Undergraduate courses in psychology
Our degrees provide you with a solid grounding across the psychology discipline, with particular focus on cognitive, health, social and clinical psychology.
Department of Psychology
A large and growing team of staff offers expertise in a broad spectrum of psychology topics, which allows our students to work across traditional boundaries.
Study psychology
Find out about our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, funding opportunities and how you can apply.
Taught postgraduate studies in psychology
We offer a range of taught postgraduate options at master's level.
Department of Psychology postgraduate research
View our MPhil, PhD and professional doctorates courses in the Department of Psychology.
Foundation Systemic Theory and Practice course
Gain a solid foundation in systemic theory and develop systemic skills you can use in your own work setting.
Good Practice in Autism Education
Autism is a highly varied condition and can be associated with exceptional academic ability to intellectual disability. Explore this in our free online course.
How Bath virtual reality research is opening doors: Ben explores VR at Bath
Recent psychology graduate, Ben Cachin, reflects on Virtual Reality research at Bath by speaking to researchers leading the way in this area.
Our research
Our research is concerned with clinical, cognitive, developmental, environmental, health, and social aspects of psychology.
Professor Laura Smith gives evidence to MPs on online extremism
Co-Director of the Bath IDSB Laura Smith was one of the expert witnesses at the recent Home Affairs Select Committee evidence session.
Report reveals Western views of Africa are based on stereotypes of poverty, corruption and nature
Report reveals UK & US views about Africa and suggests positive narratives can shift attitudes.
Brain differences seen in children with conduct disorder depend on abuse history
Young people who are diagnosed with conduct disorder show significant differences in their brain structure depending on whether there has been childhood abuse.
Treating chronic pain early: psychological therapies rewire the brain and relieve suffering
A landmark review shows cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) reduces the emotional burden of pain and makes measurable changes in brain activity.
University of Bath announced as Policing Academic Centre of Excellence
A new Policing Academic Centre of Excellence will launch at the University in October 2025 to improve connections between researchers and police forces.
Department of Psychology research
We have a distinctive research profile in theoretically informed applied psychology.
Our Department in the media
Due to their expertise and knowledge, our staff often engage in work with the media.
Dr Gosia Goclowska from the Department of Psychology on BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind.
Dr Goclowska discusses her research on the more unusual emotions we experience such as curiosity, awe and surprise.
How does period pain impact school life?
Dr Abbie Jordan spoke to Wellbeing of Women about research at Bath into how periods and period pain affect the school lives of teenage girls in the UK.
Why Katy Perry’s celebrity spaceflight blazed a trail for climate breakdown
In this article for The Conversation, Dr Steve Westlake explores the climate controversy sparked by Katy Perry’s celebrity space flight.
Get involved with our department
We're always looking for organisations and our wider community to take part in our research and outreach activities. You can see more opportunities further down the page.
Help us test a digital mindfulness programme for body image and mood
Want to feel better about your body? We are recruiting people aged 16-35 to try our online mindfulness programme. £20 Amazon voucher on completion.
Take part in our research into thinking and movement in people with pain
Help us research information processing and physical movement in people with chronic pain. You’ll complete questionnaires and computer and physical tasks.
Modern Slavery and Trafficking Survivors: Albanian mothers’ experiences of parenthood in the UK
A study to explore the experiences of parenthood of Albanian mothers who have survived human trafficking and modern slavery.
Collaborate with us
We're interested in hearing from organisations and individuals that would like to work with us on:
- research projects
- consultancy
- joint PhDs
- collaborate on laboratory-based experiments
- student placements and projects
- schools visits
- evaluation
You can explore other ways to collaborate with the University.
Register your interest in working with members of our Department
News
Our latest news and updates.
University of Bath to receive £4.35m from Global Talent Fund to attract world-leading researchers
University receives part of £54m Global Talent Fund to help attract and support top international researchers to the UK.
AAPS CDT and CAST PhD student smashes world-record for cycling from London to Edinburgh
Pete Dyson, a doctoral researcher in transport and travel behaviour, set a new time of 16 hours 56 minutes 51 seconds for the 388-mile journey.
Celebrating autism for Autism Acceptance Month 2025
The Centre for Applied Autism Research are welcoming submissions to celebrate autism at the University of Bath for Autism Acceptance Month 2025 during April.
University conspiracy theory and behaviour experts join panel at climate films event
March 16 event in Bath tackles climate hoax, denial and anxiety.
Bath Professor awarded Wellcome grant to investigate cognitive impairment in psychotic disorders
Bath researchers set to investigate how cognitive decline and brain ageing can contribute to psychotic disorders, following funding award
University of Bath receives £11 million to launch a Mental Health Research Group
The research group will address the urgent mental health needs of the region and increase capacity for applied research.
Department of Psychology seminars
Find out more about the seminars taking place in the Department of Psychology.
View the schedule of our upcoming seminars
Awards and accolades
Our awards, rankings and reputation.
Our people
We are proud of our teaching and research staff. With a highly experienced academic team and active engagement with external organisations, our work is relevant and informative.
Department of Psychology academic staff
We are well renowned for excellent teaching and research with an enthusiastic academic team and a lively research environment.
Department of Psychology External Advisory Board
Our External Advisory Board provides strategic advice to help guide the teaching, research, and other activities of the Department of Psychology.
About the Department of Psychology
We offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and students can get involved in our lively research environment and open seminars.
With more than 70 academic staff, 100 postgraduates and 500 undergraduates, we have a distinctive research profile and record of cutting-edge, theoretically informed research in applied psychology.
Current staff and students can access the Research Hub.
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