Faculty of Medicine and Health

Institute of Psychological Sciences

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The Institute of Psychological Sciences is a reputable research and teaching institution which offers one of the best undergraduate psychology degree programmes in the UK. Students sitting at PCs We have 40 academics, 12 support staff, 500 undergraduate students and 60 postgraduate students. Our impressive facilities for teaching and research include memory, auditory, motor, cognition and EEG laboratories, a large human nutrition unit and in house lecture theatres and computer clusters for students to use.

The Institute is committed to producing psychological research of a high quality and which addresses cutting edge questions about the determinants of human behaviour and how psychology can be applied to contemporary issues. Our vibrant, world-leading research is focused in three major areas of psychology:

Biological Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Health & Social Psychology

Driving simulator Extensively supported by both national and international funding, our research addresses a multitude of cutting edge questions from the fundamental nature of the human brain to the testing of applied interventions to promote wellbeing and health.