Psychology | University of Bristol

Course summary

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 45 internationally recognised academic staff.

The programme aims to provide you 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.

Current research areas can be found on the School of Psychological Science Research page: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/psychology/research/

How to apply

Entry requirements

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Fees and funding

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Sponsorship information

Students may be eligible to apply for funded scholarships, for example, doctoral training centre scholarships and University of Bristol scholarships. Details of these and other scholarship opportunities, such as the China Scholarship Council programme, are published on the School of Psychological Science website (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/psychology/courses/postgraduate/phd-scholarships/), and the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences website (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/health-life-sciences/postgraduate-research/funded-projects/).

Further information on funding for prospective UK and international postgraduate students: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/students/support/finances/