Department History:

Established in 1992, the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Mersin University began its activities by admitting its first students in the 1996-1997 academic year. Initially, the student quota was 20, but by the 2019-2020 academic year, it had increased to 90. The program initially provided education in Turkish, but from the 2012-2013 academic year onwards, a mixed education system was implemented, and 30% of the credit hours for compulsory and elective courses were offered in English. The first enrolled students successfully completed the foreign language preparatory class. In cases of failure, upon request, placement is provided by the Student Selection and Placement Center to an equivalent program with Turkish as the language of instruction or to a similar program, provided that the student's university entrance score is not below the minimum score required for enrollment in the relevant program.

Educational Program and Graduation Requirements:

The undergraduate program of the department consists of two main groups of courses: compulsory and elective. The course schedules are created by considering psychology programs both domestically and internationally. In the fourth year, the number of compulsory courses is reduced, and elective courses related to students' interests are offered. To graduate, students must be successful in a certain number of credit courses and prepare a "graduation project." The main purpose of this practice is to ensure that students graduate with the ability to complete and present their own research in the form of a scientific report.

Infrastructure and Facilities:

Our department has 1 clinical interview room for supervised sessions, 1 seminar room for seminars, and 1 laboratory for laboratory work.

Mission and Objectives:

Our department's primary mission is to educate highly qualified psychologists needed by the country and humanity by utilizing the knowledge accumulated in the field of psychology; to serve as a model for developing university psychology departments and to train researchers/instructors with the aim of offering our educational and research outputs for the benefit of society and humanity.