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Department of Psychology

Overview

Members of staff listed on this page are willing to consider supervising students on the MPhil in Psychology. Please note the official course title is MPhil in Biological Science (Psychology), course code BLPCM1. 

Detailed information about the research interests of academic staff can be found on their profile pages. To visit the profile page of a member of staff, click on their name.

Once you have identified a potential supervisor, make email contact to discuss research possibilities before making your application.  Applicants must nominate a prospective supervisor on their application. It is essential that applicants contact a prospective supervisor, and receive their support to apply, before submitting their application. The support of a prospective supervisor does not guarantee the applicant a place on the course, nor does it guarantee funding.

Further details about how to make an application for postgraduate study can be found here: https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/study/grads/prosp-stu-pg/application

List of potential supervisors

Dr Stephanie Archer

Professor Paul Bays

Dr Richard Bethlehem

Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Dr Mirjana Bozic

Professor Nicola Clayton

Professor Jeff Dalley

Dr Greg Davis

Dr Lee de Wit

Professor Zoe Kourtzi

Professor Simone Schnall

Professor Dénes Szűcs

Applicants wishing to be supervised by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen should apply for admission via the Department of Psychiatry.

Funding Round Deadline
Gates Cambridge (USA) Wednesday 15 October 2025
All other funding rounds Tuesday 2 December 2025

The Department will continue to accept applications up until Thursday 26 March 2026 for October 2026 start date. 

Any application submitted after 2 December 2025 will not be considered for the funding round.

 

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