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.
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.
Introduce standard units for cannabis to improve mental health
A unit system for cannabis, similar to the one used for alcohol, could help people monitor consumption and reduce the risk of adverse health effects
South African study highlights links between teenagers' low language ability and poor mental health
A new study from our researchers with Stellenbosch University focuses on language acquisition for young people in Khayelitsha near Cape Town, South Africa.
People believe achieving environmental sustainability could hinder quality of life
Social wellbeing and community, not wider economy, uppermost in people’s concerns over sustainability policies.
When should my child start speaking?
Dr Michelle St Clair and Vanessa Lloyd-Esenkaya write for The Conversation about child development.
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 organisations and our wider community to take part in our research and outreach activities. You can see more opportunities further down the page.
Take part in our study into how anxiety levels influence the way we process emotional information
We are looking for people to help us with our Multisensory Integration of Faces-Voices in Trait Anxiety research
Can you help us with our study into maternal depression and OCD?
We're looking for people to help us find out more about what contributes to some women developing these problems, in particular what beliefs they may hold.
Volunteer for a mother to child embodiment study in an immersive virtual reality environment
This study will explore whether an immersive virtual reality environment can recreate the feelings of a young child in mothers.
Volunteer for our study into how people experience therapy for PTSD when they lack trauma memories
We are looking for people who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but do not recall the trauma's cause.
Take part in research exploring hoarding and memory
We're looking for people with hoarding difficulties to take part in research so that we can improve treatment. You will receive an Amazon voucher for your time.
Understanding gender minority stress in trans and gender nonconforming adolescents and young people
We're looking for volunteers to take part in our study about the experiences of trans and gender nonconforming adolescents and young people in the UK.
News
Our latest news and updates.
For young people, a ‘moral’ choice?
Blog: Professor Helen Haste looks at youth civic participation, and how young people may potentially vote in the 2019 General Election.
Immersive VR Documentary showcases at the Venice Film Festival
A virtual reality film, based on research co-investigated by Professor Danaë Stanton Fraser, has premiered at one of the oldest film festivals in the world
Psychology PhD student Emily Taylor receives funding boost for public engagement activities
New GrantCraft funding will help push forward Emily’s research investigating the psychological strengths of autism.
Ian Walker cycles across Europe top to bottom to smash World Record
University of Bath psychologist Dr Ian Walker has claimed a new world record for crossing Europe by bike solo and unsupported in the quickest time ever.
Event offers chance to experience immersive virtual reality documentaries
A VR project, involving Bath psychologist Danaë Stanton Fraser, will be showcased at an event taking place at the Watershed in Bristol on Tuesday 25 June.
Autism research at Bath celebrated as part of Universities UK’s ‘nation’s lifesavers’ list
Pioneering initiatives from CAAR to improve access and opportunities for the autistic community are singled out as part of UUK’s #MadeAtUni campaign.
Seminar series 2019
Schedule of events
Department of Psychology Seminars 2019
See the schedule of seminars taking place in the Department of Psychology
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.
If you're a current student, you can find your course contact.