Royal Holloway and Bedford New College · UK

Psychology PhD

Campus PhD Full Time

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Delivery

Campus

Study mode

Full Time

Level

PhD

Introduction

Psychology PhD is a PhD program taught at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, UK. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 years full time) options.

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College offers a Psychology PhD in the Department of Psychology. The department describes its research community as covering cognitive and neural underpinnings of social interaction, learning, memory, and language, including applied topics such as forensic, health, and developmental psychology. Research also groups into Health and Well-Being; Language, Memory and Attention; Perception, Action and Decision Making; and Social and Affective Processes.

The programme runs for 4 years full time. Students are initially registered on an MPhil programme, and before the second year of studies they have an upgrade meeting; if successful, they become registered on the PhD Psychology programme. To complete the PhD, students submit a thesis and pass a viva examination with one internal and one external examiner. The department provides one-on-one mentoring, regular training events, student-led seminars, and journal clubs, supported by research facilities including fMRI, EEG, TMS, tDCS, VR, and eye-tracking.

The programme includes an application stage that requires a research proposal and advises applicants to contact and secure a supervisor before submitting an application.

Admission Requirements

The minimum requirements for admission in Psychology PhD at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

program specific academic requirment set by Royal Holloway and Bedford New College.
English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Royal Holloway and Bedford New College as pre-requiste for admission in Psychology PhD.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Applicants should have the equivalent of a 2:1 honours in Psychology, or a related discipline, and meet Royal Holloway’s requirements for English (for international students). A research proposal will be required as part of the application.

Before applying, applicants should contact and secure a supervisor before submitting an application in order to apply for your research project. We advise getting in touch with the Director of Postgraduate Education making an informal enquiry for your chosen research degree to inquire whether there is any other additional material they require you to submit in your application.

IELTS: 6.5 overall. Writing 7.0. No other subscore lower than 5.5.
Pearson Test of English: 67 overall. Writing 76 no other subscore lower than 59.
Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE): ISE III.
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) grade C.
TOEFL ib: 88 overall, with Reading 18 Listening 17 Speaking 20 Writing 26.
Duolingo: 120 overall, 135 in Literacy, 135 in Production and no sub-score below 100.