Psychology

ThisPsychology PhD programme from the University of Huddersfield allows you to explore and pursue a research project built around a substantial piece of work, which has to show evidence of original contribution to knowledge.

Key Facts:

A full time Psychology PhD at University of Huddersfield is a three year programme of research and culminates in the production of a large-scale piece of written work in the form of a research thesis that should not normally exceed 80,000 to 100,000 words.

Completing a PhD can give you a great sense of personal achievement and help you develop a high level of transferable skills which will be useful in your subsequent career, as well as contributing to the development of knowledge in your chosen field.

You are expected to work to an approved programme of work including appropriate programmes of postgraduate study (which may be drawn from parts of existing postgraduate courses, final year degree programmes, conferences, seminars, masterclasses, guided reading or a combination of study methods).

Courses include:

• Arts and Health

• Arts-based, place-based and environmental research

• Assessing a typical behaviour using cognitive models

• Assisted conception and BAME communities

• Cancer screening behaviour

• Causes and consequences of individual differences in executive function and attention

• Cognitive and neural correlates of psychological disorders