wide choice of universities. I think that these both universities are high qualification, although, in Mykolas Romeris University do not practical training.


References:
http://www.mruni.lt/
http://www.ed.ac.uk/
http://www.images.google.lt/