Career Opportunities and Employability

The competences promoted during this undergraduate degree enable:
The development of professional activity in the areas of psychosocial, educational and communal intervention, health and/or human relations, done in contexts and services of public administration (e.g. city halls, parish councils), community centres, centres of scientific research, reception centres, nursing homes, etc.;
The access to a vocational master’s degree in Psychology (with a curricular internship in the area), required to be admitted to the “Portuguese Psychologists’ Order/association” (“Ordem dos psicólogos portugueses”) and to be able to exercise as a psychologist;
Access to a master’s degree in fields related to psychology (as long as allowed by the degree’s specific conditions).

Candidates

This degree is aimed at those interested in the study of human behaviour and its engagement. Candidates may apply via the National Higher Education Access Contest providing they successfully passed one of the required admission exams. Candidates may also enrol via special regimes such as course/institution transfer, through one of the Special Contests in force or the Interntional Student Statute.