Psychosocial Interventions for Forced Migrants and Refugees (Graduate Diploma)

Graduate Diploma in Psychosocial Interventions for Forced Migrants and Refugees

The diploma is jointly offered by the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) and the Department of Psychology.

Graduates of this diploma will acquire core competencies that qualify them to think critically and analytically about migration and refugee issues and plan and implement holistic culturally sensitive interventions that minimize or alleviate the psychosocial issues affecting forced migrants and refugees at individual, family, group, community and societal levels. They will learn to plan, manage and implement state-of-the-art interventions that make an impact on the psychosocial well-being of refugee adults and children without discrimination due to ethnicity, gender, religion or capacities.

Applicants seeking admission to the diploma should have an undergraduate degree of high standing (equivalent of a B grade or higher) and meet the university’s language proficiency exam. Applicants with relevant background academic or work experience will be prioritized. Admission is competitive, and dependent on successful interview.

The program course sequence for admitted applicants only starts in the Fall semester. The diploma can be finished in one year of full time study or two years of part-time study. It does not require the completion of a thesis.