Education - Psychoeducational Approaches to Disabilities

4 semesters (max. 6 semesters) | 120 ECTS credits

Foundations of psychoeducational perspectives (12 credits)

• Concepts, systems of classification and methods of evaluation of situations and types of disability
• Multiple viewpoints and collaborations
• Social welfare, legislation and service quality management

Lectures in thematic areas (30 credits)

• Early inclusion and intervention
• Juvenile delinquency and deviance
• Learning disabilities
• Cognitive intervention for individuals suffering from learning difficulties
• Autism: education-based research and intervention
• Social and adaptive skills and integration in people with special education needs
• Psychological approaches to visual impairments, etc.

Practical domain (21 credits)

Research preparation (21 credits)

Option classes (12 credits)

Thesis (24 credits)

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Bachelor's in Educational Sciences or Psychology. Candidates who hold Bachelor's degrees in Human Sciences other than Educational Sciences and Psychology but who can prove 60 credits in education or psychology in their curriculum, may be admitted subject to approval by the programme committee. If admitted, said students must simultaneously enrol, from the first semester, in the non-specialised Complementary Certificate in Educational Sciences.

Deadline for Fall Semester for candidates that hold a foreign bachelor's degree: 28 February 2026
(30 April 2026 for candidates that hold a Swiss bachelor's degree at the start of the next academic year AND, according to their nationality, are not subject to a visa for entry into Switzerland for more than 90 days, according to Swiss government requirements and regardless of their current place of residence, or for candidates holding a Swiss residence permit that is valid beyond 30 April.)

Deadline for Spring Semester: to be checked on the website of the Admissions Office

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Students may go on exchange regardless of how many credits they have completed at the Faculty. A maximum of 30 credits can be acquired outside the Faculty.

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• Research in a university, higher-education institute or research centre
• Education at a university or higher-education institute
• Reintegration counseling
• Project management
• Educational management at a specialised or ordinary institute of education
• Management of communal, cantonal or federal administrative services/structures
• Advise for a regional or national association protecting the rights of people in situations of disability
• Education within a teaching staff

FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES
Uni Mail,
40 bd du Pont d'Arve
1211 Genève 4

STUDENT AFFAIRS (To be contacted by the first letter of the surname)
T. +41 (0)22 379 90 14
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T. +41 (0)22 379 90 13
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ACADEMIC ADVISOR
Pascale Pasche-Provini
T. +41 (0)22 379 90 11
Pascale.Pasche-Provini(at)unige.ch