HUMAN RESOURCE COUNSELLING MA (UNIVERSITY OF EÖTVÖS LORÁND)
| Name of Faculty | Faculty of Education and Psychology |
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Degree |
MA / Certified Human Resource Counsellor |
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University type |
Public |
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Established |
2003 |
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Language of course |
English
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Erasmus |
Yes |
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Course duration |
4 semesters (2 years) |
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Intake |
September |
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Total course fee |
11.600 Euro |
Programme Introduction
The aim of the programme is to train experts, who, in possession of their human, economic and developed interdisciplinary approach, are able to make detailed analyses, to find global and special correlations and to carry out advising and assessing activities in the world of organisations, work, employment and education. They apply their professional skills, support the macro-level processes of human resource management and education according to the different professional requirements of the given workplace. They are able to identify special professional problems and define practical solutions to them. They provide help for individuals to make career planning decisions. Their advising activity is determined by their knowledge of the HR market and organisational processes. They are prepared to continue their studies in a PhD programme.
Specializations:
Those who graduate from the Human Resource Counselling MA programme can find advising and career consultant positions both in the public and in the private sectors in human resources, registry offices, career centres, temporary agency work, in organisations dealing with youth’s career orientation or adults’ career advice, and in recruiting and selection at head hunter or consulting companies.
Job examples
- Human resource counsellor
- Learning and development manager
- HR recruitment specialist
Fees
Tuition Fee: €2,900 per semester + one-time application fees
Required language proficiency
Minimum level of language proficiency (oral) (A1-C2): C1
Minimum level of language proficiency (written) (A1-C2): C1
Further comments:
The language of instruction for the entire programme is English, so a very good command of English is required during the oral entrance exam and throughout the whole programme. The language knowledge is assessed and evaluated during the interview, the Faculty of Education and Psychology doesn’t require an official language certificate.
Application criteria
- Undergraduate / Bachelor diploma (or higher)
- Fully recognised BA studies (full credit acknowledgement): Andragogy and Community Management BA degree, college degree in Cultural Management, Human Resource Management, Labour Counselling, Pedagogy, Psychology, Human Resources, Sociology, Political Sciences, Computational Librarian, Cultural Anthropology and the BA degrees of teacher education. Bachelor Degree in Psychology, Education, Special Education, Sociology.
- Conditionally recognised BA studies: any Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in case the applicant possesses 30 credits in the following fields: essential studies related to humanities: pedagogical, psychological, philosophical and ethical studies; adult education studies; communicational science related studies, communication development; information technology, library studies; essential studies related to social sciences: social studies, sociology, anthropology, political sciences; economic and legal studies. The condition of admittance is that the applicant should possess minimum 15 credits from these studies, the missing 15 can be obtained during the first semester of the applied program.
Required documents
- Bachelor-level degree
- Transcript of records
- CV
- Motivation letter: The letter should contain approximately 2000 characters. You should explain your experiences and ideas, how you met human resources counselling and why you thought this profession would be suitable for you, what your aim is with the MA degree, how you would imagine your career, which area you are interested in, what further studies you are planning.
- Copy of the main pages of the passport (needs to be valid)
- Copy of application fee transfer
- Entrance exam fee
- Reference work: It can be any paper written in English by the applicant connected the field of human resources counselling (BA thesis extract, a research paper, a seminar paper, a research report, a published journal article or a book chapter, a case study, a literature review, etc.) Either a new paper or an improved version of an earlier work can also be written for the current application. The ideal length should be between 5-15 pages – excluding references and the appendices. There are no special requirements concerning the format.
