PSYCHOLOGY BSC

Programme overview

Why choose this programme?

The Psychology BSc is a three-year, British Psychological Society (BPS)-accredited course that teaches students to use scientific methods to explore and understand human behaviour. They ask fundamental questions about the mind and tackle pressing societal challenges, from understanding everyday well-being and behaviour to complex clinical disorders. Psychology students will be key to responding to mental health issues, climate change and artificial intelligence â€" each rooted in the need for behaviour change. Whether you want to predict, measure, influence or understand people, or just make them feel better, psychology at UCL is where to start.
What this course will give you

Psychology at UCL was ranked fourth in the world for Psychology in the ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects for 2024.

You are taught by academics and researchers carrying out pioneering and innovative research across the subject of psychology and students benefit from being exposed to influential researchers from the very start of their studies. Our department is community-minded and our researchers and academics are eager to hear from and support undergraduate students with their own academic interests. You will be supported to develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence to pursue careers within psychology, as well as postgraduate-level study and research careers.

As the course is accredited and audited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), graduates are eligible to become members of the BPS, which is the starting point for a career in psychology. Many students are interested in becoming clinical psychologists, and this course is a great first step towards this.

The UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences is one of the largest centres of psychology teaching and research in the UK. Its cutting-edge research is internationally recognised. Supporting this, and your own research project, undergraduate students from this course have also been involved in research that gets published in leading science and psychology journals.

You will benefit from excellent resources including our virtual learning environment (VLE), which makes all teaching materials (including course outlines, lecture presentation slides, handouts, video recordings of lectures) available to all students. Research lab spaces and computer rooms are available during your studies.