Top Programs in Clinical Psychology

University of Victoria

• The University of Victoria is located in Victoria, British Columbia in Canada. This school was rated the number one clinical psychology program in the United States and Canada by the Social Psychology Network. The core curriculum of this school focuses on research methods, statistical analysis, behavioral neuroscience, clinical work, and life-span development studies. This program also puts an emphasis on hands on learning, requiring students to stay actively involved in research, supervised clinical work, as well as completion of a one year internship or residency at an accredited institution. The department recommends that bachelor's students interested in enrolling in their clinical psychology program take relevant undergraduate level courses including but not limited to adult & children's mental health, neuropsychology, biological bases of behavior, cognitive bases of behavior, and introduction to clinical psychology.

  University of Victoria

  3800 Finnerty Road

  Victoria, BC V8P 5C2

  Canada

  uvic.ca

University of Pennsylvania

• The University of Pennsylvania was ranked the second best clinical psychology program in the United States and Canada by the Social Psychology Network, an online publication with an emphasis on psychology education. The campus is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This school is also a member of the elite Ivy League schools in the northeastern United States. The school has a long history in clinical psychology. In fact, the first psychology clinic in the United States was founded at Penn in 1896 by Lightner Witmer. This department seeks to prepare its graduates for either research or academic careers. The clinical psychology program takes between five and seven years to complete.

  University of Pennsylvania

  3451 Walnut Street

  Philadelphia, PA 19104

  215-898-5000

  upenn.edu

University of Waterloo

• The University of Waterloo campus is located in Ontario, Canada. It was rated the third best clinical psychology program in the United States and Canada by the Social Psychology Network. This school trains its graduates according to the scientist-practitioner model, which creates graduates who are able to not only generate knowledge in an academic setting, but also to translate and apply said knowledge in a real world, clinical setting. This school is accredited by both the Canadian Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association. Graduation from this program of study requires approximately five years to complete.

  University of Waterloo

  200 University Avenue West

  Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1

  519-888-4567

  uwaterloo.ca