Psychology King's College London

Overview

The Psychology BSc offered at King's College London draws upon the established expertise of the IoPPN, the NHS and a wide range of world-leading researchers and practitioners across King’s, from neuroscience to the social sciences, to introduce you to a variety of approaches to the application of psychological science

Designed to reflect the key role of psychology within interdisciplinary research, the course asks you to apply insights from this research to a variety of contemporary problems. You will be required to develop your analytic, critical thinking and problem-solving skills along with your core scientific knowledge.

Key benefits

• Our teaching is delivered by world experts, enriched by current research at the IoPPN, one of the world's leading centres for interdisciplinary research in psychiatry and psychology.

• We have unique partnerships with the South London & Maudsley Hospital (SLaM) and clinician-scientists that allow placements and voluntary work for our students.

• Students have the opportunity to apply for a four-year programme with an additional year taking the form of either a professional placement or a year abroad.

• The Department of Psychology is one of the best-known and largest centres for clinical and health psychology and is home to the to the UK's oldest Clinical Psychology training programme.

• Our course offers a rich combination of research and clinical expertise.

Accreditation

The course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), who highlighted five areas of particular strength in our course, including the emphasis on research-led teaching and the potential for students to benefit greatly from the research expertise of our world-leading Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN).