Psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behaviour. It plays an important role in the world helping to understand complex questions around human behaviour.
Our psychology research at Stirling addresses big questions around fundamental psychological themes:
- Behaviour and Evolution
- Health and Behaviour Change
- Cognition in Complex Environments
Psychology courses at the University of Stirling will allow you to gain an in-depth knowledge of human (and animal) behaviour while developing research and analytical skills that employers highly value. We cover a diverse range of topics including cognition, developmental psychology, social behaviour, health psychology, animal behaviour and clinical psychology. Many of our psychology courses include practical placements.
Psychology courses
Loading Undergraduate courses...
Loading Postgraduate courses...
Many of our undergraduate and postgraduate Psychology courses are accredited by the British Psychological Society.
Graduate careers in Psychology
The wide range of skills and knowledge gained from a Psychology degree can open up many different career paths to you. Jobs that are directly related include:
- clinical psychologist
- health psychologist
- educational psychologist
- forensic psychologist
- sport psychologist
- academic researcher
- counsellor
- psychotherapist
There are also many areas that value Psychology skills including human resources, marketing, emergency services, careers advice and teaching.
Psychology research
Psychology research at Stirling is of a very high standard. In most recent Research Excellence Framework (2014), 97% of our research outputs were rated as world leading or internationally excellent. Our academic staff have a diverse range of research interests from animal behaviour to social psychology.
We have three core psychology research groups:
Postgraduate research opportunities
We have a collegiate working environment that provides excellent support and mentoring to early career researchers, making Stirling the perfect place to study for a PhD or MPhil in Psychology. See our MPhil, PhD and Doctorate opportunities in the areas of: