Psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour, mental health and neuropsychological functioning. It seeks to understand what makes us who we are, how our minds work, and what influences our behaviour and social relationships.
By joining us at Surrey:
- You’ll learn from lecturers who are active researchers in key psychological areas such as behavioural, cognitive, developmental, personality and social psychology
- You’ll have access to our state-of-the-art facilities, including a six-room virtual reality suite and two observation laboratories, and you’ll get to use the latest equipment to conduct experiments
- You’ll have great graduate prospects - 94% of our undergraduate and 100% of our postgraduate taught and postgraduate research psychology graduates are in employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes 2024, HESA).
Wonderful things happen here
On our courses, you’ll be able to select modules tailored to your interests, access our state-of-the-art facilities, gain professional work experience, learn from a wealth of experts and enhance your employability.
Find out the best things about our psychology course from current students Catty and Billie.
Take a virtual tour of our facilities, including our magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, where you can perform neuroimaging and observe the brain in action.
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Wonderful things happen here
On our courses, you can specialise in a specific area of psychology, access our state-of-the-art facilities, learn from a wealth of experts and enhance your employability.
Take a virtual tour of our facilities, including our magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, where you can perform neuroimaging and observe the brain in action.
Discover more about our ethos towards postgraduate study from our current students.
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Change your perspective
Seeing things differently is the essence of what we do. We see things not only as they are but as they could be.
Take a virtual tour of our Extended Reality (XR) Lab with Psychology PhD student Sean to find out more about our equipment and software, and the potential applications of these tools.
Explore our approach to postgraduate research and find out about what some of our students are investigating.
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Studentships
Predictors of autism in children with genetic syndromes associated with intellectual disability
Funding information:
This award, funded jointly by Cerebra and the University of Surrey, provides annual funding to cover UK tuition fees and a tax-free stipend in line with UKRI standard rates (£20,780 for 2025-2026).The studentship will be awarded on the basis of merit for 3 years of full-time study to commence on 1 October 2025.Research areas
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