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Modules and Teaching

• One year full-time or two years part-time, on campus, starting in October 2027

  Course structure

  You must complete modules worth a total of 180 credits, consisting of:

  • three compulsory modules (60 credits)
  • a 20,000-word supervised research dissertation (120 credits).

  Compulsory modules

  • Critical Review of Research Methodologies
  • Generic Research Skills
  • Research Ethics

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  • Dissertation MRes Psychology

• Teaching

  We encourage innovative and engaging ways of teaching to help ensure you have the best learning experience and provide a range of different modes of learning to help you juggle study with work and other commitments.

  Find out more about our teaching and teaching hours.

  What are the methods of teaching?

  A combination of lectures, tutorials and project supervision.

• How will I be assessed?

  One essay or equivalent written work of 2000-2500 words, a research presentation and a project dissertation of approximately 20,000 words. No written examinations.

  Assessments will be bespoke to your particular project, and will involve a consideration of the methods in your field and writing an ethics application.

  Please see individual modules for more details.

  Find out more about assessment at ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú, including guidance on assessment, feedback and our assessment offences policy.

Entry requirements

A second-class honours degree (2:2) or above in psychology or a relevant discipline, with prior advanced training (normally graduate level) in psychological research methods.

Applicants with undergraduate qualifications only should normally apply for the MSc Psychological Research Methods.

In your application you will need to offer an outline of your research proposal with specifications. You will also need to nominate possible supervisors from our Faculty of Science who have expertise relevant to your proposed project. Please refer to our  to help you with this.

• What are the English language requirements?

  If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in each of the sub-tests. We also accept other English language tests.

  If you don't meet the minimum English language requirements, please contact us or see our for more details about how we can help.

  Visit the International section of our website to find out more about our English language entry requirements and relevant requirements by country.

• What are the visa and funding requirements?

  If you are not from the UK and you do not already have residency here, you may need to apply for a visa.

  The visa you apply for varies according to the length of your course:

  • Courses of more than six months' duration: Student visa
  • Courses of less than six months' duration: Standard Visitor visa

  International students who require a Student visa should apply to study on our courses full-time as these qualify for Student visa sponsorship. If you are living in the UK on a Student visa, you will not be eligible to enrol to study part-time courses at ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú (with the exception of some modules).

  As a Student visa student, you should also apply to study on campus only, as online and flexible options of study  (if they are available for your course) may affect the conditions of your visa.

  For full information, read our visa information for international students page.

  Please also visit the international section of our website to find out more about relevant visa and funding requirements by country.

  Please note students receiving US Federal Aid are only able to apply for in-person, on-campus programmes which will have no elements of online study.

• Student visa students: dependants

  This MRes is classified as a Postgraduate Taught (PGT) programme. Under UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) rules, Student visa students on this course are not eligible to bring dependants to the UK.

• Credits and accredited prior learning (APL)

  If you have studied at university (or have an HND or Foundation Degree), you may have accumulated credits. It may be possible to transfer these from your previous study to ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú or another institution.

Fees

• ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú's Lifelong Learning Guarantee

  If you've studied at ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú before and successfully completed an award with us, take advantage of our Lifelong Learning Guarantee to gain a reduction on the tuition fee of this course.

• Can I apply for an international scholarship?

  We provide a range of scholarships for eligible international students, including our Global Future Scholarship. View ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú's available scholarships.

Careers and employability

On successfully graduating from this MRes Psychology, you will have gained an array of important transferable skills, including in:

• research design and methodology
• critical thinking and essay writing
• experimental platform design
• advanced quantitative statistics
• presentation.

Some of our graduates from this course have gone on to progress their studies at MPhil/PhD level. They have also gone on to be employed at organisations including:

• charities, policy and non-governmental organisations
• primary and secondary schools
• the NHS.

Student support

How to apply

• When should I apply?

  You are strongly advised to apply now, to ensure there are still places left, and to give you enough time to complete the admissions process, to arrange funding and to enrol.

  You don't need to complete your current programme of study before you apply - ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú can offer you a place that is conditional on your results.

• How can I get help with my application?

  Get all the information you need about the application, admission and enrolment process at ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú.

  Our online personal statement tool will guide you through every step of writing the personal statement part of your application.

• International agents

  If you are an international agent applying to ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú on behalf of an international student, please use .