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Full time | Singleton Park Campus 1 | 3 years | JAN-26

Study mode

Full time

Duration

3 years

Start date

JAN-26

Key information
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Qualification type

PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

Subject areas

Psychology

Course Summary

Our School of Psychology has an outstanding reputation from take the Science behind their Psychology research and taking a translational approach to have real-world impact for the benefit of patients and society. Studying your Psychology PhD with us you will become part of our 3-4 research environment (REF2021). This means you will be joining a research environment of sufficient quality reflective of a profile conducive to producing research of world-leading and internationally excellent quality.Our areas of research expertise in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical and Health Psychology support four broad research groups:Clinical and Health Behaviour, addressing how behaviours develop and influence people’s decisions relating to their health and well-being, and the impact of health interventions. Recent student research projects have explored the role of social marketing in preventing child obesity, and trauma following acute illness.As a student at our School of Health and Social Care, you will benefit from a dynamic and supportive research environment with many opportunities to make connections across disciplines and develop links with organisations and policymakers both in the UK and abroad.Our state-of-the-art research facilities include a high-density electroencephalography (EEG) suite, a fully fitted sleep laboratory, a social observation suite, eye-tracking, psychophysiological, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), and conditioning labs, a lifespan lab and baby room, plus more than 20 all-purpose research rooms.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£5,006

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£21,600

Entry requirements

Applicants for PhD must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level and a masters degree. Alternatively, applicants with a UK first class honours degree (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) not holding a masters degree, will be considered on an individual basis.

University information

Located on the stunning Swansea Bay coastline, this Welsh university provides easy access to the city centre, as well as to the beaches of the spectacular Gower Peninsula. The university offers a range of taught and research postgraduate programmes across three academic faculties: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science Faculty of Science and Engineering Swansea’s campuses have...more

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