About the Department of Psychology

The Department of Psychology prepares qualified psychologists within the framework of the Bachelor's level of Psychology in the study programme Psychology. In addition to these fields of study, the Department also provides teaching of psychological disciplines for other fields of study at the Faculty of Arts and other faculties of the University of Ostrava.

In lifelong learning, the Department enables those interested in improving their qualifications to study full-time in a certified one-year course in Psychology. The Department also offers for people interested in the field of psychology a Course for Those Interested in the Study of Psychology, and within the framework of the University of the Third Age a two-semester course The World through the Lens of Psychology.

Selected students are offered study stays at foreign universities, for example, within the ERASMUS+ programme.

The Department of Psychology publishes the peer-reviewed journal Psychology and its Contexts, which is included in the ERIH PLUS, EBSCO, DOAJ, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, CEJSH, and the List of peer-reviewed nonimpacted periodicals published in the Czech Republic.

You can follow the Department of Psychology on the social networks Facebook and Instagram.

The Department of Psychology offers students a wide range of student activities in cooperation with the Ostrava branch of the Czech Psychological Association Psychočas. Current and former students of the Department participate in the production of the student magazine Semester of Psychology.

Updated: 05. 01. 2023