Global-MINDS integrates insights from Social & Cultural Psychology, offering high quality international teaching in English on issues of migration, diversity and inclusion, also identified as Sustainable Development Goals by the UN. The programme objectives are to equip students with the psychological knowledge, cultural sensitivity, and highest standard of research expertise to engage with complex social problems worldwide. Theory and practice are bridged via the master thesis and internship.  The fully accredited joint programme combines the Social & Cultural Psychology branches of four national Master programmes, integrating the expertise of all partners while offering diversity via three mobility paths of which one is a new path focusing on migrant health. Students complete a 2-year study programme with 120 ECTS, beginning semester 1 at either Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal) or SWPS (Warsaw, Poland), moving then to either the University of Limerick (Ireland) or the University of Oslo (Norway) in Semester 2 and attending a joint summer school. Year 2 consists of a dissertation project and the internship in an NGO, organization, or intergovernmental agency.   A total of 100 scholarships are available of which 40 are full scholarships and 60 are tuition fee waivers. The worldwide network of 30 (non)academic Associate Partners, and numerous other partnerships, facilitates students' international master thesis research and provides internship opportunities.  

Global-MINDS integrates insights from Social & Cultural Psychology, offering high quality international teaching in English on issues of migration, diversity and inclusion, also identified as Sustainable Development Goals by the UN. The programme objectives are to equip students with the psychological knowledge, cultural sensitivity, and highest standard of research expertise to engage with complex social problems worldwide. Theory and practice are bridged via the master thesis and internship.  The fully accredited joint programme combines the Social & Cultural Psychology branches of five national Master programmes, integrating the expertise of all partners while offering diversity via four mobility paths. Students complete a 2-year study programme with 120 ECTS, beginning semester 1 at either Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal) or SWPS (Warsaw, Poland), moving then to either the University of Limerick (Ireland), the University of Oslo (Norway) or Koç University in Semester 2 and attending a joint summer school. Year 2 provides the possibility of an additional mobility (dissertation and internship).   A total of 58 EMJDM scholarships are available. The worldwide network of 30 (non)academic Associate Partners, and numerous other partnerships, (e.g., with 19 visiting scholars), facilitates students' international master thesis research and provides internship opportunities.