MPhil Psychology

  • Country United Kingdom
  • Course Duration 12 month
  • Course Type Full Time
  • Courses Campus On Campus
  • Language Specification IELTS
  • Program Level Post-Graduate
  • Education Required Graduate
  • Admission intake SEP
  • Minimum GPA 3.3

Application Charges

Application Fee Tution Fee
Free GBP 26,100

Application Date

Application Start Date Application Closing Date
2022-12-08
2023-01-10

Program Description

This MPhil and PhD in Psychology receives funding from UK research councils and charities.Our Psychology MPhil and PhD cover many areas of specialism in psychology, including:
  • evolutionary psychology
  • perception and cognition
  • animal behaviour, neuroscience
  • social psychology
  • forensic psychology
Clinical and health psychologyYou'll research developmental disorders of perception and cognition. You'll address the development and assessment of cognitive models. This includes cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as treatment for:
  • bipolar disorder
  • psychosis
  • anxiety
  • developmental disorders
Behaviour and evolution
We carry out studies of animal and human behaviour including:
  • evolutionary psychology of mate choice
  • attractiveness and co-operation
  • evolutionary approaches to personality
Visual perception and human cognition
Our research includes:
  • perception of natural scenes
  • psychophysics and attention
  • visual social cognition and face processing
  • advertising and consumer behaviour
Development psychology
You'll focus on how different cognitive skills develop in children. You'll explore memory systems to learning in school. We have strengths in developmental disorders like Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Forensic psychology
Our research includes:
  • investigative interviewing of victims
  • witnesses and suspected offenders of crime, including eye-witness testimony
  • sexual offending, including historical allegations of sexual abuse
  • communication in legal contexts