I have done electrical engineering in btech , is it an equivalent degree to the undergraduate degree in psychology ?

Dear Ravindra, Engineering and Applied or Social Sciences are 2 different fields. After having a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, thinking of pursuing a degree in Psychology is taking a detour. Now there are various courses in Psychology. In India, IGNOU offers you Master's degrees in Counselling, Arts and Counselling and Family Therapy. These courses require you to have a Bachelor's degree in any stream and the minimum duration to complete this course is 2 years and the course needs to be completed within 5 years. The fees is affordable too. Then there is a new section of Counselling that is springing up now and that is Military Counselling. National School of Leadership allows you to take distance course for this programme. There are couple of universities in India which offer a Master's degree in Organizational Psychology. However, they require a student to have Psychology as a subject in Graduation. The various subjects in Psychology are Principles of Psychology, Social Psychology, LifeSpan Development, Patho Psychology, Research Methodology, Counselling, Psychometry, etc.There are foreign universities as well that offer you diploma courses in Organizational Psychology wherein you can pursue the course online while staying in India. Please also remember that mere having a Masters degree in Psychology doesn't qualify you as a counsellor either in a Clinical setting or an Organizational setting. You need to have a licenae to be able to Counsel. To practise legally as a Psychologist, you need to register yourself with Rehabilitation Counsel of India (RCI). If you want to pursue a career in Clinical Psychological Counselling, you should obtain a M.Phil from RCI.Please do let me know if there is any specific information that you are looking for apart from this.

UG in Psychology and BTech are totally unrelated. In what sense are you asking whether they are equivalent? Is it for any eligibility criteria for a PG or an entrance. Please further elaborate.

Dear Thelu,

If you are concerned about the equivalence of the 'Degree' they do have equivalence, but there is no equivalence as far as the 'Subjects' are concerned. What I mean is, if you want to apply for a job that needs just a 'Degree' as a basic qualification, a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering is as good as a BA/BSc in Psychology. But if you want to apply for a job or a course that needs a BA/BSc in Psychology as a the basic eligibility, you cannot.

Now let's look at the same for pursuing higher education in India. If you want to go for MA/MSc in Psychology in the regular classroom mode, you may not be able to do so. At the same time, with a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering you can purse MA Psychology from any distance learning university, for example, IGNOU.

As you have an interest in study abroad, there is a possibility to do MA/MS in Psychology from many universities in the US. For example I know a person who has gained admisssion in the University of Missouri for MA in Psychology with B.Tech as the basic degree. To gain admission, you must be able to convince the Univeristy in your Statement of Purpose why you want to do an MA in Psychology though your undergraduate degree is in engineering. However, the MA is enroute to a PhD and is not a terminal degree.

The same holds true for UK universities. However, the disadvantage is that UK universities have only one-year post graduate programs that have no equivalance in India.

Hope we have been able to clarify your doubt. In case any doubt is still there, feel free to get back to us. Best of luck!