Human psychology is a vast area of medical science to understand. A career as a clinical psychologist requires to undergo  research of various kinds of behavioral disorders in order to understand how human psychology functions. Here we have mentioned some steps to know ho to become a clinical psychologist.

Step 1: Students of 10th usually do not possess the knowledge of a clinical psychologist career path. In order to become a clinical psychologist one must complete his or her 10+2 in physics, chemistry and biology with minimum 50 per cent marks. You can also complete 10+2 in any other subjects. There is not any restriction based on subjects.

Step 2: Several colleges conduct entrance exams before taking student admission. In order to be eligible to sit for the entrance exam, students must complete their 10+2 with a minimum of 50 per cent marks.

Major Entrance Examinations

DUET: Delhi University Entrance Examination

JMIEE: Jamia Millia Islamia Entrance Examination

TISSNET: Tata Institute of Social Science NET

Step 3: In order to pursue a career as a clinical psychologist one needs to complete his bachelors course. Some bachelors courses:

B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) Psychology

B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) Major Psychology

A bachelor of arts is a three-year course. It provides the student with important learnings and skills in the field.

B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science) Psychology

B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science) Clinical Psychology

A bachelor of science is an undergraduate level programme with a duration of three years for students who have completed 10+2 in science stream.

Step 4: Once the bachelor's degree is completed the student has two options to establish a successful career as a clinical psychologist.

Option 1 : He or she can begin working in the field of clinical psychology. One can start working with a senior clinical psychologist in order to gain experience.

Option 2 : The candidate can go for his or her masters in clinical psychology. If the student wants to specialise in the field he or she can go for a master's degree.

Major Master's Degree Programmes

M.A. (Master of Arts) Psychology

M.A. (Master of Arts) Clinical Psychology

A master of arts with specialisation in psychology or clinical psychology  two-year programme where students get to specialise in the field of psychology.

M.Sc. (Master of Science) Psychology

M.Sc. (Master of Science) Clinical Psychology

A master of science with specialisation in psychology or clinical psychology is a postgraduate level programme with a duration of two years. It is designed and developed for individuals who want to understand psychology with the scientifi c aspects .

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Hello Tanushree,

Physology is a study of human behaviour.Psychologist is a very good as well as noble job.To get the good perk and recognition,students are require to pursue Higher degree from recognised institute.There are very good scope of this profession all over the world.Institute such as DU,BHU,AMU,JMI,etc provides grauation,post graduation and docrate degree in psycology.To know more more about Psychology scope,colleges,etc follow this link: https://youtu.be/1PV_FJv3yIs

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Hello tanushree,

Steps to become a clinical pyschologist

1) complete a bachelors degree

2)enroll in a masters degree program

3)earn a doctorate degree

4) complete clinical training

5) become and stay licensed .

Thank you