PhD in Psychology

A doctoral research degree in psychology, covering advanced research design, supervised original research, academic writing and the defence of a substantial doctoral thesis.

PhD in Psychology is the only doctorate at Bangor in this catalogue, and it requires a completed master degree at 50 percent to enter. Bangor’s psychology school has a long established research record, and a doctorate here is a research apprenticeship rather than a taught course.

PhD in Psychology is taught at Bangor University, a public university in Wales with full degree awarding powers. Because the psychology doctorate is a research doctorate rather than a taught course, two things follow that apply to almost no other programme here. It supports a UK Graduate Route application giving three years of unsponsored work rather than two, and a dependant partner or child may accompany you, which the January 2024 rules bar on taught courses. Your student visa covers the length of the psychology doctorate plus a short period afterwards.

Admission to PhD in Psychology requires a completed master degree at 50 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.5 with no band below 6.0, and tuition for the psychology doctorate is recorded at GBP 17,000 a year. Bangor charges no application fee, so applying for the psychology doctorate costs you nothing, and no scholarship is recorded against it. the psychology doctorate lists six entry windows a cycle. Apply Study Visa manages the the psychology doctorate application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.