Departmental Info
Pamukkale University-Psychology Department was established in 2013. Academic staff consists of a professor, three assistant professors and 2 research assistants. Our other 2 research assistants are conducting their PhD in different universities in Turkey and when they get their PhD degree they will return to the department. Our department is ready to welcome our first bachelor students in September 2021.
To start our graduate level education with our university’s vision, mision, values and strategical goals perspective and to educate psychologists that make researchs in national and international level, provide benefits to their field with their scientifict contribution and practice their profession in the advantage of society.
Our Mission
Our mission is to train psychologists who have full scientific knowledge of psychology and related fields and eager to develop themselves in the field. Besides, it is to produce scientific and psychological knowledge and use it in advantage of society.
PAU Psychology Department
Academic Ethical Principles
PAU Department of Psychology states that we will comply with the following
academic ethical principles based on the ethical foundations and principles
required as a psychologist.
1- We will not impose or discriminate on their values, identity, beliefs, freedoms
etc of no individual, especially our colleagues and students.
2- As psychologists from different universities and different schools, we
will not allow the content of any school to impose itself, remembering that no
paradigm or school is superior and that all different views and schools are
better suited to explain the "existing" correctly together.
3- Regardless of the title, none of our colleagues can be left under the
obligation of doing another academician’s (regardless of his / her title) tasks
or preparing course materials. Any ethical violation will not be tolerated by
our department as an academic violation or plagiarism.
4- The decisions about our department will be taken as a result of the
decision of all academicians in the department, regardless of their titles.
Considering the basic principles of psychology, we declare that we accept
these terms and conditions as every academician working at Pamukkale University
Psychology Department.