Accreditation refers to the process undertaken by PSI to ensure that psychology courses in Ireland are of the highest standards for training and practice in professional psychology. PSI also aims to ensure that the courses provide suitable preparation for students hoping to enter the field of psychology. Accreditation procedures consist of examining documentation associated with the course and an on-site visit to meet with appropriate teaching staff and students.
For further information and standards relating to Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses, please see below.
Standards on the accreditation of courses leading to a first qualification in psychology, as well as the application form for accreditation of an undergraduate course, are available from the download section further below. Completion of a PSI accredited undergraduate degree with a Second Class Honours or above or completion of a PSI accredited Psychology Conversion Course with an overall pass mark of 50 per cent confers eligibility for graduate membership with the Psychological Society of Ireland.
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The Society invites institutions of higher education who are providing or seeking to provide postgraduate education in professional psychology to submit their courses for accreditation by the Society. Through its accreditation procedures, the Society wishes to support courses in a period of self-study and peer review, thus enabling them to maintain the highest standards of postgraduate education and training in professional psychology.
Accreditation procedures consist of examining documentation associated with the course and an on-site visit to meet with appropriate teaching staff and students. For further accreditation information, please refer to the accreditation documents available in the download section.
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Postgraduate Accreditation Standards are available to download for the following specialisms:
Prospective students should be aware that some doctorate programmes, such as Doctorate degrees in Clinical, Educational, and Counselling Psychology, may not be open to non‑European Economic Area (EEA) applicants.
Where these programmes are funded by the Health Service Executive (HSE), trainees are employed as well as enrolled as students. As a result, a student visa alone is not sufficient; eligibility would require appropriate permission to work in Ireland which may limit access for non‑EEA applicants. For information regarding immigration permissions, please visit www.irishimmigration.ie/coming-to-work-in-ireland/
PhDs or doctorates by research are classified as students and so PhD students are eligible for student visas.