St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work
# St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work

St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work (SPbGIPSR, Russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный институт психологии и социальной работы, СПбГИПСР) is the only Russian state higher education institution of psychological and social profile in the Northwestern Federal District.

## Academic structure

As of December 2017, the Institute consists of Faculty of Psychological and Social Work (since 1995) and Faculty of Applied Psychology (since 1999) with a total of seven departments:

* Theory and Technology of Social Work
* Applied Social Psychology and Conflictology
* General, Developmental and Differential Psychology
* Counseling and Health Psychology
* Psychological Counseling
* Pedagogy and Psychology of Deviant Behaviour
* Philosophy, Cultural Studies and Foreign Languages
* Economics, Mathematics and Informatics

Academic structure also comprises the specialized Training and Laboratory Complex (TLC) designed to facilitate the practice-oriented approach in student's training. TLC consists of 6 laboratories and 4 classes:

## Higher Education

* 37.03.01 Psychology
* 39.03.02 Social Work "Social Work in the System of Social Services"
* 37.03.02 Conflictology

Master's degree programmes

* 37.04.01 Psychology "Psychological Counseling"
* 39.04.02 Social Work "Innovative Practices of Social Work"

All courses are delivered in the Russian language.

## Legal status

Institute operates under the university charter and internal regulations. It has license and state accreditation.

