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.

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.

Psychology research

Research excellence for us means being an internationally recognised, research-intensive department that focuses on theoretically informed applied psychology.

Patients with mental health conditions denied access to ‘best available’ stop smoking treatments

New research suggests that rethinking prescriptions for smokers with mental health conditions wishing to kick the habit could have a significant impact.

Society pays heavy price for failure to diagnose and treat conduct disorder

A new Nature Reviews article suggests much more needs to be done to improve diagnosis and treatment for children with behaviour problems.

Memories form ‘barrier’ to letting go of objects for people who hoard

Researchers hope that the findings could help develop new ways to train people with hoarding difficulties to discard clutter.

Autism linked to less empathy in general population – but that may not be a bad thing

The psychologists behind the research hope their insights can help the autistic community and those around them in adapting support available.

"Are you good at maths?" How belief in maths relates to role models and maths performance

We want to understand how beliefs in mathematics can effect your choice of role models and actual maths performance.

Do hangovers make you anxious?

We're looking for volunteers to take part in our research study examining the effects of alcohol hangovers on our mood.

Do we pay attention to some emotions more than others?

This study is interested in looking at attention processes when observing images of people showing different emotions through their body postures.

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.

Development of the self

Adults process information better when it refers to our 'self', this study will examine if children and adolescents show a similar self bias.

Effects of working memory training on smoking-related behaviours in daily cigarette smokers

The Department of Psychology needs volunteers for a research project to examine the effects of working memory training on daily smokers.

Investigating the relationship between hangovers and the workplace

We are seeking volunteers for a research project examining the effects of alcohol hangovers on presenteeism at work.

Are you a great negotiator?

We're studying the role of metacognition in social negotiations and decision making.

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.

Bath psychologists contribute to acclaimed psychology handbook

Tamsyn Hawken, Dr Tara Cheetham and Dr Vangelis Katsampouris have each co-authored a chapter in the new Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine.

Ambassadors for autism: Adapting services for autistic service users

Service providers took part in a workshop to create evidence-based adaptations to improve their communication with autistic people.