Information on internships for psychology students with a single master's degree
Please note that one of the requirements for participating in an internship is third-party liability (OC) and accident insurance (NNW), which you must purchase on your own. Furthermore, during the internship, students are required to have a current health record (or medical certificate) for sanitary and epidemiological purposes. Institutions may also require additional testing. Testing is at the student's expense; for sanitary and epidemiological testing, you can request a referral from the Internship Office.
The minimum weekly duration means that the internship they can't be implemented during the period shorter than indicated above.
The maximum dimension in one week is 40 teaching hours, which is 30 clock hours.
You can only start a specific range of professional practice after completing the classes enabling the achievement of learning outcomes.
At the place of internship a Master of Psychology must be employed, who will be able to act as an internship supervisor.
Recruitment 2023/2024 and 2024/2025:
| Name of practice | Term | Teaching hours | Weeks (minimum) | Place of internship |
| Initial professional practice | during the 5th semester | 120 | 3 | – Academic Health Center of WSZ, – foundations and associations working for mental health, – community centers, sociotherapeutic centers and day support centers, – orphanages, – social welfare homes (DPS), – organizations conducting preventive and educational projects in schools and local communities. |
| Summer internship | after the 6th semester | 150 | 3,5 | – foundations and associations working for mental health, – community centers, sociotherapeutic centers and day support centers, – organizations conducting preventive and educational projects in schools and local communities, – orphanages, – psychological and pedagogical counseling centers, – primary and secondary schools (in cooperation with a school psychologist), – kindergartens with an employed psychologist, – special educational centers, – integrated and therapeutic schools, – adoption and care centers (support for candidates and children). |
| Summer internship | after the 8th semester | 150 | 3,5 | – crisis intervention centers (CIC), – consultation points for violence, addictions, emergency situations, – centers for helping families and victims of violence, – centers for personal development, life skills training and burnout prevention, – foundations and associations supporting the mental health of adults (e.g. self-help and psychoeducational programs, – Mental Health Centers – level I and II (registering adult patients), – social welfare centers, social service centers, – Municipal/District Family Support Centers (PCPR), – family diagnostic and consultation centers (RODK) – in terms of contact with adult parents, – clinics/hospital wards/psychological offices. |
| Student professional practice in line with the education path: Neuropsychology | during the 9th semester | 120 | 3 | – centers conducting neuropsychological diagnoses, hospital wards, – specialist clinics dealing with the assessment of cognitive functions in children, – Early Intervention Centers with a neuropsychological component), – facilities providing neuropsychological therapy and neurorehabilitation, – facilities supporting the development of children with cognitive and communication deficits (also within the framework of sensory integration, speech therapy, psychological therapy), – kindergartens and integrated schools cooperating with a neuropsychologist, – PPP conducting developmental diagnoses with neuropsychological elements, – specialized clinics working with children with learning difficulties and developmental disorders, – pediatric neurology departments in clinical or specialist hospitals, – neuropsychological laboratories at children’s departments (neurological, neurosurgical, psychiatric). |
| Student professional practice in line with the education path: Clinical psychology | during the 9th semester | 120 | 3 | – psychological and pedagogical counselling centres (including specialist ones: speech therapy, autism, early support), – mental health clinics for children and adolescents, – psychiatric or somatic day wards for children and adolescents, – therapeutic centers (e.g. specialized psychological and therapeutic counseling centers, psychotherapeutic centers, intervention centers), – Mental Health Centers for Children and Youth (reference levels I, II and III), – Early Intervention Centers (OWI) and Early Development Support Centers (WWR), – crisis intervention centers (family work team, victims of violence, children in crisis), – social welfare centers – family and child work teams, – foundations and associations dealing with children with disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, trauma, FASD, etc. |
| Student professional practice in line with the education path: Psychotherapy | during the 9th semester | 120 | 3 | – child and adolescent psychotherapy centers run by psychologists/psychotherapists, – psychotherapy clinics at institutes of psychology, psychiatry or pedagogy, children’s somatic hospital wards, – foundations and therapy centers dealing with developmental disorders, trauma, anxiety, depression, and attachment disorders, – mental health clinics for children and adolescents, – day psychiatric wards for children and adolescents. |
