Master of Professional Psychology

What can you do with your degree?

Following the successful completion of the Master of Professional Psychology, students are required to complete a sixth year of self-sourced supervised practice to meet the requirements for registration as a general psychologist.

The required number of hours for the Sixth Year is a minimum of 1500 hours, as follows:  

  • 1360 hours of placement  
  • 80 hours of supervision  
  • 60 hours of professional development  

Registered psychologist

You'll apply your psychological skills to assessment, treatment planning and interventions with a diverse array of client groups.  Registered psychologists are employed in health settings, educational environments, legal organisations, and private practice.

Professional accreditation

Bond University’s Master of Professional Psychology is accredited with conditions by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) as the equivalent of Year 5 on the pathway to becoming a registered psychologist in Australia.

After completing the program, graduates will need to self-source and undertake a one-year internship of supervised practice.  You will then be eligible for:

  • General registration as a psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA);
  • Associate Membership of the Australian Psychological Society (APS).

Program learning outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes provide a broad and measurable set of standards that incorporate a range of knowledge, skills and abilities that will be achieved on completion of the program. These outcomes will help you determine whether this program aligns with your professional pathway, career and learning goals.

View Master of Professional Psychology learning outcomes
  1. Apply advanced and integrated psychological knowledge to professional practice across the lifespan in evidence-informed and culturally responsive ways.
  2. Apply culturally responsive and culturally safe approaches across professional assessment and intervention, including with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, families and communities.
  3. Critically evaluate contemporary scientific literature to inform professional practice.
  4. Interpret and communicate psychological findings in written professional formats, including formal reports, using culturally appropriate language.
  5. Apply professional interpersonal communication and interview skills to convey psychological information orally in a culturally responsive manner.
  6. Apply ethical principles and professional standards to manage ethical dilemmas and work within the boundaries of professional competence, including the ethical and competent use of digital technologies.
  7. Engage in interprofessional collaborative practice, maintaining respectful and culturally responsive working relationships with others.
  8. Complete a substantial research-based project or piece of scholarship that contributes to psychological knowledge.
  9. Exercise professional reflexivity to appraise and improve one’s own practice through deliberate practice, and evaluate psychosocial risks of professional practice, applying self-care strategies and supervision to sustain safe and effective practice.
  10. Administer and interpret a range of psychological assessments with respect and cultural safety and identify psychological disorders using a recognised taxonomy.
  11. Synthesise information into a case conceptualisation to select, implement and evaluate culturally safe, evidence-informed interventions.

Further study

Upon graduation, you could progress to Bond’s Master of Psychology (Clinical) which is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) as the equivalent of the final two years – Years 5 and 6 - on the pathway to becoming a registered psychologist in Australia.  Graduates considering this option must achieve a GPA of 75% at the completion of the Master of Professional Psychology to be eligible to apply.