Canadian University Dubai (CUD) has launched a new bachelor programme in psychology which seeks to address the glaring imbalance in availability of psychologists in proportion to population size in the UAE.

According to well-known psychoanalyst Dr Yana Korobko, author of the book 'Arabs in Treatment: Development of Mental Health System and Psychoanalysis in the Arab-Islamic World', there is just one psychologist per 200,000 UAE residents.

The new Bachelor of Arts in Psychology programme, available in both English and Arabic, has been launched by Canadian University Dubai (CUD). The university will admit its first cohort in the Fall 2018 semester.

Dr Stefane Mostefa Kabene, programme leader at CUD and a practicing psychologist, says: "As a young society with a high expat population and so many different cultural dimensions, the UAE presents an exciting backdrop for the study and practice of psychology. It is also a profession where women are very well represented and so holds great potential to strengthen the female workforce."

"At CUD we have developed an exciting curriculum that will provide graduates with an immense variety of opportunities in professional practice, not just in clinical psychology, but in everything from cultural or sports psychology to educational or industrial psychology. They will also be equipped with the soft skills and core competencies of the social sciences that employers seek in every modern industry," Dr Stefane added.

Addressing the demand for transferable, world-class education, CUD's programme has been designed to meet the professional licensure requirements for practice in Canada, America and the UK. The University is also working in partnership with elite international institution, Chicago School of Psychology.

Dr Kabene concluded: "There is a desperate need in the UAE for more professionals in the field of psychology. Each year thousands of patients are going without the care that they need, and it is our hope to address this situation by creating a new generation of trained practitioners."

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