Introduction to Postgraduate Courses
The Department admits postgraduates to study for research degrees:
PhD programme
PhD in Psychology (Course Code BLPC22)
A three-year, full-time research degree (a part-time option is available). Candidates carry out an original piece of research and submit a 60,000 word dissertation.
MPhil programme
MPhil in Psychology (Course Code BLPCM1)
A one-year, full-time research degree (a part-time option is available)
- Candidates must produce a 20,000 word dissertation detailing a piece of original research and its conclusions.
- Although the official course title is MPhil in Biological Science (Psychology), candidates can undertake research in any area of psychology.
- The Department contributes to the interdisciplinary MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience.
General information
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Please note that the Department does not offer the following:
- Degrees/programmes/courses/training in clinical, counselling, educational, health or sports and exercise psychology
- Distance learning degrees/programmes/courses/training
- Exclusively taught postgraduate degrees
- Psychology conversion courses
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.