***Applicants for the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program should check the Clinical Faculty Mentors page for a list of faculty who will be accepting students for the fall 2025 admission class.***

Clinical science is defined as "a psychological science directed at the promotion of adaptive functioning; at the assessment, understanding, amelioration, and prevention of human problems in behavior, affect, cognition, or health; and at the application of knowledge in ways consistent with scientific evidence."

In particular, MU's Clinical Training Ph.D. program is designed to provide

1. Training in the major substantive areas and methodology of the science of psychology,
2. Intensive training in the subject matter of clinical psychology as well as in empirically supported assessment and intervention approaches,
3. Research competence and background in theoretical and applied problem areas of clinical psychology, and
4. A clinical scientist orientation that embraces both an appreciation of and a commitment to advancing clinical psychology as a science.