Overview
The Centre’s students are diverse in their backgrounds, with about half coming from social science and the other half from biological and related sciences.
Features
- Our Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry students at King's College London are supported by a range of funding schemes including the MRC, ESRC, DRIVE-health, King’s China scheme and many others.
- Our faculty members of the Centre are able to supervise students on a 1+3 PhD studentships as well as those on a traditional +3 PhD.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- Our 1+3 students often undertake the MSc in Developmental Psychology & Psychopathology (DEV-PP) for 1 year before commencing their PhD project.
- The MSc DEV-PP programme takes a highly interdisciplinary approach to explore how biological, behavioural and cognitive processes, along with family and wider social forces, can affect typical and atypical development.
- Students are taught by world-leading experts and receive training across multiple research fields: molecular & behavioural genetics, twin modelling, statistical genetics, epigenetics, bioinformatics, social and cognitive psychology, and developmental psychiatry.
- At the end of the first year, successful students are awarded a Master of Science degree and need not apply to be promoted to PhD training for the remaining 3 years.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
- Flexible
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Disciplines
Developmental Psychology View 11 other PhDs in Developmental Psychology in United KingdomAcademic requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A minimum 2:1 undergraduate Bachelor’s (honours) degree
- If you have a lower degree classification, or a degree in an unrelated subject, your application may be considered if you can demonstrate significant relevant work experience, or offer a related graduate qualification (such as a Masters or PGDip).
Tuition Fee
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International
28260 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 28260 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
7500 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 7500 GBP per year during 36 months.
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