Psychology
With acknowledged excellence in research and teaching, our programmes incorporate a diverse and carefully designed set of taught modules together with independent research and professional practice activities.
Why study with us?
Top 10
We are ranked in the top 10 for psychology in the UK Complete University Guide rankings.
95% of our research is world-leading or internationally excellent.
From award-winning firefighter decision-making research that led to a nationwide policy change, to producing the most detailed images of the brain, our research delivers real world impact.
Research-active staff involved in course design and delivery
Most of our teaching staff are practising researchers and, in many cases, leading experts in their fields.
Courses
I had a fantastic time on the MSc in Psychology course. The topics we covered were fascinating, and the staff were always on hand to help. The skills that I acquired through the degree provided me with the opportunity to go onto do a PhD, which I otherwise would not have had. I highly recommend this course for anybody that has an interest in Psychology and is seeking to further understand how the human mind works.
Our postgraduate taught courses
MSc Psychology (conversion)
On this BPS accredited conversion programme, you will be provided with the skills necessary to become a psychologist without requiring prior experience of psychology.
You will study psychology from a scientific standpoint with an emphasis on its social, cognitive, clinical and biological aspects, whilst developing your experimental and analytic research skills. The course also features a 12-week professional placement in which you can experience life as a professional psychologist in a organisational, research or laboratory setting.
MSc in Children's Psychological Disorders
Gain the skills, knowledge and experience to pursue a rewarding career in child neuro-development, clinical psychology or educational psychology.
Based in our dedicated developmental science centre, CUCHDS, this programme aims to provide you with a theoretical understanding of the psychological factors that cause and maintain emotional and behavioural problems in children.
Our professional training courses
Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (PG Certificate and PG Diploma)
Our BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT) training programmes will provide you with the knowledge and clinical skills to qualify as a psychological therapist.
Both courses are intended for professionals working in mental health, such as mental health nurses, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and social workers. However, the BABCP offers another route called the Knowledge and Skills Assessment (KSA) which practitioners with sufficient levels of experience and knowledge may be able to attain the equivalent level of training.
I did my undergraduate degree here at Cardiff University and went straight from that into doing a PhD. I study the way that we perceive motion in sound when we are moving, which involves playing different sounds to participants in our custom audiolab, we then have them make decisions about how those sounds appear to be moving. Our results are fascinating!
Our postgraduate research programmes
We provide a dynamic and stimulating research environment with an excellent research infrastructure that offers a range of opportunities.
Where you will study
We have three locations for postgraduate study offering unparalleled opportunities for research and training. You will be based at one of three locations depending on which programme you choose to study. Each of our buildings is equipped with outstanding facilities dedicated to specific areas of psychology – they’re also all within walking distance of each other.
Research
Our internationally leading research delivers advances in knowledge and improvements in quality of life through shaping public policy and health outcomes.
From award-winning firefighter decision-making research that led to a nationwide policy change to producing the most detailed image of the brain, our research spans the entire discipline of psychology and is supported through research centres, multi-disciplinary partnerships, and collaboration with industry and the third sector.
We are fortunate to have access to state-of the-art facilities supporting interdisciplinary research including our flagship brain imaging centre - CUBRIC, our dedicated developmental centre - CUCHDS, our climate change and social transformations research centre - CAST, and HUFEX – our innovative human factors excellence research centre.
Tower Building
Students on our Children's Psychological Disorders MSc
Students outside our Centre for Human Developmental Science
Students studying the psychology behind sound perception
Students carrying out electroencephalography (EEG)
Students working in our Centre for Human Developmental Sciences
A detailed brain scan conducted at CUBRIC
Psychology students utilising our wide variety of study space
We have a wide range of advanced brain imaging facilities
EEG at our Centre for Human Development Sciences (CUCHDS)
Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) - one of Europe's leading imaging facilities.
Neuroimaging research at one of our magnetic resonance imaging labs.
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