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Psychology

BSc (Hons)

Typical offer for 2025
Duration
UCAS code

Suitable for applications.

Overview

Study our BPS-accredited Psychology course to systematically investigate the depths and heights of mind and behaviour. Become an expert at the research needed to make a positive impact on people’s lives and tackle the difficult issues affecting the world right now.

Understanding and helping people has never been more important, meaning there are many career options our psychology graduates successfully pursue. These include working in psychology, health, business, sports, criminal justice, human resources, research, and education settings, to name a few.

Why Bradford?

  • Cutting edge researchers and facilities in psychology.
  • Top-level research facilities including EEG (Biopac) and virtual reality.
  • Once a semester career booster weeks with advice from clinical psychologists and other relevant psychological practitioners.
  • An emphasis on small group teaching through labs and seminars.
  • Monthly research seminars delivered by world-class academics with student participation.
  • A variety of teaching and learning strategies and assessments with alternatives for those with Learner support profiles.
  • Dedicated personal tutor support for all pastoral care needs.
  • Supervised placement embedded in a module in your final year.
  • The opportunity to spend a year in a work placement or study abroad.
  • Embedded (timetabled) peer-assisted learning. A great chance to learn from students further down the line.
  • The opportunity to become a peer mentor for others.
  • Competitive internships offered at levels five and six with academic staff.
  • Weekly drop-in support sessions run by 'learner support officers' for a range of modules including research methods and statistics.
  • Caring staff who value a diversity of identities.

Examples of workplace learning

Psychology at Bradford involves opportunities to be mentored by professionals in mental health who will guide your aspirations to work in this area, right from the first year of study.

These include once-a-semester week-long intensive employability weeks with input from a clinical psychology admissions tutor, clinical psychologists, a local educational psychologist, a psychological wellbeing practitioner and a range of businesses keen to attract psychology professionals.

In addition, there is an exciting range of placement opportunities such as teacher training, mentoring young people, mental health services, placement with the Bradford District Care Trust in clinical psychology (on a competitive basis prioritising under-represented groups), and working in the 'Born in Bradford' project.

Professional accreditation

Our undergraduate psychology degree is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), assuring the quality of our teaching and your degree. All practising psychologists and Chartered Psychologist must have a British Psychological Society accredited degree and a postgraduate qualification and be registered with the Health and Care Professionals (HCPC).

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The course really opened my eyes to the wide range of psychology disciplines there are. Social Psychology and Neuropsychobiology were two areas of my course that I really enjoyed and didn't know existed before starting my studies. Aira, BSc (Hons) Psychology

Entry requirements

Typical offer - 112 UCAS tariff points.

 

A levels

BBC - there are no subject specific requirements.

T levels

Merit - there are no specific subject requirements.

BTEC Extended Diploma

DMM - there are no subject specific requirements.

Applicants on Access Programmes

Meet UCAS Tariff of 112 - there are no subject specific requirements.

International Baccalaureate Requirements

112 UCAS tariff points to include at least 80 points from 2 HL subjects. Plus HL 3 or SL 4 in English Language and Literature A or English B.

Plus minimum of

GCSE English and Mathematics at grade C or 4 (equivalents accepted).

English language requirements

Minimum IELTS at 6.0 or the equivalent.

If you do not meet the IELTS requirement, and you have a UKVI approved IELTS, you can take a University of Bradford pre-sessional English course. See the Language Centre for more details. For further information on English Language requirements please see the dedicated international entry requirements page.

Foundation Year entry

If you are a UK student and do not meet the entry requirements for this course, our Foundation Year has a route to Psychology BSc (Hons).

Foundation Year entry requirements

72 UCAS points or equivalent plus an English Language and a Maths qualification equivalent to GCSE Grade 4.

Study and progression requirements

Pass each module and achieve a programme average of at least 40%.

If you do not have the required Maths entry qualification you must study Maths and Stats for Higher Education.

If you are an international student and do not meet the entry requirements for direct entry onto this course, you may be interested in our International College.

Transferring from another university

If you are currently studying at another university and would like to transfer to the University of Bradford, this course accepts students into the second or third year. This is called advanced entry.

Please note that you can only be considered if you have studied a degree that is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Applications for advanced entry will be considered on a case-by-case basis and must include an official transcript (not a screenshot of a portal), all module descriptors, and relevant qualifications. Module descriptors must include learning outcomes.

Applications must be submitted through UCAS and the required documents emailed along with your UCAS Personal ID no later than 31 August prior to the course starting in September. Relevant documents should be emailed to [email protected]

What you will study

All module information is for 2023 entry, and is subject to change.

