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I want to pursue a master's degree in applied psychology. What are his employment prospects?
Employment prospect of master of applied psychology;

(A) into the school as a teacher

College psychology teachers, mental health education and counseling teachers, college students' political counselors, primary and secondary school mental health education teachers, student psychological counselors (class teachers, student affairs), researchers of educational institutions, etc.

(2) Civil servants in administrative institutions.

At present, the administrative institutions that master students of applied psychology can enter are mainly the public security system and the education government management department. Some special industries, such as judicial departments, public security bureaus, reeducation-through-labor centers, prisons, etc., have a great demand for graduates majoring in applied psychology, and educational and scientific research departments at all levels have a certain number of entry indicators every year.

(3) enlisting in the army

In recent years, grass-roots companies and armed police forces recruit graduate students with psychological background from local colleges and universities, specializing in military ideological and political work and psychological counseling, which is a new way for college students to find jobs. In the series of Armed Police Force, there is a certain demand for college students majoring in applied psychology such as fire fighting force, border inspection and drug control.

(4) Entering the enterprise

For graduate students of applied psychology, the demand of enterprises is still great. Professionals who have studied psychology are needed from the training of sales staff, psychological analysis of customer consumption and humanized analysis of product design, to the evaluation of talents related to human resources, vocational evaluation, psychological quality training of employees and stress release training of groups suffering from psychological pressure.

(5) Entering social professional service institutions.

Engaged in psychological counseling, career planning, employment guidance, family, marriage guidance, psychological counseling (hospitals, communities) and other professional consulting services. Most of these professional service organizations are private companies or institutions. For graduate students majoring in applied psychology who have received professional consulting training, the consulting services of these majors have great employment competitiveness.

(6) Self-employment

Establish psychological counseling services, psychological training institutions, social investigation specialized institutions, etc. Setting up psychological clinics, psychological counseling service centers and psychological education and training centers should be the main projects of starting their own businesses. In developed areas such as Shanghai, Beijing and the Pearl River Delta, compared with the mainland, the concept is relatively new, the entrepreneurial environment is better and the market demand is greater. Therefore, private psychological counseling service has great development prospects.

Classmate, when did you take the exam? The Master of Applied Psychology is a national entrance examination, and the Ministry of Education issues an outline for postgraduate entrance examination, and all enrollment institutions make their own propositions. The situation in each school is different. At present, there are 30 colleges and universities in China enrolling masters in applied psychology. They are:

The province and city where the name of the institution is located.

Peking University, Beijing, Liaoning Normal University, Liaoning Province.

Beijing Normal University Beijing Inner Mongolia Normal University Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Capital Normal University Beijing Shandong Normal University Shandong Province

Graduate School of China Academy of Sciences, Beijing Qufu Normal University, Shandong Province.

Northwest Normal University Gansu Province ludong university Shandong Province

South China Normal University Guangdong Province Shaanxi Normal University Shaanxi Province

Hebei Normal University East China Normal University Shanghai, Hebei Province

Henan University, Shanghai Normal University, Henan Province, Shanghai

Huazhong Normal University Hubei Sichuan University Sichuan Province

Nankai University, Hunan Normal University, Tianjin, Hunan Province

Jilin University Jilin Province Tianjin Normal University Tianjin

Northeast Normal University Jilin Province Yunnan Normal University Yunnan Province

Suzhou University, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Province

Nanjing Normal University Jiangsu Zhejiang Normal University Zhejiang Province

Jiangxi Normal University, Southwest University of Jiangxi, Chongqing

If you want to know the specific situation of enrollment institutions, you can refer to the application guidance activities for master of applied psychology recently held by Boren Education.