Psychology

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  • University/Institute Name University of Huddersfield
  • Attendance Type On Campus (Full Time)
  • Position Duration1 year
  • Application deadlineExpired

Position Details (Master's)

A Master's by Research (MSc) in Psychology from University of Huddersfield allows you to undertake a one year (full-time) research degree. It contains little or no formal taught component. This type of study gives you the chance to explore a research topic over a shorter time than a more in-depth doctoral program.

Research Psychology Master's students from University of Huddersfield choose a specific project to work on and have a greater degree of independence in their work than is the case with a taught Master’s course.

Why choose Huddersfield?

There are many reasons to choose the University of Huddersfield and here are just five of them:

  • We were named University of the Year by Times Higher Education in 2013.
  • Huddersfield is the only University where 100% of permanent teaching staff are Fellows of the Higher Education Authority.
  • Our courses have been accredited by 41 professional bodies.
  • 94.6% of our postgraduate students go on to work and/or further study within six months of graduating.
  • We have world-leading applied research groups in Biomedical Sciences, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities.
  • 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
    • Death, dying and bereavement: includes experiences of end-of-life care and responses to death/mortality
    • Decision making and substance abuse
    • Designing future cities to resist terrorist threat
    • Developing Concepts of Gender
    • Deviant sexual expression
    • Experimental and formal investigations of memory, spatial cognition and mental imagery

    Research Areas & Fields of Study involved in the position

    Position Start Date

    Jan 2026