International students in Exeter city centre

Over the last five years, Psychology has welcomed postgraduate students from over 40 countries.

The Sir Henry Wellcome Building for Mood Disorders Research

The Sir Henry Wellcome Building for Mood Disorders Research provides state-of-the-art facilities to carry out experimental and applied clinical research into mood disorders.

Postgraduate Psychology

  • 10th in the UK for Psychology in The Sunday Times University Guide 2012
  • 11th in the UK for world leading research1
  • 90% for Overall Satisfaction in the National Student Survey (2011)2
  • Extensive research facilities including eyetracking, EEG/ERP and TMS laboratories, audio-visual recording suite and MRI scanner
  • Major centre for cognitive, clinical and neuroscience research
  • Unique partnership with the NHS; contracts include the high profile NHS Treatment Centre and Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
  • Internationally respected and fast developing social, economic, environmental and organisational psychology research group
  • ExBASE: the largest animal behaviour research group in the UK combining the work of Psychology and Biosciences researchers
  • Numerous external links with organisations including IBM, NHS, Chartered Institute of Personnel Development and The Ministry of Defence

Psychology at Exeter has over 60 academic staff, many research staff, and over 200 postgraduate students, including nearly 100 postgraduate research students. Our staff are recognised internationally for their academic excellence, high quality research and applied output. They actively research the areas of psychology they teach, so their expertise feeds directly into our research-led programmes.

Members of staff have strong research links with universities in other countries and there is a flourishing international community. We work in partnership with a variety of public and private sector organisations to ensure our research has policy relevance.

Unlike most other leading departments, we provide postgraduate training and continuing professional development (CPD) courses for Clinical Psychology professionals on the same site as our PhD and Masters degrees.

We place a strong emphasis on your personal and professional development, as well as academic performance, and are committed to providing a friendly and stimulating intellectual environment. You will benefit from state-of-the-art learning, teaching and research facilities, including well-equipped workshops, specialist laboratories, an audio/visual recording suite and a dedicated postgraduate computer laboratory.

Contact us

We welcome enquiries about our taught masters and reserach programmes from interested students throughout the year. Please contact:

Taught programmes

Email: pgt-psy-admissions@exeter.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1392 724634

Research degrees

Email: pgr-cles-admissions@exeter.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1392 723310

I have also attended the Effective Researcher Development Programme which I found very useful for first-year PhD students, particularly for international researchers.

Sonya Saroyan, PhD Psychology
Find out more with a student’s view of Psychology in Exeter.

1RAE 2008 based on percentage of research categorised as 4* (world leading)

2 percentage of students who agreed they were satisfied