57 Education and Psychology
Education and Psychology
A field covering education, psychology and its branches, social work, and conflict studies.
| Code | Subject | Official name | Level | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.03.01 | Psychology | Psychology | Bachelor's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 37.03.02 | Conflictology | Conflictology | Bachelor's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 39.03.02 | Social work | Social work | Bachelor's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 44.03.02 | Psychopedagogy | Psychopedagogy | Bachelor's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 44.03.03 | Special education (defectology) | Special education (defectology) | Bachelor's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 37.05.01 | Clinical psychology | Clinical psychology | Specialist degree | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
The "Specialist" degree is a Russian level with no direct equivalent elsewhere: a single continuous 5-to-6-year programme awarding a degree above Bachelor's level. General medicine, dentistry and pharmacy are all at this level.
Education, specialPsychology, educationalPsychology, appliedPsychology, socialPsychology
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| Code | Subject | Official name | Level | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3.1 | General psychology, personality psychology, the history of psychology | General psychology, personality psychology, the history of psychology | Doctoral | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 5.3.4 | Educational psychology, psychodiagnostics of digital learning environments | Educational psychology, psychodiagnostics of digital learning environments | Doctoral | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 5.3.5 | Social psychology, political and economic psychology | Social psychology, political and economic psychology | Doctoral | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 5.3.6 | Medical psychology | Medical psychology | Doctoral | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 5.8.3 | Correctional pedagogy | Correctional pedagogy | Doctoral | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 37.04.01 | Psychology | Psychology | Master's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 37.04.02 | Conflict management | Conflict management | Master's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 39.04.02 | Social work | Social work | Master's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 44.04.02 | Psychopedagogy | Psychopedagogy | Master's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
| 44.04.03 | Special education (defectology) | Special education (defectology) | Master's | Listed under this subject on the official Open Doors website |
The codes here come from two different systems: Bachelor's, Specialist and Master's use the (xx.xx.xx) format from the Russian classification of fields of study, while doctoral programmes use the (x.x.x) format from the system of scientific specialities — two separate systems that cannot be compared with each other.
Psychology, appliedPsychologyPsychology, educationalEducation, specialPsychology, social
The official Open Doors website ↗ · Subject programme (PDF) ↗ · Stage 2 sample tasks (PDF) ↗
The post-doctoral track is available as normal — but Open Doors doesn't publish a subject list for it, and that isn't a gap in our information.
The reason is that selection in this track happens at the level of the research project, not the field of study. You apply to work as a researcher on a specific project, and you become a winner if at least one project leader agrees to employ you.
So the actual equivalent of a subject list here is the list of research projects:
Psychology, appliedPsychologyPsychology, educationalEducation, specialPsychology, social
The official Open Doors website ↗ · Subject programme (PDF) ↗
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