Department of Psychology

Academic Program

QF Emirates Grid for Bachelor Degree “BS in Psychology (PSY) ” (8 Semester Degree Plan)

Grid for Masters Degree “MSc in Counselling Psychology (PSY)”  (4 Semester Degree Plan)

Vision

The Department of Psychology at Zayed University aspires to be recognized internationally as a leader for its participation in educational achievements and enrichment of the UAE’s social and cultural development. 

Mission Statement

The Department of Psychology is a vibrant and innovative academic unit committed to excellence and providing an educational foundation where undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty establish close collaborations to learn the scientific principles of behavior and mental processes, to make major contributions to the science and practice of psychology, and to produce professionals who serve the local and wider community.

About Us

The Faculty in the Department of Psychology is composed of doctoral and masters-level psychologists with a broad and complementary array of educational and research backgrounds, including cognitive, clinical, organizational, perceptual, autobiographical memory, sleep, and social psychology. The Department has a demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence and innovations in pedagogy with many faculty acquiring the Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Home to a strong research focus, the Department of Psychology houses a sensorimotor and sleep Laboratory on the Abu Dhabi Campus and the Cognition and Neuroscience Research Laboratory on the Dubai Campus. The Department currently offers a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Counselling Psychology. The MSc was launched in 2023 and is intended to equip graduates with essential skills to practice in the field as well as permit them to be licensed as a counselling psychologist. Graduates of these programs work in many strategically important sectors within the UAE, including roles within academia, aviation psychology, educational psychology, clinical/counselling psychology, organizational psychology as well as social work. Our graduates also contribute to the UAE's nascent Happiness and Tolerance ministries, and are well prepared for graduate schools and a broad array of roles within organizations that are committed to excellence, wellbeing and evidence-based practices. Our department promotes an environment characterized by collaborative learning and scholarship among its undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty, and is guided by the  core values of Zayed University and its founding father and father of the nation, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nayhan.