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Postgraduate Taught

Psychology

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Top 100 in the world for Psychology

QS World University Rankings 2024

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Top 10 in the UK for Psychology

8th in the Complete University Guide 2025 and joint 9th in the Guardian University Guide 2025

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11th in the UK for internationally excellent research in Psychology

REF 2021 based on 4* and 3* research, submitted to UoA4 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience

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Numerous external links with organisations including IBM, The Ministry of Defence, and a unique partnership with the NHS

Psychology at Exeter has over 120 academic, research and clinical training staff and over 500 postgraduate students, including more than 400 students registered on accredited clinical training programmes. Our staff are recognised internationally for their academic excellence, high-quality research and applied output. They actively research the areas of psychology they teach, so their expertise feeds directly into our research-led programmes.

We place a strong emphasis on your personal and professional development, as well as academic performance, and are committed to providing a friendly and stimulating intellectual environment.

You will benefit from state-of-the-art learning, teaching and research facilities, including well-equipped workshops, specialist laboratories, an audiovisual recording suite and a dedicated postgraduate computer laboratory. Members of staff have strong research links with universities in other countries and there is a flourishing international community. We work in partnership with a variety of public and private sector organisations to ensure our research is relevant to policymakers.

Unlike most other leading departments, we provide postgraduate training and continuing professional development (CPD) courses for clinical psychology and other psychological practitioners at the same site as our PhD and Masters degrees.