MA in Psychoanalysis
Study Center Hohe Warte is an affiliated college of Woolf - a global collegiate higher education institution, accredited for recognition in Europe by Malta (MFHEA).
KEY FACTS
• Total scope: 90 ECTS
• Duration of study: 18 months
• Start of study: Rolling admission
• Tuition fees: EUR 10,900
• Learning format: Online study with one-on-one academic supervision, and live group sessions
• Language: English
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
• Completed Bachelor's degree
Or
• Performance- Based- Admission (PBA):
PBA is an alternative admission route that allows students to enrol and begin learning without meeting the academic entry qualifications.
PBA students are given an oppertunity to demonstrate their academic ability through coursework by meeting specific academic performance and workload criteria.
Please get in touch with our study advisors for further details.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The program follows the principle of guided self-study:
Each unit entails
• Required reading (textbooks & peer-reviewed articles)
• Online Live - Lectures
• Assignments
- Two regular assignments (800 and 1,200 words each)
- One summative assignment (approx. 3,000 words)
Our lecturers provide academic supervision and one-on-one online support.
This enables students to develop the ability to independently apply theoretical knowledge to professional situations and make scientifically sound decisions.
Programme Profile and Academic Orientation
The Master of Arts in Psychoanalysis is designed as a consistently theoretical and academic programme dedicated to the in-depth analysis of psychoanalytic theories, concepts and discourses. The focus is not on clinical training or therapeutic practice, but on the systematic examination of psychoanalysis as a critical theory of the subject, culture and society. The programme is aimed at students who want to understand psychoanalytic thinking in its conceptual, historical and interdisciplinary dimensions and develop it further on their own.
In terms of content, the programme focuses on central strands of the Freudian, Jungian and, in particular, Lacanian traditions, as well as their continuations in contemporary debates. Psychoanalysis is used as an analytical tool to examine cultural, political, religious and aesthetic phenomena. Topics such as desire, instinct, the unconscious, symbolisation, idealisation, regression, authority, religion, ideology and mass psychology are not treated in isolation, but analysed in their context with historical constellations and current social developments.
The Master's programme in Psychoanalysis is clearly research-oriented. Students acquire the ability to read complex primary texts accurately, reconstruct theoretical arguments in a differentiated manner and develop independent questions. Methodologically, the focus is on text analysis, hermeneutics, conceptual history and interdisciplinary approaches. Working with original texts and current international research is a central component of the programme. Psychoanalysis is thus not taught as a closed system, but as an open theoretical construct that is subject to critical reflection.
The Master's thesis forms the academic conclusion of the programme. It is designed as an independent theoretical research project and requires a coherent combination of theory, methodological reflection and argumentative rigour. The thesis serves to explore a clearly defined psychoanalytical question in depth and makes an independent contribution to theoretical discourse. The primary qualification path following the programme is a PhD programme, in which the question developed in the Master's programme is further deepened and systematically expanded.
The Master of Arts in Psychoanalysis is thus positioned as a demanding academic programme that teaches psychoanalytic thinking as critical theory and specifically prepares students for further academic qualification.
TIER 1 (30 ECTS)
All units in Tier 1 are compulsory.
• Introduction to Psychoanalysis 3 ECTS
• The Jungian Tradition: Symbols and Synchronicity 3 ECTS
• Figures in Psychoanalysis 3 ECTS
• Desire and Its Interpretations 3 ECTS
• Topics in Psychoanalysis 3 ECTS
• Independent Study in Psychoanalysis 3 ECTS
• The Freudian Tradition: Psychoanalysis and the Body 3 ECTS
• Psychoanalysis and Religion 3 ECTS
• Psychoanalysis and Eastern Philosophies 3 ECTS
• Psychoanalysis and Literature 3 ECTS
TIER 2 (60 ECTS)
Master Thesis 60 ECTS - Individual academic supervision
Students must complete the following:
• Research Plan
• Master Thesis