Overview

Our Psychology program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is research-intensive and offers many opportunities for you to engage in collaborative and independent research.

You’ll also find numerous teaching opportunities. As a teaching assistant, you’ll gain teaching experience instructing undergraduates while working closely with faculty.

As a lead instructor, you’ll design your own courses and build your teaching portfolio. By taking advantage of teaching skill-development opportunities, psychology graduate students have won university-wide teaching awards.

Careers

Our graduates go on to a wide variety of careers after obtaining their doctorates. Those pursuing careers in academia have entered post-doctoral positions at research universities, or gone directly into faculty positions at research universities and liberal arts colleges across the U.S.

Other students have gone into consulting or policy positions in the private sector, or into research positions at state or federal agencies.

Programme Structure

Specializations include:

Clinical Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Ethnic Studies
Neuroscience and Behavior
Social and Cognitive Psychology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 96 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2023-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

79

Credits

90 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Psychology View 208 other PhDs in Psychology in United States

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

79

Other requirements

General requirements

Application for Admission with $50 non-refundable application fee.
Transcripts. If International: upload copies of all college- or university-level transcripts or mark sheets (records of courses and marks earned), with certiﬁcates, diplomas, and degrees plus certiﬁed English translations.
If applicant is not a US citizen and expects an F or J visa: financial information.
CV/Resume
Personal Statement
Essay (approx. 1 double-spaced page):provide a statement that describes your potential to contribute to a community of inclusion, belonging, and respect in which scholars with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, abilities, and experiences can learn and collaborate productively and positively together.
Other upload (Clinical only): Provide a list of your science, research methods, statistics, and math classes (with grades).
Faculty: Identify at least one (max 3) faculty members in this department with whom you would like to work.
Three recommendation letters.

Tuition Fee

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International

11205 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 996 USD per credit during 96 months.
National

11205 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 996 USD per credit during 96 months.
In-State

3836 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 341 USD per credit during 96 months.

Living costs for Lincoln

926 - 1371 USD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Psychology.

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

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