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.
Taught postgraduate studies in psychology
We offer a range of taught postgraduate options at master's level.
Department of Psychology postgraduate research
View our MPhil, PhD and professional doctorates courses in the Department of Psychology.
Foundation Systemic Theory and Practice course
Gain a solid foundation in systemic theory, practice and research, and develop systemic skills you can use in your own work setting.
Good Practice in Autism Education
Autism is a highly varied condition and can be associated with exceptional academic ability to intellectual disability. Explore this in our free online course.
Feeling at home at Bath
Sasha Johnson talks about her first few weeks at Bath, explains how she became part of the student community, and shares her advice for new students.
Our research
Our research is concerned with clinical, cognitive, developmental, environmental, health, and social aspects of psychology.
Summer catch-up programmes need to focus on teens’ wellbeing, not just academic progress
Education leaders need to refocus efforts to address issues around loneliness and social isolation felt by many young people during the pandemic.
Time to capitalise on COVID-19 disruptions to lock-in greener behaviours
Analysis suggests that as lockdown measures ease there is a small window of opportunity in which to shift people’s habits towards pro-environmental choices.
Being around children makes adults more generous, say researchers
New psychology research suggests adults are more compassionate and donate more to charity when they are in the presence of children.
Professor Whitmarsh included in list of world’s top climate scientists
Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations Lorraine Whitmarsh is among Reuters' list of the world’s top climate scientists.
Minority of Britons think UK government has clear plan to tackle climate change - poll
New survey results released to mark Earth Day 2021.
More support needed for two children in every class with hidden language disorder
Research from Bath psychologists suggests schools could introduce quieter alternatives to playtime to help children with Developmental Language Disorder.
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.
Volunteer for our study in to how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our attitudes and lifestyle
This study will research and evaluate how the pandemic has changed young people's habits and choices, with a view to shaping their future lifestyles.
Take part in our study investigating the impact betrayal has on mental well-being
Researchers in the Department of Psychology invite you to take part in their research about the impact of the experience of betrayal on mental well-being.
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 to take part in our study examining mood, thoughts and sleep
We're looking for volunteers to take part in research to help us identify strategies for improving sleep.
Collaborate with us
We're interested in hearing from organisations and individuals that would like to work with us on:
- research projects
- consultancy
- joint PhDs
- collaborate on laboratory-based experiments
- student placements and projects
- schools visits
- evaluation
You can explore other ways to collaborate with the University.
Register your interest in working with members of our Department
News
Our latest news and updates.
Bath psychologists host Knife Angel conference to highlight wide impacts of violent crime
Professor Hamilton-Giachritsis and colleagues will present a one-day, free event focusing on the impacts of knife crime beyond big cities.
Bath psychologist provides expert advice to Apple TV on new ‘Becoming You’ series
Developmental psychologist Dr Nathalia Gjersoe was one of the key scientific advisors helping shape and inform the new global TV series on child development.
University of Bath experts to research terrorism risk indicators in CREST national security project
Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats awarded £5.3m funding for new behavioural and social science study into security threats to UK
Launch of new neurodevelopmental and neurodiversity network
Cognitive psychologist Dr Punit Shah from our Department of Psychology is spearheading a new network which will focus on conditions such as ADHD and autism.
New multi-million-pound research centre created to protect people from online harm
Bath researchers to join team of UK’s world-leading cyber security experts in new £8.6 million centre to protect citizens online
MyWorld set to make South West a digital media leader on global stage
CAMERA and CREATE lab will be part of a major £46 million regional project on digital media technologies
Awards and accolades
Our awards, rankings and reputation
Our people
We are proud of our teaching and research staff. With a highly experienced academic team and active engagement with external organisations, our work is relevant and informative.
Department of Psychology academic staff
We are well renowned for excellent teaching and research with an enthusiastic academic team and a lively research environment.
Department of Psychology External Advisory Board
Our External Advisory Board provides strategic advice to help guide the teaching, research, and other activities of the Department of Psychology.
Psychology Ethics Committee
The committee considers research protocols from staff and students in the Department of Psychology to assess the suitability in terms of research ethics.
Upcoming events
View upcoming events in our department.
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and the Engage with DLD project Q&A
15 Jul 2021 7.00pm
Online
This Q&A session is for anybody that wants to learn about Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and the Engage with Developmental Language Disorder project.
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.
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