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Master's Degree in General Health Psychology
imatge de la noticiaThis Master’s degree allows graduates in Psychology to work as professionals. The General Public Health Law 33/2011, of 4 October, regulates Psychology in the health field. Seventh additional provision. Regulation of Psychology in the health field. This law states, among other things: Graduates in Psychology will be considered as regulated and certified health professionals, under the name General Health Psychologist at graduate level, in the terms provided in Article 2 of Law 44/2003, of 21 November, on the Regulation of Health Professions, when carrying out self-employed activity or when employed by others in the health sector, provided that, besides the aforementioned university degree, they hold the Master’s degree in General Health Psychology. This is an application-oriented Master’s degree, intended for the development of professional activity. This Master’s provides students with advanced and specialised training in knowledge, attitudes and skills that allow them to work in the health psychology field. Moreover, it also intends to better the students’ critical and reflective capacities, resulting in an improvement of their professional practice and in the development and application of the knowledge included. The Master’s focuses on the promotion, prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of all aspects related to the health and welfare of people. Students will also be provided with the scientific and professional bases of Health Psychology and in the basic skills specific to General Health Psychology.
  • Master's Degree in General Health Psychology
    imatge de la noticiaThis Master’s degree allows graduates in Psychology to work as professionals. The General Public Health Law 33/2011, of 4 October, regulates Psychology in the health field. Seventh additional provision. Regulation of Psychology in the health field. This law states, among other things: Graduates in Psychology will be considered as regulated and certified health professionals, under the name General Health Psychologist at graduate level, in the terms provided in Article 2 of Law 44/2003, of 21 November, on the Regulation of Health Professions, when carrying out self-employed activity or when employed by others in the health sector, provided that, besides the aforementioned university degree, they hold the Master’s degree in General Health Psychology. This is an application-oriented Master’s degree, intended for the development of professional activity. This Master’s provides students with advanced and specialised training in knowledge, attitudes and skills that allow them to work in the health psychology field. Moreover, it also intends to better the students’ critical and reflective capacities, resulting in an improvement of their professional practice and in the development and application of the knowledge included. The Master’s focuses on the promotion, prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of all aspects related to the health and welfare of people. Students will also be provided with the scientific and professional bases of Health Psychology and in the basic skills specific to General Health Psychology.
  • Master's Degree in General Health Psychology
    Recommended admission profile

    As provided in section Three. Requirements and duration, of the Resolution of June 3, 2013, of the General Secretariat of Universities, which publishes the Agreement of the Council of Ministers of May 31, 2013, which establishes the conditions to which the curricula leading to the obtaining of the official Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology that enables the exercise of the titled and regulated health profession of General Health Psychologist must comply with. In order to access the Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology, it is necessary to be in possession of a Bachelor’s/Graduate Degree in Psychology together, where appropriate, with a supplementary training that guarantees that the interested party has obtained at least 90 ECTS credits of a specifically health nature. Graduates in Psychology who have passed curricula majoring in Health Psychology adapted to Order CNU/1309/2018, of December 5, which regulates the general conditions to which the curricula of the Degree in Psychology will conform, meet this access requirement by having a specialisation in Health Psychology in their official university degree. However, holders of Bachelor’s/Graduate Degrees in Psychology verified prior to the entry into force of the aforementioned Order CNU/1309/2018 have obtained at least 90 ECTS credits of a specifically health nature and, therefore, do not require additional training.

    Admission with a foreign university degree

  • Master's Degree in General Health Psychology
    Training complements

    Documentation will be required to guarantee that 90 ECTS credits of a specifically health-related field have been obtained, as specified in Section 4.2 of Annex I of Royal Decree 1393/2007 of 29th October.

    Complementary training credits obtained in postgraduate training that meet the requirements established in Law 5/2011, of March 29, on Social Economy may be considered.

    The complementary training course can be obtained by studying subjects of the Degree in Psychology by the UVEG that are linked with the areas of knowledge of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment and/or Psychobiology. Other subjects of this Degree with specific health content will also be considered. The subjects considered as complementary training course for this Master's Degree are specified in section 4.6 of the curriculum verification report.

  • Master's Degree in General Health Psychology
    Admission criteria

    Places will be allocated according to the sole criterion of priority of the average mark of the academic record of the Degree in Psychology.

  • Master's Degree in General Health Psychology
    Credit: 90
    Courses: 2
    Classes: face-to-face
    Places: 80
    Language: Spanish
    Prize: 18 €/Credit
    Universities: University of Valencia
    Professions: General Health Psychologist
    Specific website:
    www.uv.es/pgs
    Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy
    Blasco Ibáñez CampusAv. Blasco Ibáñez, 2146010 Valencia (Valencia)
    +34 963 864 681Geolocation