Learning and assessment

The teaching, learning and assessment strategy aims to develop active learning and takes into consideration the need for you to take greater responsibility for your own learning as you progress through the programme. You will be exposed to a variety of different learning and teaching approaches and activities. Please see the appendix for further details. Specifically, knowledge and understanding as well as transferable skills will be developed through:

  • lectures
  • laboratory/workshops
  • seminars (e.g. problem/discussion based)
  • tutorials
  • projects/dissertations
  • directed and self-directed study
  • assessment-based learning (formative and summative)
  • problem based learning
  • collaborative learning and group work
  • peer mentoring

Our approach is underpinned by research-led teaching which includes being exposed to the specialist research interests and practices of our academic team as well being informed by educational research.

Official programme specification

Our facilities

Psychology students use this suite to observe and analyse human behaviour and interactions. You can run interviews, experiments, and other practicals with support from our academics and technical staff.

Fees, finance and scholarships

Tuition fee 2025

  • UK: £9,250
  • International: £20,538

Additional costs

There may be additional costs that you may incur as a student. Though these are not essential to your programme of study you need to be aware of them as a student of the University. A list of the sort of costs you might expect can be found on our fees and finance section.

Financial support

See our fees and financial support section.

Scholarships

Every year we award numerous non-repayable scholarships to UK, EU and international students on the basis of academic excellence, personal circumstances or economic hardship. For full details, visit our scholarships section.

Career prospects

A graduate with a psychology degree from the University of Bradford is highly valued by employers as they have the ability to examine issues in-depth and to make constructive judgements on them, and they have the capacity to work in groups to resolve problems or research issues. 

Studying with us is the first step towards an exciting career in clinical, occupational, forensic, counselling, health or educational psychology.  

The course also provides key transferable skills relevant to a variety of careers, including social work, personnel management, market research, advertising, teaching, broadcasting, nursing, the police and the Armed Forces. 

Further study and research are also an option through MPhil and PhD programmes at the University.

Career support

The University is committed to helping students develop and enhance employability and this is an integral part of many programmes. Specialist support is available throughout the course from Career and Employability Services including help to find part-time work while studying, placements, vacation work and graduate vacancies. Students are encouraged to access this support at an early stage and to use the extensive resources on the Careers website.

Discussing options with specialist advisers helps to clarify plans through exploring options and refining skills of job-hunting. In most of our programmes there is direct input by Career Development Advisers into the curriculum or through specially arranged workshops.

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Study abroad

You have the opportunity to study abroad for one year in one of over 20 partner institutions, ranging from Canada and the USA to Holland, France, Spain, Sweden, India, Oman and more.

You will have support from the Programme Leader. Programme Team and the University Opportunities Team in making plans and identifying the best options to meet your requirements and during your year abroad.

The full list of exchange partners and network of Universities available for a Study Abroad Year, as well as further information about international opportunities, can be found here.

Study support

We have a commitment to strong pastoral care for all of our students, which includes a Personal Tutor for all students, regular contact hours for tutor groups and our supportive student service teams who are always ready to help with any questions and provide the advice that you need.

In addition to standard study support through taught sessions, our Virtual Learning Environment allows students to access resources, participate in group work and submit work from anywhere in the world 24/7.

University central services are rich with support teams to assist students with every aspect of their journey through our degree programmes.

From our Career and Employability Service, through our strong Students' Union, to our professional and efficient Student Finance team, there are always friendly faces ready to support you and provide you with the answers that you need.

Research

Members of the Division of Psychology are engaged in exciting and innovative research at the cutting edge of Psychology. Our research expertise represents interests in the application of psychology to understanding health and well-being, food and behaviour, lifespan psychology and neuropsychology.

Key areas of interest:

Cognition across the lifespan

  • Memory and language processing in healthy ageing and in people with dementia
  • Multilingualism and cognitive function
  • Accuracy of cognitive testing and the effects of external factors on test scores
  • Young children’s cognitive and emotional development
  • Children’s and adolescents’ inner worlds
  • Cognitive ageing and what can be done to prevent or delay it

Health Behaviours

  • Eating behaviour and obesity
  • Normative beliefs and misconceptions about health behaviour
  • Body image and ageing
  • The role of community practice in addressing health inequalities

Enhancing psychological wellbeing

  • Safeguarding children
  • Social media: friend or foe?
  • Interventions to improve people’s lives
  • History and philosophy of psychology

We draw on both quantitative and qualitative approaches including:

  • Experimental methods
  • Biological and physiological measures
  • Questionnaire studies
  • Narrative/ biographical approaches
This is the current course information. Modules and course details may change, subject to the University's programme approval, monitoring and review procedures. The University reserves the right to alter or withdraw courses, services and facilities as described on our website without notice and to amend Ordinances, Regulations, fees and charges at any time. Students should enquire as to the up-to-date position when applying for their course of study.