| Student professional practice in line with the education path: Neuropsychology | during the 10th semester | 420 | 10,5 | – adult neurology departments, – stroke units, – neurosurgery departments, – neurological rehabilitation departments, – neurological and neuropsychological clinics, – geriatric wards and geriatric clinics (with an element of neuropsychology of aging), – social welfare homes (DPS) for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s – work in the field of cognitive support, – senior activation centers – with elements of cognitive function training, – neurological rehabilitation centers, both inpatient and outpatient, – post-traumatic and post-traumatic brain injury rehabilitation centers, – care and treatment facilities (ZOL) with a therapeutic team (with a neuropsychologist). |
| Student professional practice in line with the education path: Clinical psychology | during the 10th semester | 420 | 10,5 | – mental health clinics for adults, – psychiatric and psychosomatic wards (day and inpatient), – clinics for the treatment of neuroses, anxiety disorders, depression, personality disorders, – general hospitals – oncology, neurology, cardiology and other somatic departments (clinical psychology in somatic diseases), – psychological and neuropsychological rehabilitation centers. |
| Student professional practice in line with the education path: Psychotherapy | during the 10th semester | 420 | 10,5 | – mental health clinics for adults, – psychiatric and psychosomatic day wards for adults, – psychiatric hospitals – general, therapeutic, addiction wards, – departments for the treatment of neuroses, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders, – foundations and associations supporting mental health, – crisis support centers for adults, – addiction treatment centers – individual and group psychotherapy for adults, – public and private psychotherapy centers run by certified psychotherapists/psychologists (scientifically recognized trends), – Mental Health Centers (1st and 2nd reference level) – diagnosis, treatment and therapy of adult patients, – therapeutic psychotherapy clinics at universities and institutes educating psychotherapists. |
Recruitment 2025/2026 and later:
| Name of practice | Term | Teaching hours | Weeks (minimum) | Place of internship |
| Initial student professional practice | during the 5th semester | 120 | 3 | – Academic Health Center of WSZ, – foundations and associations working for mental health, – community centers, sociotherapeutic centers and day support centers, – orphanages, – social welfare homes (DPS), – organizations conducting preventive and educational projects in schools and local communities. |
| Student professional practice in the field of child and adolescent psychology | after the 6th semester | 150 | 3,5 | – foundations and associations working for mental health, – community centers, sociotherapeutic centers and day support centers, – organizations conducting preventive and educational projects in schools and local communities, – orphanages, – psychological and pedagogical counseling centers, – primary and secondary schools (in cooperation with a school psychologist), – kindergartens with an employed psychologist, – special educational centers, – integrated and therapeutic schools, – adoption and care centers (support for candidates and children). |
| Student professional practice in the field of adult psychology | after the 8th semester | 150 | 3,5 | – crisis intervention centers (CIC), – consultation points for violence, addictions, emergency situations, – centers for helping families and victims of violence, – centers for personal development, life skills training and burnout prevention, – foundations and associations supporting the mental health of adults (e.g. self-help and psychoeducational programs, – Mental Health Centers – level I and II (registering adult patients), – social welfare centers, social service centers, – Municipal/District Family Support Centers (PCPR), – family diagnostic and consultation centers (RODK) – in terms of contact with adult parents, – clinics/hospital wards/psychological offices. |
| Student professional practice in line with the education path: Neuropsychology | during the 9th semester | 120 | 3 | – centers conducting neuropsychological diagnoses, hospital wards, – specialist clinics dealing with the assessment of cognitive functions in children, – Early Intervention Centers with a neuropsychological component), – facilities providing neuropsychological therapy and neurorehabilitation, – facilities supporting the development of children with cognitive and communication deficits (also within the framework of sensory integration, speech therapy, psychological therapy), – kindergartens and integrated schools cooperating with a neuropsychologist, – PPP conducting developmental diagnoses with neuropsychological elements, – specialized clinics working with children with learning difficulties and developmental disorders, – pediatric neurology departments in clinical or specialist hospitals, – neuropsychological laboratories at children’s departments (neurological, neurosurgical, psychiatric). |
