Master in Psychology of Work and Organization Well-Being
Rome, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 4,390 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The Master's Degree Course in Psychology of Work and Organizational Well-being aims to train master's graduates with high theoretical-scientific and professional skills in the field of psychology aimed at the management of human resources and the promotion of well-being in the workplace, as well as the evaluation and planning of individual, group and network intervention in organizations. The Master's Degree Course in Psychology of Work and Organizational Well-Being also aims to provide the specific skills required of psychologists who intend to carry out research and intervention activities about the different organizational contexts.
Upon completion of the Master’s degree, graduates should be able to carry out the following tasks:
- selection, evaluation, assessment, retraining, and career development; study and construction of tools for the detection of skills and attitudes for the various tasks (such as tests, questionnaires, and survey grids);
- analysis, planning, and implementation of intervention on social conflicts in the workplace; interventions on leadership development, teamwork, soft skills, staff motivation, and organizational involvement;
- organizational analysis and design of organizational environments, working methods, and effective communication methods, both inside and outside a company;
- evaluation and intervention on the organizational structures according to the users and for the improvement of their effectiveness and efficiency; interventions aimed at the humanization of hospitals and social welfare structures;
- assessment of the quality of services;
- analysis of training needs and training planning; staff training and updating; study, design, and assessment of the adequacy of the man-tools relationship; design and evaluation of interventions aimed at improving organizational behavior, and safety at work, design, and evaluation of the impact of new technologies; monitoring and evaluation of training interventions;
- detection of work-related stress risk, as well as development, monitoring, and evaluation of the related interventions to combat and reduce the phenomenon;
- promotion of well-being and psychosocial health in the workplace.
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Studying at LUMSA means also the possibility to access a series of scholarships:
- Laziodisu: international students can apply to the regional scholarship program at Laziodisu each year. Region Lazio offers many scholarships to all students as well as financial support for accommodation
- Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers every year several scholarships to international students or to Italian students living abroad to access master's degrees
- Associazione Tincani: international students can apply for scholarships offered by the private association Associazione Tincani which offers each year several scholarships to all students regardless of their nationality
Enrolled students who fulfill the merit and financial requirements can apply for education grants. The amount goes from a minimum of € 1989 to a maximum of € 5.052,56 and varies according to the economic conditions of the family unit and the place where the student is resident. Students can ask for a part of the education grant to be converted into credit for the catering service.
Financial support through grants, exemption from tuition fees and various bands with reduced tuition fees, Accommodation through its special Housing service point, Meal facilities, Part-time jobs, and allowances for disabled students.
Curriculum
The Master’s Degree in Psychology of Work and Organizational Well-being is a two-year program taught in English for 120 credits (ECTS/CFU), internationally open, practice-oriented, and job-market driven.
First-year
- Evidence-based management
- Training, empowerment, and strengthening of soft skills, business coaching, and counseling
- Promotion and protection of health and well-being within organizations
- Statistical methods for the analysis of organizational phenomena
- Workshop: structures and processes of the organizations
- Methods and techniques of selection and assessment of human resources
- Group dynamics, conflict and negotiation in organizations
- Decision-making psychology applied to organizations
- Economics and development of innovation
- Workshop: project management
- Workshop: business English
- Theology
Second year
- Lifelong learning and skills assessment
- Fundamentals of labor law
- Workshop: Diversity management and organizational change
- Workshop: Corporate welfare systems and incentives
- Workshop: Smart working and new work scenarios
- Workshop: Organizational communication and corporate social responsibility
- Psychology of the environment and psychosocial well-being in organizational contexts
- Two out of the three following courses:
- Economics of innovation and sustainability (elective)
- Organizational design and behavior (elective)
- Digital strategy (elective)
- Thesis
Program Outcome
Master of Science (MSc) in Psychology of Work and Organizational Well-being.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
- Managers of human resources and organizational processes among public and private, as well as profit and non-profit organizations;
- Professionals of organizational consultancies, dealing with personnel selection and training, organizational analysis and planning; outplacement, stress prevention, and organizational well-being;
- Freelance consultants, as a trainer, counselor, tutor, mentor, coach, recruiter, and evaluator of human resources, as well as an analyzer of the quality of processes, the organizational climate and culture, and of the risks of work-related stress.
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