Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

The Duquesne University Psychology Department is internationally renowned for its scholarship in human science psychology. The Department educates students to be sensitive to the assumptions that underlie any effort to understand human beings, and the historical, cultural, relational, and embodied character of all human thought and activity. Accordingly, faculty and graduate students attend to the multiple meanings of existence, work towards the liberation and well-being of persons individually as well as in community, and do so with a deep and abiding consideration of ethics. As you work toward your Ph.D. in clinical psychology, you are immersed in an advanced course of study specializing in human science approaches to clinical psychology, integrating theory, research and clinical practice. The Program involves four years of full-time coursework in residence at Duquesne University. During these four years of full-time study, students must successfully complete 73 credits of coursework, six semesters of clinical practica at our in house training Clinic, two semesters of field practica, and the comprehensive exams. A dissertation and a one-year pre-doctoral internship are also required. All degree requirements must be completed within 6.5 years; our 10-year average time to degree is 6.35.