Comparison Between MRU and Universities Abroad

I will compare MRU (Mykolas Romeris University), where I study psychology, with University of California Berkeley School of Psychology and Chinese University of Hong Kong Psychology department. It was an interesting task to do, because I found out what things students learn and other information about psychology studies abroad.

To my mind, there are many differences between MRU and University of California Berkeley School of Psychology. Firstly, they have a combined program in clinical, counseling and school psychology. Students are studying more about psychological and educational assets and needs of children and youth then we do. Secondly, as they have laboratories, they do many researches and study more about school problems. Moreover, their graduates are able to design appropriate school programs for all children who are at-risk for school failure and they are prepared to assume leadership roles as school psychologists, researches and university educators.

I should say, I was quite surprised, when I read about Chinese University of Hong Kong Psychology department, because they have a very similar program. They study about personality, Introduction to psychology and Statistics like we do. However, they have some other interesting lectures: Social psychology, Psychology of stress, Health psychology and even Human factors psychology. One of the advantages is that students can choose in what area they would like to specialize. They are given a chance to decide what interests them the most and to study the exact program. They can choose whether to study Cognitive science, Education and Human development, Psychology and health or Social and industrial-organizational psychology.

The main difference between MRU and Universities abroad is that we study more about general psychology, while others have more concrete program. It is a good thing, when you know, what branch of this science you want to study, but if not, then it becomes a problem. Also, it is hard to decide, what University is the best, but the University of Hong Kong has interested me a lot, as they have some very interesting lectures.References: http://www-gse.berkeley.edu/program/sp/sp.htmlhttp://www.psy.cuhk.edu.hk/en/course/index.htmlPicture references: http://dabro.deviantart.com/art/Glasgow-University-Arches-15748816