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Master of Industrial and Organisational Psychology at University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Programme overview

Two-year master's of coursework, a research dissertation and a 12-month supervised internship, aligned with the scope of practice for professional industrial/organisational psychologists and designed to train scientist-practitioners. Students secure their own approved internship placement.

Faculty: Faculty of Commerce  |  Department: Organisational Psychology Section  |  Duration: 2 years  |  Intake: January  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Industrial and Organisational Psychology Masters Coursework (90 credits) and Masters Dissertation (90 credits) in year 1, then an internship in year 2.

Career pathways

Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as an industrial/organisational psychologist requires completing the internship before graduating.

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Application information

Entry requirements

An honours degree in Organisational Psychology or Industrial Psychology, or an equivalent four-year bachelor's degree at NQF level 8, with an average of at least 65%. Applications are made online in the year preceding the year of study.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

The application fee is R100 for undergraduate and postgraduate applications from South Africa and the SADC region, and R300 for applications from outside the SADC region; it is non-refundable and payable by direct deposit, EFT or credit card (online). UCT students and graduates are exempt except for GSB programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://applyonline.uct.ac.za

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