Social Cognition: Research and Applications MSc 12 months Postgraduate Programme By UCL |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

40,800 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

25 Jun, 2027Application Deadline

Starting Month

SepStarting Month

Programme overview

Main Subject

Psychology

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Master's

Study Mode

On Campus

This course provides an understanding of how the human emotional, cognitive and neural systems have evolved to sustain social co-ordination and adaptation to the environment. Key topics include: social perception, motivation, attitudes, embodiment, emotion, social judgement and decision-making, and social neuroscience.


You will study at one of the world’s best universities UCL is ranked joint #8 in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2027 and our research is pioneering. UCL is ranked #1 for research power in Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience by the UK’s most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), with more than two thirds of our research in these areas rated as world-leading (4*).

Programme overview

Main Subject

Psychology

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Master's

Study Mode

On Campus

This course provides an understanding of how the human emotional, cognitive and neural systems have evolved to sustain social co-ordination and adaptation to the environment. Key topics include: social perception, motivation, attitudes, embodiment, emotion, social judgement and decision-making, and social neuroscience.


You will study at one of the world’s best universities UCL is ranked joint #8 in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2027 and our research is pioneering. UCL is ranked #1 for research power in Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience by the UK’s most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), with more than two thirds of our research in these areas rated as world-leading (4*).

Admission Requirements


25 Jun 2027
1 Year
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic
16,800 GBP
International
40,800 GBP

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