PhD Psychological Science

Studying human behaviour in the School of Psychological Science will give you the opportunity to be part of a vibrant postgraduate community and a world class research department with more than 30 internationally recognised academic staff.

The programme aims to provide students with outstanding and cutting-edge training from the purest research into psychology to interdisciplinary research in a wide range of areas. These include advancing the frontiers of cognitive science into engineering or educational applications, investigating the neural mechanisms underlying human behaviours, and developing integrated interventions to improve health and wellbeing. Our postgraduate students are a very important part of the School’s research culture and a key component in maintaining our international research reputation.

Before submitting an application, we strongly recommend that potential applicants make informal contact with the member of academic staff who has expertise in the research area applicants wish to pursue. Current research areas can be found on the School of Psychological Science Research page.