Studying psychology in Lithuania is a little bit different than studying it in other countries. I am the student of Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, but sometimes I wonder how it would be to study psychology in another university, for example in the University of Kent.
First of all, psychology is quite a young science. Because of that people are afraid of it and they don't trust psychologists. This is a worldwide problem, but somehow in the UK it is a smaller problem than in Lithuania. That is why the University of Kent has a better aproach to psychology and a better, more informative programme for students than MRU. Moreover, the University of Kent appears to be quite good at research, it has good specialists, modern equipment and good knowledge. That provides students with more and better opportunities to learn and understand psychology and its methods. And of course, just like in all universitys in the UK, studies in the University of Kent last 3 years, not 4, which is a good point for students.
On the other hand, psychology is not an easily understandable subject to study. It is quite hard to study it in the native language so I can only imagine how hard it should be in French or English. For example, how hard it would be to learn the parts of the CNS (central nervous system) in English. And one more huge disadvantage of studying psychology in Kent, in my opinion, is the fact that the students over there have to choose what kind of psychology they want to study during those three years. And here, in the MRU, we are studying psychology in general. I think it is better to study the basics first, because not all of us are going to be psyhologists, so after 4 years we could decide if we want to be psychology specialists or if we want this knowledge just for our life, etc.
I believe that studying psychology is quite an interesting and good thing anywhere, either in MRU or in University of Kent or even in any other place. But I am proud and happy that my University has a good reputation and is as good as other universities in Europe.
Refrences:
information- http://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/
pictures-
http://www.tmi.lt/upload/iblock/6fc/mru_fasadas.jpg
