Occupational and Business Psychology (Taught)

Reasons to choose Kingston

• Kingston Business School is one of just six per cent of the world’s business schools with accreditation from AACSB International.

• The course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Association for Business Psychology (ABP).

• To complement your studies, you can take part in our ‘Expert Speakers' series and an ‘Engaging the Profession' series. These programmes will provide you with valuable opportunities to meet practitioners and academics..

About this course
This course is ideal if you want to apply the science of psychology to people at work, with roles including in-house and external consultancy, HR, organisational development, public sector and research. You will learn through case studies, studying ethics, your role as a psychologist, and how to successfully implement a programme in an organisation. You will use psychological tools and specialist software. Additional short courses cover psychometric testing, for a fraction of the private market cost.

Career opportunities
This course will equip you for a range of career opportunities in organisations where psychology can and should be applied to positively impact the workplace and implement change for the better. For example, roles include:

• Developmental and strategic roles (e.g. people strategist, people and culture partner, developmental advisor, R&D, employee insight)

• Leadership and management roles

• More traditional roles (private/independent practice, consultancies, civil service, human resources, test publishing and research bodies)

• Graduates can also choose to continue working towards becoming Chartered and Registered Occupational Psychologists, following further training