Introduction to Postgraduate Courses
The Department of Psychology welcomes applications from prospective postgraduate students wishing to pursue research degrees in a stimulating and internationally recognised research environment.
We offer the following postgraduate research degrees:
General information
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PhD programme
PhD in Psychology (Course Code BLPC22)
A three-year, full-time research degree, with a part-time option also available. Students undertake an original research project under academic supervision, culminating in the submission of a 60,000-word dissertation.
MPhil programme
MPhil in Psychology (Course Code BLPCM1)
A one-year, full-time research degree, with a part-time option also available.
- Students undertake an original research project under academic supervision, culminating in the submission of a 20,000-word dissertation presenting their research and conclusions.
- Although the official degree title is MPhil in Biological Science (Psychology), students can pursue research across a wide range of areas within psychology.
- The Department also contributes to the interdisciplinary MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience.
Programmes not offered by the Department
Please note that the Department of Psychology does not currently offer:
- Degrees, programmes or professional training in clinical, counselling, educational, health, or sport and exercise psychology.
- Distance-learning or fully online degree programmes.
- Postgraduate degrees delivered exclusively through taught courses.
- Psychology conversion courses for graduates whose first degree is in another discipline.
Interested in working with someone in another Department?
Departments carrying out similar research:
- Research in neuropsychiatry (e.g., depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and drug addiction) is also carried out in the Department of Psychiatry and within the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute.
- Research in several areas of human cognitive neuroscience is also carried out at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.
- Research on ethology and comparative psychology is also carried out at the Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour within the Zoology Department.
- The School of Biological Science offers an MPhil in Biological Sciences.
- The Department of Psychiatry offers an MPhil in Foundations of Clinical Psychology.
Please contact these departments directly if you are interested in working with one of their members.