Psychology – (B.Sc.)

Psychology is a fascinating science concerned with the study of the mind and behaviour. It has links with a variety of disciplines such as the biological, computer and forensic sciences, as well as with the humanities such as sociology, philosophy and literature. The common factor linking people who study psychology is curiosity and the search for knowledge.

There are a number of reasons why you may wish to study psychology. Psychology is exciting: for example, is there a relationship between psychological disorders and brain biochemistry? Psychology is challenging: for example, does psychotherapy help people overcome psychological problems such as depression and anxiety?
Psychology is useful: psychology has a broad range of real-world applications in everyday life, ranging from stress, health, mental illness, artificial intelligence and human-machine interaction, to personal development, social interaction and the environment, to name but a few. Psychology offers good career prospects.

Further course information
Excellent teaching backed by world leading research:
Our teaching provision was rated as Excellent at our latest teaching quality assessment by the QAA, and in the Government's recent Research Assessment Exercise, we were the top-ranked Psychology Department in any of the modern universities based on the excellence of our research activity. 80% of our research was rated as being of 'Quality that is recognised internationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour', and 45% was rated as either of 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent' quality.