The University of
Cincinnati Counseling Program will celebrate 65 years of excellence in
educating future counselors in 2020. The CACREP accredited doctoral Program in Counselor Education at
the University of Cincinnati prepares future scholars who are skilled in
research, teaching and supervision, and service to the profession from an
ecological perspective. Inaugurated in 1955, the UC Counseling Program is among
the longest continuously running programs in the nation. Our doctoral program
just received ACES' Robert Frank Outstanding Counselor
Education Program Award (2019). We look forward to continuing the
mission of achieving for national excellence in implementing an ecological
counseling perspective through research and service with diverse populations.
The Ph. D. program at UC
has three cognate area: substance abuse, school, and multicultural social
justice counseling. Our doctoral students are committed to increasing their
research and teaching potential in addition to developing skills that enable them
to provide service to diverse populations, particularly members of underserved
groups. We are also committed to training our doctoral candidates to become
leaders within counselor education and in the wider mental health community
UC provides an ideal environment
for gaining research experience and building substantive expertise, having 200
years of history as a research pioneer and a Carnegie classification of
Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity. UC is "Among the top
tier of the Best National Universities," according to U.S. News &
World Report. The University of Cincinnati is the birthplace of cooperative
education (1906) and located in Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area, a premier
destination and awarding-winning place to live life (see https://www.cincyusa.com/cincinnati/awards/).
Please visit our program
website http://cech.uc.edu/programs/counseling.html
to learn more about the program. The deadline for
application is December 1, 2019. If you have questions, please contact
Dr. Mei Tang at mei.tang@uc.edu. Additional information about the
admissions process can be located at: http://grad.uc.edu/admissions.html. If
you need additional information about the application process, please contact
Ms. Amanda Carlisle at 513-556-3335.
