Overview

Key Features

The Psychological Science programme from University of Bristol 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.

Get more details

Visit programme website

Programme Structure

Course include:

Research activity in the school is organised into research themes. Within each theme, there is a set of focused research groups.

An important feature of this research structure is the extent of collaboration across research groups and across themes.
All groups address fundamental questions and look at the impact of their work more broadly in industry, healthcare, education and society.

Across these thematic research groups, there are particular strengths in computational neuroscience and neuropsychology.

Check out the full curriculum

Visit programme website

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months
Part-time
- 96 months

Start dates & application deadlines

We did our best, but couldn't find the next application deadline and start date information online.

More details

We welcome applications at any time of year.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

88

Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Psychology View 132 other PhDs in Psychology in United Kingdom

Explore more key information

Visit programme website

Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

88

Student insurance

Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:

Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

We partnered with Aon to provide you with the best affordable student insurance, for a carefree experience away from home.

Get your student insurance now

Starting from €0.53/day, free cancellation any time.

Remember, countries and universities may have specific insurance requirements. To learn more about how student insurance work at University of Bristol and/or in United Kingdom, please visit Student Insurance Portal.

Other requirements

General requirements

An upper second-class honours degree (or equivalent) in psychology or a related discipline.

Make sure you meet all requirements

Visit programme website

Tuition Fee

To always see correct tuition fees

International

26000 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 26000 GBP per year during 48 months.
National

4758 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4758 GBP per year during 48 months.

UK: part-time £2,379 per year

Living costs for Bristol

750 - 1260 GBP /month

Living costs

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