Welcome to the School of Psychology Postgraduate Admissions pages. We are a strong research department, rated 5*A in the last Research Assessment Exercise. Our postgraduate students can take advantage of a lively research culture with excellent supervisory support. At present we offer research training leading to the degrees Masters of Research (M.Res), Masters of Science (M.Sci) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D). In addition to the information below, we invite prospective students to look the University's postgraduate admissions page and instructions on visiting the University.

Admission to the following programmes

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
Master of Research (M.Res)
Master of Science (M.Sc) by Distance Learning. Adults with learning disabilities who have significant and complex needs.
Postgraduate Certificate by Distance Learning. Adults Support, Protection and Safeguarding.
Master of Science (M.Sc) in Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology
Master of Science (M.Sc) Conversion to Psychology
Master of Philosophy in Behavioural and Neural Sciences (M.Phil)
Master of Science(M.Sc) Health Psychology - This programme is administered by the School of Medicine.

Opportunities

For all opportunities please review our current research and application procedures.

Research Areas

A priority in the admissions process for both the M.Res and Ph.D is to match a prospective applicant with a supervisor. Therefore, we recommend that prior to submitting an application you access our research web pages which provide details about research in the following areas:

Applied, Clinical & Health Psychology
Behavioural Neuroscience
Human Cognition
Origins of Mind
Perception
Social Psychology