Psychology Graduate Program (MA, PhD)

MA and PhD (Clinical Psychology)

Thank you for your interest in our Master's and PhD in Clinical Psychology! The priority of consideration deadline for our program is Friday, December 6, 2013 for possible entry in Fall 2014. Please see our How to Apply webpages for more information.

The program is designed to train professional psychologists at the doctoral level within a scientist-practitioner orientation. The program was designed to meet all of the requirements for registration with the College of Psychologists of Ontario, and was accredited by the Canadian Psychological Assocation in 2012.

The curriculum includes courses covering core clinical topics (e.g., psychopathology, psychological assessment, psychotherapy, professional issues and ethics), research methods and statistics, other topics related to clinical psychology (elective courses), and other core areas.

The program also includes clinical practicum placements providing an opportunity to put new skills into practice. Clinical practica can take place in a wide range of institutions and agencies, including our own department clinic (pending), local hospitals, mental health agencies and clinics, university counselling centres, schools, and private clinical practices.

A minimum of 11 courses (including one clinical practicum) are required at the MA level. These courses, along with an MA thesis, are completed in two years.

For the PhD, eight courses are required (including two clinical practica). All PhD students in the clinical area also complete a doctoral dissertation, as well as a comprehensive breadth requirement, and a full-time clinical internship in their final year of the PhD. Including the internship, the PhD is expected to be finished in four years, after the MA is completed.

Each year we receive approximately 160 applications for the program, from which we generally accept 8 to 10 students. Since the inception of the program in 2007, only one student has left the program (for personal reasons). We have a diverse student body. Our current students range in age from 23 to 40 years, approximately 89% are female and 11% are male. Approximately 93% are of European ancestry, 5% are of East Asian ancestry, and 2% are of South Asian ancestry. These students hail from the top schools in Canada and abroad, and bring with them a diversity of research and clinical backgrounds.