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Follow the instructions carefully to avoid disqualification due to incomplete applications.  \nStep ONE: Online Application for Admission to UP  \nProspective Students: First complete the Compulsory Online Application for Admission to  \nUP via the online link at [https://www.up.ac.za/online-application](https://www.up.ac.za/online-application)  \nCurrent UP Students: First complete the Compulsory Internal Application via your Student  \nPortal → Student Centre → Internal Application  \nStep TWO: Online Departmental Application Process  \nSecondly, and only once you completed the UP-Admission Process (Step ONE), you complete the Compulsory Online Departmental Application Process, which consists of TWO parts:  \nPart ONE: Online Departmental Application:  \nThis online departmental application needs to be completed via a Google Form Platform available at [https://forms.gle/UCVES22cZnaYFcgW7](https://forms.gle/UCVES22cZnaYFcgW7. It)[. It](https://forms.gle/UCVES22cZnaYFcgW7. It) is essential to complete all sections. Instructions are built into the form in all sections to guide you through the process.  \nPart TWO: Referee Report  \nYou, as the applicant, are required to download the Referee Report and email it to the two referees you identified. Ensure you capture the referee information on the Departmental Google Application: link available on the departmental Google Application Form.  \nYou also need to follow up with your referees to ensure they submitted the completed form via [https://forms.gle/UeTaMZ8zt1oBxhcs9](https://forms.gle/UeTaMZ8zt1oBxhcs9) .  \nSelection Process Information  \nRead this carefully before you complete the application form  \nThe Selection Process for MA Counselling Psychology Programme  \nThe Department of Psychology offers the MA Counselling Psychology programme, which leads to registration as a Counselling Psychologist with the Professional Board of Psychology of the Health Professions Council of South Africa. The programme comprises of one full-time academic year of study, followed by a full-time internship year, during which students also complete their mini-dissertations. Students must complete the full-time academic year before they can enter the internship.  \nPlease take into consideration that it is expected for all selected candidates to be economically independent for the MA programme. It is a FULL-TIME course, and it is not possible for you to be in permanent, temporary or part-time employment during this period. Please note that applicants with an Honours Degree in Educational Psychology are not eligible to apply for this programme.  \nThe Selection Process is Divided into THREE Steps  \nIt is compulsory to complete both steps ONE and TWO and submit all the stipulated documents before your application to the MA Counselling Psychology programme is completed.  \nStep ONE: Online Application (both Prospective and UP students)  \n1. 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