Psychology MSc

Program Description

Why you should study this course

  • A global top 300 university for Psychology according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022.
  • Some of the specialist modules allow us to look at how psychology is applied in specific contexts. For example, the ‘Applying Psychology’ module considers its impact within the modern-day world – in areas such as counselling, clinical, forensic, educational, work, and health psychology.
  • We place a significant emphasis on professional research methods, providing you with the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills in planning, carrying out, analysing, and writing about research in applied psychology. You should gain a sophisticated awareness of problems, issues, and ethics in applied research in psychology. You will also have the chance to conduct several practical research exercises and will produce an extensive piece of independent research that combines your interests and your supervisor’s expertise.
  • Our innovative teaching and learning incorporate numerous active learning methods to encourage your participation and deepen your understanding of specific subjects. 91% of students found our Psychology courses intellectually stimulating in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) 2021.
  • You will be taught by our highly respected and experienced course team, which includes Chartered Members and Associate Fellows of the BPS. Many are research active, and their teaching excellence has been recognised as Associate Fellows, Fellows or Senior Fellows of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Recent staff projects have included expectancy and placebo effects in alcohol and other drugs, psychometric test development and validation, analysing personality traits and coping styles in UK police officers and the varieties of developmental dyslexia in Greek children. Please note staff may be subject to change.
  • You will also have the opportunity to gain a Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice upon successful completion of the Leading and Creating Organisational Health and Wellbeing module and meeting the CMI learning outcomes.

On successful completion of this course, you will have:

  • A comprehensive and critical understanding of psychology as a discipline (i.e., the core areas and their inter-relatedness, diversity, historical origins, theories, debates and concepts, development, and limitations)
  • A critical approach to the identification, analysis, and evaluation of psychological research evidence and theory (i.e., psychological literatures)
  • A critical understanding of psychological research paradigms, research methods, data analyses, and the ability to work professionally and ethically, culminating in the successful execution of an independent psychology research project
  • A critical understanding of how psychology can be applied to global, real-world questions, situations, and contexts for the benefit of wide-reaching communities
  • A range of transferable skills including, but not necessarily limited to, working independently and within teams, numerical and reasoning skills, digital literacy, communicating effectively in a variety of media to different audiences with scientific argument and sensitivity, appropriate self-management strategies to organise time and workloads
  • To critically evaluate the principles for leading and developing people and a culture of organisational health and wellbeing.

Admission Requirements

  • Applicants should hold the equivalent of a 2:2 undergraduate degree.
  • General Requirement :-
    • Indian Students-Students must achieve 60% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree or 55% in a 4 Year.Undergraduate Degree Students from the following Universities will be considered with 55% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree (unless applying for Health and Life Science courses): Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai (Madras), Anna, Amity, Andhra Pradesh, Aligarh Muslim, Pune, Bangalore and JNTU.
    • Arab Students-Students who hold a Bachelor’s Degree should have an average grade of 60% or above. Students who have an average grade of 70% or CGPA of 2.5 out of 4 for the Postgraduate Research programmes with a satisfactory research proposal.

IELTS Requirements

Listening Reading Writing Speaking Overall
5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 6.5

Remarks:

Indian Students IELTS Waiver:-65% in Standard XII English language from certain examination boards only (Central boards, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand)

Course Features
  • Country United Kingdom
  • City Coventry
  • State England
  • Course Duration 1 Year
  • Application fee 0 GBP
  • Tuition fees yearly 16,950 GBP
  • Cost of Living per year 10,000 GBP
  • Starting dates September
  • IELTS (Total) 6.5
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