Career

Career Opportunities

Almost all the students who completed their course in Integrated MSc & MSc Health Psychology have found good placements. About 50% of the students have joined Ph.D. in Universities in India and abroad. The students after completing Ph.D. have been placed in Universities and Colleges in teaching positions and in hospitals as Health Psychologists.

Prospects of Health Psychologists

• They are placed in Government and Private Sectors
• The nature of work involves creating awareness of health-promoting behaviour and health risk behaviour, trauma and pain management, application of Indian health practices to enhance wellness
• They work independently as Consultant Health Psychologists
• They do research and examine the interaction of biological, psychological and social factors affecting health and illness
• They provide counseling for psychosocial problems which may be a trigger or consequence of an illness
• They develop worksite interventions to improve employee’s health
• They work as consultants in organizations to improve health and healthcare delivery