Diploma in Clinical Psychology

• Minimum educational requirement for admission to this course will be M.A./M.Sc. degree in Psychology (or in counseling psychology, clinical psychology, applied psychology) from the UGC recognized university with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate.
• For SC/ST/OBC category, minimum of 50% marks in aggregate is essential, as per GOI.

Program Helpful for :

• Career as a Clinical Psychologist (Associate) in a wide variety of health care settings such as short-term and long term mental health care facilities, mental health institutes, private/public run general or mental hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation units, schools, and other community care centers, Child Guidance Clinic, Non-Government Organization, Schools and Industries.
• RCI provides registration as Clinical Psychologist (Associate) on successful completion of the course.

A selection committee that includes Head of the Department shall make admission on the basis of an entrance examination consisting of an objective-type exam (to test knowledge base in related branches of psychology), a written test (to test the writing skills essential to communicate among other clinicians/ professionals), group discussion (to test the expressive skills), practical (to test the proficiency in administering and interpreting the basic psychological tests and conducting a problem-focused interview with a client) and an interview (to understand motivation and commitment to serve the disabled populations). It is desired that the selection committee take all of the above into consideration, assign weightage for each components and make final selection on the basis of the total score obtained.