The students can embark on a journey towards employment and career success in a variety of fields, including opportunities in:
We aspire to a future where our department stands as a paragon of excellence in behavioral sciences and health, reshaping how we perceive, advocate for, and enrich the human experience.Through our commitment to education, research, and community, we seek to be the catalyst for transformative change in the field of behavioral sciences and health.
Promoting health and well-being, advancing behavioral sciences, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration among experts, cultivating entrepreneurial students and professionals with knowledge aligned with market demands. Promoting applied research and innovation through university start-ups and incubator-accelerator programs.
The department strategically forges partnerships, integrating students into the job market through training and activities. Prioritizing academic excellence, quality research, job market connections, and globalizing studies, it aims to be a renowned research unit with dual degrees and doctoral programs.
Provides deep insights into diverse human behaviors and mental health manifestations. Students blend theory with hands-on experience using various therapeutic approaches.
Enrich lives and community well-being by mastering human and community development, social policy, and societal complexities. Professionals provide mental health support in health centers, hospitals, schools, etc.
Fosters collaboration among diverse community members, empowering them to address challenges through joint efforts, with a focus on tackling issues like poverty, inequality, and local crime.
Social Policy provides the expertise and resources needed to examine, formulate, and put into action policies that advance equality, justice, and the welfare of individuals and communities.
Allocation of resources to fit the well-being of humans. If high standard of well-being is to be maintained, the concerns for a healthy environment must be balanced against requirements of economic growth.
Describes human behavior in various workplace situations and explains the causes of different types of choices. It offers the tools needed with the goal of improving overall management processes.
Commonly include workplace skills, which pertain to personal competencies vital for excelling in a role, such as proficiency in teamwork, time management, and problem-solving.
Soft skills related to how a person interacts with other people and the surrounding environment. They include problem-solving, flexibility, and dependability.
The programs of the first cycle of Bachelor studies last 3 academic years, with a load of 180 credits. The integrated programs are 300 * or 360 * credits and the normal duration is 5 or 6 academic years.
The programs in the second cycle of Master of Science studies last 2 academic years with a load of 120 credits.
Professional programs are up to 2 academic years after upper secondary education, with a load of up to 120 credits.
* : 5-year integrated program "Master of Science", **: In the Licensing process at the Ministry
Head of the Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences
Coordinator of the Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences
Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences
Interdisciplinary concentration that examines the construction of gender and sexuality in social, cultural, political, economic, and scientific contexts.
Focuses on preparing students to balance personal, family, and work responsibilities.Provides students with life management, transferable, and employability skills through instruction and leadership development activities.
Provides tailored solutions for diverse conditions and disabilities of varying severity, ensuring quality care that meets the unique needs of individuals receiving support.
Professionals help people live independently in their own homes through daily visits or live-in care. Their role is focused on assisting with medication and other activities that help to maintain quality of life.