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Course Structure

The Graduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences offers a flexible curriculum. Students have autonomy to choose courses with their advisors, focusing on the most relevant content for their project. Only three courses are mandatory: 

  • PSQ 06 – Research Seminars in Psychiatry
  • PSQ 39 — Advanced Research Topics (weekly Seminar)
  • PSQ 37 – Research Methods (Biostatistics and Epidemiology for Psychiatry)
  • Teaching Assistantship (mandatory for scholarship holders) Elective courses are offered throughout the year, taught by local or invited national and international scholars, contributing to a broad and comprehensive training.

We offer a master and a PhD degree. To get the degree the students need to conclude some steps.

  • Basic structure for Maste degree:

The students need to have 16 credits or 240 hours. From those, 12 credits (180 hours) came from the three mandatory courses. It is also necessary to do the qualification and the second language proficiency test.

  • Basic structure for PhD degree:

The students need to have 24 credits or 360 hours. From those, 12 credits (180 hours) came from the three mandatory courses. It is also necessary to do the qualification and two foreign language proficiency test (one must be English language).