Cognitive Psychology in Health Communication Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Overview

The Cognitive Psychology in Health Communication programme at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University will familiarize students with the latest research and practice in cognitive psychology and provide a modern preparation to lead and influence change in health in today’s diverse communities. 

Key Facts

The Master in “Cognitive Psychology in Health Communication”, jointly offered by the Institute of Communication and Health of Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) and the Faculty of Psychology of Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of Milan (UNISR), presents a new joint Master’s programme through training in cognitive psychology, neuroscience and communication. 

The master’s programme is designed to train students who will understand the causes of health-related behaviours and who will also be able to design new and effective interventions to prevent disease and promote health. 

The entire master’s programme takes advantage of synergies and complementarities between the two Universities, USI and UNISR, and offers excellent competences in teaching and research. This Master offers a high degree of innovation thanks also to the advanced technologies available on site in the two universities in terms of high-tech equipment, data centres, laboratories, and health facilities.

Career opportunities

Psychology in Communication and Health is a rapidly growing field, which is in need of professionals to provide psychological services to those with medical illness. We anticipate that graduates from the program will work in clinics and governmental health organizations, NGOs or other health domains. 

Furthermore, training in this Master program is designed to produce students who can design novel and effective interventions to prevent disease and promote health:

• Cognitive psychologist in health 

• Experts in Psychology for Health Communication

• Expert in Decisions Planning and Organization for Public Health

• Experts in health psychology

• Experts in beahvioural psychology in health organization

Recognition of qualifications

This degree is fully recognized as a Master's Degree in Psychology in both Italy and Switzerland, opening up a wide range of career opportunities for students in both countries. 

The program provides numerous internship opportunities with various partners in Switzerland and Italy. Completion of an internship is a requirement for taking the final exam to become a licensed psychologist in Italy. Proficiency in the Italian language is necessary for both the internship and the final exam. However, students will have ample opportunities to improve their Italian language skills during the two-year Master's program.

The Master's program is also part of the Europsy circuit, which is a quality certification based on European standards of academic and professional training developed by EFPA (European Federation of Psychologists' Associations). As a result, the Master's degree is fully recognized in all European countries.