Doctoral Programme in Psychology
With 30 active research supervisors, our Doctoral Programme offers you the unique opportunity to gain an overview and in-depth training in contemporary theory and research in the behaviouralsciences, primarily focusing on three areas: health, human development and learning processes. The Programme aims to deepen your theoretical and methodological understanding and stimulate critical and constructive thinking on current topics in psychological research.
Tailored training
Our training programme consists of disciplinary/interdisciplinary and transferable skills training. Within these three domains, you can tailor your training journey to your own needs by choosing from a range of courses.
Disciplinary/interdisciplinary training: Research in the Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences is primarily focused on the three areas of health, human development and learning processes. These three main research areas are also reflected in the training programme of the Psychology Track at the Doctoral School. Courses include generalist and domain specific colloquia, and advanced methods courses.
Courses in this domain also cover topics relevant across sub-disciplines in Psychology and include Open Science, scientific writing, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, and science communication.
Transferable skills training includes research integrity and ethics, academic writing, project management and teaching skills.
Requisites
Language: Candidates applying to any programme at the Doctoral School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Luxembourg will be required to demonstrate the following language skills:
• English language skills: as a minimum B2 level of the CEFR.
• Language used for thesis: as a minimum C1 level of the CEFR.
Prerequisite: A Master’s degree in Psychology (or equivalent level 7).
Admissions
We recommend you to contact potential thesis supervisors by email to discuss your areas of general research interest and specific ideas for a thesis topic in Psychology.
You will need to send a description of the research project and your CV as well as a motivation letter. Your research project should be as comprehensive as possible.