| Student professional practice in line with the education path: Clinical psychology | during the 9th semester | 120 | 3 | – psychological and pedagogical counselling centres (including specialist ones: speech therapy, autism, early support), – mental health clinics for children and adolescents, – psychiatric or somatic day wards for children and adolescents, – therapeutic centers (e.g. specialized psychological and therapeutic counseling centers, psychotherapeutic centers, intervention centers), – Mental Health Centers for Children and Youth (reference levels I, II and III), – Early Intervention Centers (OWI) and Early Development Support Centers (WWR), – crisis intervention centers (family work team, victims of violence, children in crisis), – social welfare centers – family and child work teams, – foundations and associations dealing with children with disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, trauma, FASD, etc. |
| Student professional practice in line with the education path: Psychotherapy | during the 9th semester | 120 | 3 | – child and adolescent psychotherapy centers run by psychologists/psychotherapists, – psychotherapy clinics at institutes of psychology, psychiatry or pedagogy, children’s somatic hospital wards, – foundations and therapy centers dealing with developmental disorders, trauma, anxiety, depression, and attachment disorders, – mental health clinics for children and adolescents, – day psychiatric wards for children and adolescents. |
| Student professional practice in line with the education path: Neuropsychology | during the 10th semester | 420 | 10,5 | – adult neurology departments, – stroke units, – neurosurgery departments, – neurological rehabilitation departments, – neurological and neuropsychological clinics, – geriatric wards and geriatric clinics (with an element of neuropsychology of aging), – social welfare homes (DPS) for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s – work in the field of cognitive support, – senior activation centers – with elements of cognitive function training, – neurological rehabilitation centers, both inpatient and outpatient, – post-traumatic and post-traumatic brain injury rehabilitation centers, – care and treatment facilities (ZOL) with a therapeutic team (with a neuropsychologist). |
| Student professional practice in line with the education path: Clinical psychology | during the 10th semester | 420 | 10,5 | – mental health clinics for adults, – psychiatric and psychosomatic wards (day and inpatient), – clinics for the treatment of neuroses, anxiety disorders, depression, personality disorders, – general hospitals – oncology, neurology, cardiology and other somatic departments (clinical psychology in somatic diseases), – psychological and neuropsychological rehabilitation centers. |
| Student professional practice in line with the education path: Psychotherapy | during the 10th semester | 420 | 10,5 | – mental health clinics for adults, – psychiatric and psychosomatic day wards for adults, – psychiatric hospitals – general, therapeutic, addiction wards, – departments for the treatment of neuroses, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders, – foundations and associations supporting mental health, – crisis support centers for adults, – addiction treatment centers – individual and group psychotherapy for adults, – public and private psychotherapy centers run by certified psychotherapists/psychologists (scientifically recognized trends), – Mental Health Centers (1st and 2nd reference level) – diagnosis, treatment and therapy of adult patients, – therapeutic psychotherapy clinics at universities and institutes educating psychotherapists. |
Facilities:
- American Heart of Poland – various locations.
- Synergia Coaching Psychotherapy Center – various locations.
- Pomerania for Children Hospice Foundation – ul. Ugory 9; 80-663 Gdańsk.
- Tczew Hospitals SA – ul. 30-go Stycznia 57/58; 83-110 Tczew.
- SP ZOZ Sanatorum Spa MSWiA in Sopot – ul. Bitwy pod Płowcami 63/65; 81-731 Sopot.
- 7 Naval Hospital – Polanki Street 117; 80-305 Gdańsk.
- NOWY ŚWIAT Private Primary School – ul. Nowy Świat 7a; 80-299 Gdańsk.
- Specialist Hospital in Kościerzyna Sp. z o. o. – ul. Piechowskiego 36; 83-400 Kościerzyna.
- PARK ON Association for People with Parkinson's Disease and Degenerative Brain Diseases and Their Caregivers - ul. Cystersów 6/5; 80-330 Gdańsk.
- Military Specialist Medical Clinic – ul. Pułaskiego 4; 81-368 Gdynia.
- Caritas of the Archdiocese of Gdańsk – al. Niepodległości 778; 81-805 Sopot.
- Municipal Family Support Center in Słupsk – Słoneczna Street 15d; 76-200 Słupsk
- Primary School with Integration Departments No. 8 – ul. Józefa Golca 3; 81-743 Sopot.
- Jan Kasprowicz School Complex in Sztum – 3 Kasprowicza Street; 82-400 Sztum.
- Puck Hospice of St. Padre Pio – ul. Dziedzictwa Jana Pawła II 12; 84-100 Puck.
- Puck Medical Center Ltd. – ul. Wojska Polskiego 22; 84-100 Puck.
- Serenus DPS Care Center – ul. Przemyska 19; 80-180 Gdańsk.
- Secondary School Complex No. 1 in Gdańsk – Wilka Krzyżanowskiego Street 8; 80-271 Gdańsk.
- XV Secondary School in Gdańsk – ul. Pilotów 7; 80-460 Gdańsk.
- Social Welfare Home in Wejherowo – ul. Przebendowskiego 1, 84-200 Wejherowo,
- Perspective SC – ul. Czyżewskiego 32b/3; 80-336 Gdańsk.
In the case of carrying out professional internships in institutions with which the university NO has signed a cooperation agreement, then we remind you to familiarize yourself with the appropriate procedure, which is available on the university website – www.gamns.edu.pl/ STUDENT /Student Professional Internship/ Procedure for completing an internship at a facility of your choice