Training objectives: This major mainly cultivates high-level compound innovative and entrepreneurial talents with comprehensive development of morality, good scientific spirit and humanistic literacy,the basic theories, basic knowledge and basic skills of psychology, and who can be engaged in mental health education in educational institutions, enterprises and scientific research departments.

Main courses: general psychology, developmental psychology, educational psychology, psychometrics, experimental psychology, psychological statistics, social psychology, personality psychology, counseling psychology, management psychology, etc.

Schoolsystem: four years

DegreeAwarded: Bachelor of Science

Majorfeatures: Applied Psychology is ranked in the top 8% of similar majors in the country and is a five-star major. Relying on the first-level discipline master's degree program in psychology and the professional degree program in applied psychology, this professional talent training is based on the "Platform + Module" curriculum system of Ningbo University, establishing a series of basic courses of "widening the scope and consolidating the foundation", and implementing the personalized talent training model of" teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, splitting training, and highlighting the application”, combined with the reality of psychology talent training. Thismajorhas constructed and implemented a trinity innovative talent training model of “teacher-graduate-undergraduate”.

Employment andfurtherstudy: This major has a wide range of employment opportunities and a high rate of signing contracts. Graduates are mainly engaged in mental health education in primary and secondary schools, enterprise human resource management, and community psychological services. Graduates of this major have outstanding achievements in going abroad and exemption to study for master's degree. Many graduates have been admitted to Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, Fudan University, Shenzhen University, Shanghai Normal University and other famous domestic universities to study for postgraduates.

Updated in November 2023