M.Phil in Psychoanalytic Studies
Dublin, Ireland
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 20,930 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Non-EU students| EU students: €9,800
Introduction
The Masters in Philosophy in Psychoanalytic Studies offers graduates a thorough introduction to the history, theory, and applications in clinical work and the wider culture of psychoanalysis from Freud to modern writers in this broad field. The course is of interest to people from a variety of backgrounds, including graduates of psychology, philosophy, and other university programs, as well as mental health professionals, and people who work in the fields of the Arts, education, and health, among others. The program attracts students from around the world and from a wide mix of backgrounds and age groups.
Ideal Students
The course is designed for students with a degree in an appropriate Arts, Social Sciences, or Science subject, or other subject which provides some basis for this course who would like to progress their careers and clinical work and acquire professional knowledge and skills in psychoanalysis.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Academic scholarships for postgraduate international students are available at Trinity. Trinity rewards academic achievement and has sought to assist international students of limited means. Several scholarships are made possible by bequests and gifts that have been generously donated to the Trinity over the years.
- Global Excellence Postgraduate Scholarship
- AQ Scholarships
- Brazil Fundação Estudar Scholarship Program
- Haddad Foundation Brazilian Postgraduate Scholarship
- Brazilian Scholarship for Irish Studies - ABEI/HADDAD Fellowship
- China Scholarship Council
- Claddagh Scholarship Programme
- Comparative Social Change MSc Scholarships 2024/25
- E3 Balanced Solutions for a Better World Postgraduate Scholarship
- Energy Science MSc Scholarship
- Fulbright Scholars Programme
- Government of Ireland International Education Scholarships Programme
- Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme
- Irish Research Council Scholarships
- Irish School of Ecumenics Scholarships
- Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme
- Jean Monnet School of Law Scholarships
- John Dillon Fellowship in Ancient Philosophy
- Loyola Institute Scholarships
- Mitchell Scholarship
- LPDP Scholarships for Indonesian Students
- Postgraduate Scholarship for Nigerian Students (Roger Casement Fellowship in Human Rights)
- Rachel Thompson Ussher Fellowship
- Reimagining Global Sustainability Postgraduate Scholarships
- Scholarships for Japanese Students
- Scholarships for MPhil in Race, Ethnicity and Conflict
- School of Law Scholarships
- School of Law and Trinity Business School - MSc Law and Finance
- School of Social Work and Social Policy International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship
- The Grattan Scholars
- The Hamilton Scholars
- Trinity – Intake Taiwan Joint Scholarship
- Victory Scholars Programme
Please contact us for more information regarding eligibility requirements, deadlines, and making an application.
Curriculum
This is a one-year full-time course. Students take six compulsory modules, equivalent to 10 ECTS each, together with a 30 ECTS dissertation, for a total of 90 ECTS.
Course Content
The course typically covers areas such as the unconscious in groups, organizations, and society, dreams, dreaming and symbolic life, the emotional world of the child, psychoanalysis and art, clinical states of mind, and object relations theory.
Students are required to complete a thesis on a psychoanalytic theme for submission at the end of the program.
Students take seven compulsory modules, including a series of research tutorials: Psychoanalysis and Art; Dreams, Dreaming and Symbolic Life; The Emotional World of the Child; The Mind-Body Question in Psychoanalysis; Object Relations Theory; The Unconscious in Groups, Organisations and Society; Thesis/ Dissertation.
Students are required to complete a thesis on a psychoanalytic theme for submission at the end of the program.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates have pursued careers in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychiatric nursing, and consultancy. Several graduates also go on to further research and a career in academia.
Student Testimonials
Program Admission Requirements
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