Masters (Coursework)
Gain the knowledge and practical experience to work as a professional clinical psychologist through the Master of Clinical Psychology (MCP), with expert supervision in clinics, teaching hospitals and community settings.
Gadigal Program applicant qualifications
Please note that Gadigal Program applicants have different qualification requirements, please see detailed information below.
Non-Australian qualifications (if relevant)
By the end of this degree, you will have the highly developed knowledge base and strong clinical skills needed to work as a professional clinical psychologist in many clinical and community settings.
Our graduates can be found working across a variety of roles, including:
Honours graduates have the necessary training to work in schools, hospitals, prisons, human resources, with people with developmental disabilities, and in various social policy areas in the private and public sectors.
This course is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council as a 5th and 6th year of graduate study in professional psychology.
Graduates are eligible for full registration as a psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia, and are also eligible for a registrar program in clinical psychology.
To gain full registration, graduates also need to satisfy additional requirements available on the how to become a registered psychologist page.
Following successful completion of a registrar program, graduates are eligible for endorsement in clinical psychology with the Psychology Board of Australia.
Admission is very competitive due to the large number of high calibre applications received and limited number of places available each year. It is important to read the application procedure guide to understand:
Eligible Gadigal applicants will be given priority for the selection interview and may apply with an honours grade H2.1 (Class II, Division 1) and above. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants who wish to be considered for admission under the Gadigal Program must provide evidence of their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identity in accordance with our policy. Please email our team at indigenous.recruitment@sydney.edu.au for more information or support with your documentation.
Authorisation formIf you are currently enrolled in your fourth year, your final result may not be available at the time of application closing. If this is the case, please complete this Authorisation Form (pdf, 523KB) to provide written consent for your institution to release provisional results to the University of Sydney.
Arrange referencesAll applicants must provide references via the Psychology Reference System. See further information in the Application Procedure Guide on types of references needed and when to submit them.
Download Application Procedure Guide (pdf, 205KB)