University of Pécs | Centre for Internationalization and Connections

MA in Human Resources Counseling

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Head of program:

Prof. Dr. habil. Andreas HÉJJ

Degree
Master of Human Resources Counselling

Duration of training
2 years (4 semesters)

Language of instruction
English

Deadline of application
07/31/2020
Next starting date
09/01/2020

Fees
Tuition fee: EUR 2,200/sem.
Application fee: EUR 140
Registration fee: -

Intake
Fall

The purpose of this course is to educate and train professionals who are experts in providing help to organisations and companies regarding any area of human resources management, one of the functional areas of leadership counselling. Special attention will be paid to career-planning and counselling, and a major discipline is devoted to equal opportunity and the treatment of disadvantaged groups. According to the tradition of this faculty students will also deal with employment policy, adult education as well as the interdependence of education and the workforce market. From among the practical skills trained the abilities of counselling and conflict management should especially be pointed out. The curriculum also arranges for a compulsory professional field practice, where skills and knowledge acquired may be applied and deepened in practice.

Admission for 2018/19 academic year
Application Round	Application deadlines	Skype interviews	Evaluation deadlines
Round 1	January 1 - March 8, 2019	March 18 - 22, 2019	March 29, 2019
Round 2	March 9 - April 14, 2019	April 22 - 26, 2019	May 6, 2019
Round 3	April 15 - May 12, 2019	May 21 - 24, 2019	May 31, 2019
Round 4	May 13 - June 15, 2019	June 24 - 28, 2019	July 5, 2019
Round 5 (Final deadline)	June 16 - July 15, 2019	July 22 - 26, 2019	August 2, 2019

Entrance Exam (personally or via Skype), topics

The committee will find out what the candidate’s primary motivation is in wanting to study HRC and reasons of choosing to pursue their studies at the University of Pécs, the oldest tertiary institution in Hungary.

After a brief discussion of the candidate’s life situation and previous studies and professional experience, topics that may be discussed include

Areas of exposure to HR

Professional prospects of HR

Fields of HRC

Recommended readings:

Santrock, J. W. (2010). Life-span development (13th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Ivey, M.B, Myers, J.E, Sweeney, T.A. & Ivey, A.E. (2007). Developmental counseling and therapy: Promoting wellness over the lifespan (2nd ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Sue, D. W., & Sue, D. (2012). Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice (6th ed.). New York, NY: Wiley.

Corey, G. (2012). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy (9th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole

Ivey, A. E., Ivey, M.B, & Zalaquett, C.P. (2013). Intentional interviewing and counseling: Facilitating a client development in a multicultural society (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

For a successful application please follow the steps below:

To apply, click on the Apply Now button, and start your application.
Register on our application site, fill the application form, upload the necessary documents and submit your application!
After you have submitted your application, you are going to receive information on the further steps.
If we received your application fee, we are going to start the evaluation of your application.

The applicant has to submit the following documents by uploading them to the online application portal of the University of Pécs:

Your application file should contain:

Certified and translated (if originals are not in English) BA Degree in Human Resource Counselling, BA (For lack of the above degree, other degrees can also be accepted if they include the following disciplines: Social psychology, Theories of learning, Methodology of teaching and learning with adults, Organisational development, career psychology, HRM, Validation of prior learning, Organisational development, Knowledge management - please attach a transcript for the courses you have completed (title, credits))
Certified and translated (if originals are not in English) copy of school transcripts showing satisfactory completion of senior high school.
Europass CV in English
Motivation letter (introduction plus field of interest, etc.) in 3000 to 3500 characters.
Copy of valid passport or national ID
Medical certificate, (please fill the document and attach the serologic test results)
- vaccination card (showing that you are immunized against HEP B)
- HEP A/B/C test*
- HIV test*
- Chest X-ray: Please attach the chest’s X-ray result (not the film!) in English/Hungarian! (not older than 3 months)
Transfer receipt of the EUR 140 application fee
Official copy of the one of the following language exam certificates:
- TOEFL (iBT internet-based): 80 points (www.ets.org/toefl)
- IELTS: Overall Band Score: 5.5 (www.ielts.org)
- Cambridge ESOL: B2 level (www.cambridgeenglish.org)
- TELC: B2 level (https://www.telc.net/en.html)
- ECL: B2 level (http://www.ecl-test.com/)
- You do not have to submit an official English test result if one of the following criteria applies to you: you have completed your undergraduate studies in the English language.
Entrance Exam (personally or via Skype), topics:
Education and equal treatment
Psychological aspects of defining personality
Adult education and labor market
The role of Human Resources Management in an organization
The sociological impacts of new communicational technologies
The socio-economic environment of the labor-market.