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2023 entry application deadlines

For courses starting in 2023 (and for deferred applications), your application should be with us at UCAS by one of these dates – depending on what courses you apply for. If y...

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2023 entry application deadlines

For courses starting in 2023 (and for deferred applications), your application should be with us at UCAS by one of these dates – depending on what courses you apply for. If your completed application – including all your personal details and your academic reference – is submitted by the deadline, it is guaranteed to be considered.

15 October 2022 for 2023 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – any course at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, or for most courses in medicine, veterinary medicine/science, and dentistry. You can add choices with a different deadline later, but don’t forget you can only have five choices in total.

25 January 2023 for 2023 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – for the majority of courses.

Some course providers require additional admissions tests to be taken alongside the UCAS application, and these may have a deadline. Find out more about these tests.

Check course information in the search tool to see which deadline applies to you at the application weblink below.

Apply as soon as possible: Student funding arrangements mean that as offers are made and places fill up, some courses may only have vacancies for students from certain locations. It’s therefore really important that you apply for your chosen courses by the appropriate deadlines mentioned above, as not all courses will have places for all students.

Start date: September 2023.

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Psychology at Ulster University promises high quality teaching in a supportive learning environment.

Summary
BSc Hons Psychology: 3 years full-time.

or

BSc Hons Psychology with optional one year placement (4 years full-time).

A...

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Psychology at Ulster University promises high quality teaching in a supportive learning environment.

Summary
BSc Hons Psychology: 3 years full-time.

or

BSc Hons Psychology with optional one year placement (4 years full-time).

About
On this course you can expect to learn interesting new perspectives on how we engage with the world we inhabit. Why do you sleep? Why do people fight? How do we learn? How can we treat mental illness, or care for those in despair? There are many ways to approach such questions, and to this end we provide a comprehensive programme on the major areas of psychology. The programme will emphasise the causes and development of behaviour across the lifespan, and the ways in which people interact with and influence each other. Particular features include training in the scientific methods of enquiry and how psychology can be applied in professional settings. You will attain research skills through laboratory-based practical classes and develop statistical and computer competence.

The course is taught by a dedicated team of enthusiastic psychologists, many of whom have achieved research excellence. The majority are Fellows of the Higher Education Academy, some of whom have received special recognition for their innovative teaching.

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Full-time students take six modules in each of years 1 and 2. Final year students study five modules, including a research project that is conducted across both semesters. During Years 1 and 2 you will take a range ...

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Full-time students take six modules in each of years 1 and 2. Final year students study five modules, including a research project that is conducted across both semesters. During Years 1 and 2 you will take a range of core modules that provide coverage of psychology in sufficient breadth and depth to meet the requirements of professional recognition.

Level 4
In Year 1 you study Introductory modules in Psychology, Professional Practice, Research Methods and Statistics, and Psychology Applied to Health.

Level 5
You study Individual Differences, Cognitive Psychology, Psychobiology, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, and Advanced Research Methods.

Level 6
At the final level, you will be able to choose from a range of optional modules concerned with advanced topics in psychology. Topics covered include theoretical and applied issues in social psychology, the development of social behaviour in children and young people, psychology in organisations, health psychology, psychopharmacology, behavioural neuroscience, mental health, forensic psychology, and clinical & counselling psychology.

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Graduates from this course are now working for:
• Autism Initiatives
• Civil Service
• Camphill Community Glencraig
• De Paul Ireland
• NIAMH (Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health
• Praxis Care
• Tri...

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Graduates from this course are now working for:
• Autism Initiatives
• Civil Service
• Camphill Community Glencraig
• De Paul Ireland
• NIAMH (Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health
• Praxis Care
• Triangle Housing Association

Job roles
With this degree you could become:
• ABA Therapist
• Behaviour Support Assistant
• Mental Health Support Worker
• Graduate Trainee Manager
• Community Support Worker
• Political Researcher
• Project co-ordinator

Career options
Graduates are eligible to enter further training and careers in professional psychology, including educational psychology, clinical psychology, occupational psychology, counselling psychology, health psychology and forensic psychology. Graduates will also have acquired knowledge and competencies that will serve as a foundation for other careers that involve working with people or require a knowledge of human behaviour, such as teaching, social work, advertising and marketing, the probation service, and personnel management. Many psychology graduates also enter careers in social research and the information technology industry.