Undergraduate courses in psychology
Our degrees provide you with a solid grounding across the psychology discipline, with particular focus on cognitive, health, social and clinical psychology.
Department of Psychology
A large and growing team of staff offers expertise in a broad spectrum of psychology topics, which allows our students to work across traditional boundaries.
Study psychology
Find out about our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, funding opportunities and how you can apply.
Postgraduate studies in psychology
We offer a range of postgraduate options, from taught master's degrees to research degrees.
Continuing Professional Development in psychology
We offer courses in systemic theory and evidence based practice.
Experience the University at a postgraduate Open Day or fair
Find out about life at Bath and studying our courses through Postgraduate Open Days, fairs and events.
Inspired to understand pain
Tess Rugg explains how her placement in pain research has given her skills and confidence to consider a PhD in Psychology.
Register your interest in our new MSc Applied Forensic Psychology course for 2019/20
We're planning to launch a new MSc Applied Forensic Psychology (subject to approval). Find out what you'll study and how to you can be kept informed of updates.
Our research and people
Our research is concerned with clinical, cognitive, developmental, environmental, health, and social aspects of psychology.
Psychology research
Research excellence for us means being an internationally recognised, research-intensive department that focuses on theoretically informed applied psychology.
Loneliness in the Digital Age
Find out about the ESRC-funded project, led by Professor Julie Barnett in our Department of Psychology working with partners around the UK.
Step inside 'The Cubicle'
Watch Dr Melissa Atkinson (Department of Psychology) with Kilter Theatre explain how 'The Cubicle' helped showcase our research into body image.
Embedding better research practice into undergraduate studies
Dr Katherine Button (Department of Psychology) writes for Nature on a new GW4 initiative to increase the research skills of undergraduates.
Department of Psychology seminars 2018-19
See the schedule of seminars taking place in the Department of Psychology.
Department of Psychology academic staff
We are well renowned for excellent teaching and research with an enthusiastic academic team and a lively research environment.
Get involved with our department
We're always looking for schools and our wider community to take part in our research and outreach activities.
Adults with autism – are alcohol services meeting their needs?
Alcohol Concern and the University are working together to improve alcohol support for people with autism and want new participants for a study.
Take part in our study into attitudes towards contemporary topics used in conversations in the UK
Help us understand how people discuss contemporary topics.
Exploring perceptions of the future in parents and caregivers of young people
Take part in our new research project examining how parents of young people aged 14 to 25 think about their child’s future.
Help us understand social perception in adults with autism spectrum disorders
Volunteers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are needed for a new study analysing the effects of social perception on counting ability and emotional memory.
Help our research into alcohol hangovers and the management of emotions
We're looking for volunteers to take part in a study that explores the effects of a hangover on management of emotions.
News
Our latest news and updates.
Neuropsychology award for Researcher Teuni ten Brink
Dr Teuni ten Brink has won the PhD dissertation prize from the Dutch Association for Neuropsychology.
Bath and Bristol to lead the way in inclusive innovation and growth
New Industrial Strategy funding, under the AHRC’s Creative Industries Programme, will help amplify regional strengths in creative technologies.
Superhuman performance sees Ian Walker win epic 4300km North Cape trans-European bike race
Ian Walker is celebrating (and recovering) after notching up 4300km over 11 countries to win the North Cape 4000 unsupported bike race in just 11 days.
Dr Sally Adams meets psychologists to investigate tobacco control measures in Colombia
The research team met in Bogota to discuss findings on the effectiveness of tobacco health warnings in Colombia and planned future research.
Psychology at Bath tops 2018 national university rankings
Psychology at the University of Bath has been ranked highly in the latest national university rankings.
Upcoming events
See our upcoming events.
Sex and gender differences in pain: A psychosocial perspective
24 Oct 2018 5.15pm
5 West,
2.3,
University of Bath
Join us for this inaugural lecture where Professor Ed Keogh will discuss his 20 years of research investigating the factors explaining men and women’s pain.
Bath Employment Spring School for Autism 2019
17 Apr 2019 9.00am
10 West,
University of Bath
If you're a student or recent graduate diagnosed with autism, then this event provides support and guidance for the transition from university to work.
Awards and accolades
Our awards, rankings and reputation
About the Department of Psychology
We offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and students can get involved in our lively research environment and open seminars.
With more than 70 academic staff, 100 postgraduates and 500 undergraduates, we have a distinctive research profile and record of cutting-edge, theoretically informed research in applied psychology.
Current staff and students can access the Research Hub.
Contact us
Contact our Department office with any general queries or our admissions team about our undergraduate courses.
