Experimental Psychology

DPhil in Experimental Psychology

Course Code | 001890

MSc by Research in Experimental Psychology

Course Code | 001900

The department has research themes in the following areas, and further information on groups and labs within these areas can be found on the departmental website:

• Behaviour neuroscience
• Cognitive neuroscience
• Developmental psychology
• Social psychology and psychological disorders

The department also have strong connections with four Inter-group/Inter-departmental Research Centres e.g. Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB).

If there are specific individuals or research groups with whom you wish to work, please state this in your application.

Please note that potential candidates whose research proposal falls outside the area of expertise of potential supervisor(s) in the department are unlikely to be successful with their application.

MSc in Psychological Research

Course Code | 002221 

This is a one-year taught course (running from October until September).

The course provides a broad-based research training programme in psychology, covering theory and methods in basic domains of research such as cognitive, neuropsychology, computational modelling, developmental and social psychology.

It also provides training in personal and transferable skills such as computing skills in the context of psychological research (including qualitative methods) and communication (both written and oral).

The course has ESRC accreditation. Further information on this course can be found in the programme specification.

Donald Broadbent Lab

Provides computing resources and up-to-date software for statistical collection of data e.g. SPSS and has recently been refurbished with new computing facilities

MSc Centre

This centre is especially for the taught MSc students

Most potential supervisors are happy to be contacted by interested candidates via email, prospective applicants are encouraged to contact a potential supervisor within their area of interest to discuss possible research projects.

Information on academic staff profiles

On successful completion, many Experimental Psychology students go on to do further research at postgraduate or post-doctoral level either within the department or at other universities.

Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology

This is a three-year, full-time course and is fully funded and run from within the NHS.

MSc in Neuroscience