Choose Psychology at Birmingham

At Birmingham you will study many different aspects of psychology from child development to psychopharmacology, social psychology to neuroscience. We are one of the largest and most active psychology schools in the UK, with an excellent reputation for teaching and research across all areas of contemporary psychology. Here’s a bit more about what you’ll get if you choose Birmingham...

Become a high flier

With a Birmingham degree, you’ll be on a path to achieving an amazing career once you graduate. The School of Psychology is ranked first in the Russell Group for graduate employability (DLHE 2014/15). Our tailored Careers Network will help you to shape your future career during your time with us. We can help you build your experience to set you apart from the rest as an extremely employable candidate in a highly competitive job market.

 

If you say yes to Birmingham, you’ll receive an outstanding education with all the benefits of a great student life and an exciting city. There’s no better time to make Birmingham your home.


Birmingham will provide you with everything you could want from a university. You will benefit from not just quality teaching and academic excellence, but you will also have a range of other opportunities that will offer you a fantastic student experience and set you up for an amazing career.

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Purpose-built facilities

Purpose-built facilities

As a Psychology student at Birmingham, you will have access to purpose-built facilities specifically equipped for work in human brain sciences, psychophysiology, cognition and language, visual and auditory perception, neuropsychology, attention, food and nutritional psychology, psychopharmacology, social psychology, clinical and forensic psychology, and child development.

Accredited programmes

Accredited programmes

Our programmes are all accredited by the British Psychological Society as conferring eligibility for Graduate Membership of the Society with the Graduate Basis for Registration, provided the minimum standard of second class honours is achieved. This is the first step towards becoming a Chartered Psychologist.

Research project opportunities

Research project opportunities

You can look forward to choosing from a range of individual research project opportunities in your final year. We have extensive links with local hospitals and clinics, other universities, industry and local and national government departments.

 

Everyone's moving to Birmingham

Birmingham is full of gorgeous historic squares, leafy green spaces and picturesque canals, and now lots of young professionals are choosing to live and work in Birmingham too, including those who started out in London! It has everything you could ever want from a big city; shops, music, bars and a tonne of culture- all at a fraction of the cost. That might be why 48% of our students stay in the region after graduation.

 

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