Overview

You’ll have the chance to develop your skills and understanding in a superb setting – with specialised facilities for observing children playing and interacting with others, together with a cognitive neuroscience lab for observing their minds. There’s also the chance to go on a placement to assist with child-centred research. And, thanks to extensive links with schools and children’s services, you can focus on Educational Psychology – studying language development, literacy, peer relations, online safeguarding, antisocial behaviour and bullying.

Key facts

Whether you see your future in clinical psychology, research, education or a range of other roles in and around child development, this degree can offer the tools and knowledge for a fascinating career.
The Psychology of Child Development (Hons) programme from The University of Lancashire offers the specialist skills for a range of roles working with children, but also provides the knowledge to open a broad range of other paths too.
This degree offers a strong foundation for pursuing a future working with children in educational or clinical psychology. For many of our graduates, that means taking the next step with specialist postgraduate study, including our own BPS-accredited masters degrees.

Accreditation

This degree is BPS-accredited providing Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC).

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Methods and practice of psychological inquiry
Social and Developmental Psychology
Neurocognitive Development and Disorders
Clinical Psychology
Psychology in Education
Violent and Sexual Offending

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Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Preston, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Psychology Childhood Studies View 144 other Bachelors in Childhood Studies in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

UCAS: 104-120 points at A2
BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM-DDM
BTEC Diploma: D*D-D*D*
Pass Access Course: 104 -120 UCAS points
International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass including 104 -120 points from Higher Level Subjects
T level: M
IELTS: 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5
GCSEs: 5 at grade C/4 including Maths and English or equivalent

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Tuition Fees

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17325 GBP / year

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9535 GBP / year

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Additional Details

UK students:

Sandwich year: £1,623 for the placement year

Part-time: £1,587 per 20 credits

Living costs

Preston

United Kingdom

751 - 1425 GBP / month

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