Best Universities for Psychology

Psychology is a popular subject for study at a postgraduate level as it allows students a chance to develop the understanding of the topic and build the clinical experience needed to progress into a psychology career. As such, many universities across the UK offer courses in psychology, which can make it difficult to know where to start when researching which university to attend. To assist with this, we have put together a guide to the best UK psychology universities, giving students a place to place when they want to find out which universities meet their standards. 

CONTENTS 

• Best Universities for Psychology
• Top Choice for Student Satisfaction
• Top Choice for Graduate Prospects
• Top Choice for Research Quality
• Ranking Information Source
• Student Reviews
• More Universities for Studying Psychology

Best Universities for Psychology 

Looking at the Complete University Guide’s 2025 university league tables, we can see which universities have been ranked as the best psychology courses. The following three universities have received the overall highest ranking in psychology, looking at criteria including research quality, student satisfaction, graduate prospects and more. Any one of these universities would be a great choice for a student looking to nurture a burgeoning psychology career. 

• London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
• University of Cambridge
• University of St. Andrews

Top Choice for Student Satisfaction  

Student satisfaction is an important factor to take notice of when looking for a university, as it lets you gauge how previous students have found the teaching on the courses you could be taking. The highest-rated university for student satisfaction in psychology was London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. 

Go to: London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Top Choice for Graduate Prospects  

When it comes to starting your career, a university degree can make a big difference. Some universities have a particularly impressive graduate prospects rating, which looks at the success in employability or further study of students. The highest graduate prospects rated psychology university was University of St. Andrews, one of the top three highest rated universities in psychology overall.  

Go to: University of St. Andrews

Top Choice for Research Quality  

The field of psychology is already growing and changing, with the research done by universities playing a big part in this. Students looking to help make an impact in the area would do well to take notice of a university’s research quality rating when choosing where they will study. London School of Economics and Political Science had the highest research quality rating for psychology subjects. 

Go to: Search psychology courses at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Ranking Information Source  

For this article we have used ranking information from the Complete University Guide’s league tables. Data is courses from the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, the National Student Survey and the Higher Education Statistics Agency, and the Complete University Guide uses its own methodology to create the rankings for the league tables. The CUG league tables are based on undergraduate data.  

Go to: See the 2025 Complete University Guide psychology subject league table

Student Reviews  

There have been several satisfied reviews left for University of Liverpool by psychology students on Whatuni, with some of them awarding the university five stars. Students also had positive details to add about the university, including: " The course is brilliant, tutors are all friendly, a lovely campus and the environment is great." 

Go to: Search psychology courses at University of Liverpool

More Universities for Studying Psychology 

To see every university that offers postgraduate courses in psychology, please take a look at our course search tool, which can sort through the listing via subject, qualification, region and more. 

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