Exploring Industrial Psychology Courses: Which Colleges Offer the Best Programs?

Hi, I am very much interested in pursuing a course in Industrial Psychology. I would be grateful if someone could provide some insight regarding which colleges/universities offer courses in Industrial Psychology. I have completed my Bachelor's in Management Studies (BMS), currently enrolled in PGDHR, and have 9 months of experience in Recruitment.

Have a great weekend.

Hi Deepti,

Industrial Psychology is generally offered as a specialization in Applied Psychology at the postgraduate level. You need a postgraduate degree in the subject to qualify as an Industrial Psychologist.

MA (Applied Psychology) is offered at the following universities:

1. Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Chembur, Mumbai (certificate course)
2. Annamalai University, PO Annamalai Nagar 608002
3. Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore 641043
4. Bharathiar University, Maruthamalai Road, Coimbatore 641046
5. MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly 243001
6. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur 222002
7. Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, Saraswati Vihar, Pachpedi, Jabalpur (MP) 482001
8. University of Chennai, Centenary Buildings Chepauk, Triplicane PO, Chennai 600005
9. University of Delhi, Delhi 110007 (this course is also available at South Campus)

The subject is also covered under Organizational Behavior (OB) in the second year of the MBA program in Management schools.

Furthermore, these are some of the institutes that offer Research Facilities in Industrial and Experimental Psychology:

1. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

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Hi Ajmal,

Sorry for the delay in responding. Thank you for the valuable information you have given. Currently, as I have mentioned, I have 9 months of experience in recruitment. So, considering that, I am a novice in this industry.

Recently, I have realized that I am more interested in the people aspect of my work, meaning interacting with them and gaining knowledge from everyone in every possible way. However, I am not comfortable with recruitment tasks.

I am in a dilemma because I am very interested in building a career in HR, but I have no idea what else I could do if not recruitment. Please guide me as I feel frustrated and unhappy with the way my work is progressing.

Thanks & regards

Hi,

I think that recruitment involves maximum people skills. You come to know about lots of people while you are on recruitment/interviewing. If interviewing/recruiting is what you don't like, then reconsider the job profile because in HR you need to continuously be involved with the interviewing process. At times for:

1. Recruiting Interviews
2. Appraisal Interviews
3. Exit Interviews
4. Transfer Interviews

If you seriously don't like the interviewing process, then think about a career in the Administration department. In the future, if you plan to move back to the main HR stream, it would be comparatively easier for you to move back.

Hey Ajmal,

I am involved only in the initial part of recruitment, i.e. I just screen shortlist the professionals' CV, schedule them for processes at clients' place, and then do follow-ups. No interviewing involved :-( Can you suggest some tips to make my current work interesting or better, please guide me on what else I can do.

Thanks & Regards

Currently, as I have mentioned, I am having 9 months of experience in recruitment. From this, I guess that you have less than 1 year of experience in HR. I believe that your management thinks that you require some more experience and exposure before they can hand you more responsibilities.

In that case, all you should do is try to give your best to the job you have been assigned. Further, try to fill in for other colleagues, especially when they are absent or behind schedule. This will not only give extra exposure to the job, but the higher-ups would come to know that you can and would do a lot more. Maybe that would bring you on good records of the senior management but in either case, it would give you sufficient exposure to HR to move up the ladder and get involved in the work that you want to do.