Since July 27, 2006, the minimum requirement for becoming a psychologist in Quebec is a doctorate in psychology. However, persons who held a master's degree recognized by the Order when the new requirement came into force will remain eligible for the permit; the previous requirement will apply to them indefinitely. The previous requirement also applies to all students who were enrolled in a recognized doctorate program in psychology before July 27, 2006, if they obtain, in the course of their doctoral studies, a master's degree recognized by the Order.

Diplomas recognized by law as giving access to the permit issued by the Ordre des psychologues du Québec

Ph.D. in Psychology (Clinical Profile) from Concordia University;

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology, or Ph.D. in School-Applied Child Psychology from McGill University;

Doctorat en psychologie – recherche et intervention (Ph.D.) from the Université de Montréal;

Doctorat en psychologie clinique (D.Psy.) from the Université de Montréal;

Doctorat en psychologie (D.Ps.) from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC);

Doctorat en psychologie, psychologiae doctor (Psy.D.) or Doctorat en psychologie, psychologiae doctor/philosophiae doctor (Psy.D./Ph.D.) from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM);

Doctorat en psychologie (D.Psy.) from the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO);

Doctorat en psychologie – Profil intervention (D.Ps. degree) or Doctorat en psychologie – Profil intervention/recherche (Ph.D. degree) from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR);

Doctorat en psychologie (D.Ps.) from the Université de Sherbrooke;

Doctorat en psychologie – recherche et intervention (Ph.D. degree) or Doctorat en psychologie (D.Psy. degree) from the Université Laval.

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