Study location	Italy, Padua
Type	Master's degree, full-time
Nominal duration	2 years (120 ECTS)
Study language	Italian
Awards	(Laurea magistrale in Forensic Psychology and Clinical Criminology)
Course code	PS2735/000ZZ/2023

Tuition fee	€2,642 per year For more information please visit: www.unipd.it/en/tuition-fees
Application fee	€30 one-time This fee is non-refundable.
Deposit	€204 one-time In order to accept your place at the University of Padua, the payment of the admission fee is required. This fee is non-refundable.

Entry qualification

Bachelor diploma (or equivalent) A minimum three-year undergraduate degree (or equivalent) is required with proven skills in General Psychology, Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology, Psychometrics, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and in at least on of these subjects: Work and Organizational Psychology, Dynamic Psychology, Clinical Psychology. - For non-EU students residing outside Italy please check the relevant Call for admission (CLOSED) - For EU students or equated or non-EU students residing in Italy, please check the relevant Call for admission Please verify country-based specific entry title requirements at the following link. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian. You can often get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents with you when you finally go to the university. If you are admitted to the degree course, you will have to submit other documents including original and translated/legalised copies of your previous qualifications, etc. No legalised documents are required at application stage.

Language requirements	English B2 level (CEFR) or equivalent Please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions

Other requirements	Specific requirements for Non-EU applicants: Italian – B2 Level (CEFR) or equivalent: please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions Available places for non-European candidates residing outside Italy: 4 (2 for Chinese students joining the Marco Polo Project)

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Overview

The Master’s degree is characterised by a strong transdisciplinary approach and allows students to acquire advanced theoretical knowledge and practical skills peculiar to the different areas of forensic psychology and clinical criminology.Graduates are expected to acquire skills in psychology (cognitive psychology, clinical neuropsychology and clinical psychology), law (general notions of civil and criminal law and civil and criminal procedure, with reference to forensic psychology, e.g. family law, compensation for damages, child testimony, insanity evaluation), forensic science (expert consultations for judges, defense lawyers and prosecutors, expert reports both in civil – e.g. parenting, psychic damage – and criminal cases – e.g. insanity evaluation, suitability to testify – abuse and mistreatment of minors), criminology and victimology (victim support), and scientific researches on forensic psychology.

Programme structure

1st year: Functional Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology for Forensic Sciences, Neuropsychology and Forensic Psychopathology, Fundamentals of Legal Medicine and Clinical Criminology, Criminal and Civil Procedure, Research and Professional Ethics in Psychology
2nd year: Forensic Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, From the Forensic Assessment to the Scientific Report: Technical and Ethical Aspects, Criminal and Civil Law

Elective units: Assessment of Cognitive Functioning in the Forensic Field, Forensic Applications of Cognitive Psychology, Non Paramentric and Bayesian Methods in Forensic Sciences, Statistical Methods for Forensic Neuropsychology, Forensic Criminology, Cybersecurity and Social Network for Forensic Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychopathology, Clinical Psychodiagnostic, Developmental Psychology: Models and Applications in Forensic Contexts, Developmental Trauma: Assessment and Treatment, Forensic Clinical Molecular Biology (Behavioural Genetics), Forensic Criminology (Advanced), Cultural and Communication Processes

Thesis and qualifying work internship

Career opportunities

The programme trains professionals able to work in judicial context, where the client is the judicial authority (e.g. court-appointed technical consultant in civil proceedings, expert witness in criminal proceedings, or expert witness for the juvenile court), as well as in extrajudicial contexts (e.g. assessment of psychological and existential damage in the insurance field; technical advice on various issues-such as support administration- preliminary to civil proceedings; assessment of fitness to drive). Graduates will also be trained to run psychodiagnostics consultations and assessments and to work as Honorary Judge at the supervisory courts, expert and Honorary Judge at the juvenile courts, consultants for the assessment of the defendant’s capacity to stand trial, psychologists in anti-violence centres; psychologists in jail. Graduates can also work in academia by conducting scientific research in the field.