MSc Clinical Psychology

Q1. What areas can students expect to study in MSc Clinical Psychology?

Students are exposed to a range of areas in clinical psychology, including a range of common psychological disorders, the assessment and treatment of psychological disorders, and insights into the NHS's approach to clinical psychology. Students also have the option to take an elective placement that provides real-world experience in a clinical setting.

Q2. What do you think makes this course different from similarly titled courses on offer across the UK?

• The department has an unusually high number of clinically-oriented researchers, with world-leading expertise in areas such as autism, pain management, delusions, conduct disorder, depression, and anxiety.
• We have a DClinPsy training programme on site, and so there are opportunities for MSc students to attend lectures and interact with a variety of staff who work on this programme.

Q3. What are the entry requirements for this degree? 

• 2.1 or higher, with a pass in statistics/methods modules

Q4. What prospects would students studying this course benefit from? 

• The programme will boost the skills and CV for students who are seeking to apply for the DClinPsy or a PhD, applying for assistant psychologist posts, or looking toward third sector and government roles where mental health knowledge is required.  
• High level skills in research and statistics; skills in presentation; skills in writing.
• Our graduates are highly employable. Many continue to research careers, but also to roles in project management, and consultancies.

MSc Applied Social Psychology

Q1. What areas can students expect to study in MSc in Applied Social Psychology?

Any area of social psychology which is set up in a real world context, such as, personal values as motivators in real world contexts,   close relationships,  Islamophobia, educational psychology.

Q2. What do you think makes this course different from similarly titled courses on offer across the UK?

Students are exposed to a wide variety of topics, and they get opportunities to develop many useful skills such as pitching an idea to a real organization, debating, creating podcasts, creating and presenting posters. In addition, our research training is outstanding and our graduates are highly attractive to any research positions.

Q3. What are the entry requirements for this degree? 

• An undergraduate degree of 2-1 equivalent, and to have passed an undergraduate course in research methods and statistics for the social sciences. We still encourage candidates with lower grades to apply as we might take into account additional experience.

• We require that international students achieve 6.5 overall in the IELT with writing 7.0 and no other sub score lower than 5.5

Q4. What prospects would students studying this course benefit from? 

•  High level skills in research and statistics; skills in presentation; skills in writing.
•  Our graduates are highly employable. Many continue to research careers, but also to roles in project management, and consultancies.