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The modules listed reflect those currently available to students. Every year, we review our modules and their content to ensure that our courses maintain the best academic and student experience possible. Whilst this does mean elements of your course may change in future academic years, it ensures your course is giving you a research-inspired education and preparing you for your future.Why Leicester? Our Students' Union supports all students during their studies, offering free, impartial and confidential advice. Our Career Development Service offers you guidance and support to help you get ahead in your chosen career. Services for students include online tools and individually tailored advice to help you develop your academic skills and a wide selection of one-to-one careers consultations, workshops and webinars covering interview and assessment centre skills, psychometric testing and CVs, covering letters and application forms. Once you have completed you studies you become part of our global alumni family maintaining strong links with graduates, parents, friends and supporters of the University through a programme of events, services and communications.Teaching and learning This programme offers a diverse range of teaching and learning from experienced psychology staff with expertise in health and wellbeing, vision sciences, cognitive neuroscience, applied psychology and higher education pedagogy. Your classes will be in the form of in-person lectures, seminars and practical workshops. So, you will have plenty of opportunity to work and interact with peers in exploring the fascinating world of psychology. Additionally, you will conduct an original empirical psychological project with an experienced supervisor in the School of Psychology and Vision Sciences. We also have online virtual learning environment Blackboard which will house a host of additional activities to enhance your skills outside of the classroom. A range of assessments are used across the course including literature reviews, research reports, reflective commentaries, essays, case studies, oral presentations and an empirical dissertation. Throughout your learning journey with us you will receive the support you need to succeed. A personal tutor will be allocated to you to help and advise you. Our Centre for Academic Achievement provides online tools and individually tailored advice to help you develop your academic skills and you will have access to the Library's online catalogue containing thousands of electronic journals and over 300,000 electronic books.

Psychology MScPsychology MSc, 1 year, full-time This is for you if... you are looking for a postgraduate degree that will allow you to pursue a career in psychology or to apply psychological knowledge in your work and life. Start date, This full-time campus-based Masters degree is suitable for those who have not studied psychology in their previous undergraduate degree (or little such as a minor subject or a standalone module) who would like to explore the fascinating world of psychology with a view to reorient their careers or enhance their understanding about how people perceive, think, interact and behave., Second class honours degree in any subject.Intercalating medical students You will need to have completed year 3 or 4 of your medical course, and be in the 9th decile or above of your degree. External candidates require a permission to intercalate letter from their current medical school. Learn more about intercalated degrees.English Language Requirements IELTS 6.5 or equivalent. If your first language is not English, you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability., Studying psychology, you will not only gain insight into human behaviour, but also develop and refine a range of highly sought-after transferable skills, like critical thinking, problem-solving, project management, communication skills, data handling and research, which will improve your employability regardless of the work you do.

This conversion course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and offers a broad range of modules that cover the key areas of psychology, including cognitive, social, developmental and biological psychology, along with research methods. Here at Leicester, we also cover aspects such as individual differences and the historical foundations of psychology. We also have a focus on applied psychology with a dedicated module designed to support you in your psychology career. This course allows access to further study in any area of applied psychology, research or teaching. The accredited nature of the course means that you will be eligible to receive the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society; the necessary first step on the way to becoming a professional psychologist. Accreditation also means that the course is externally validated by the BPS, so you can be sure that it conforms to the high standards of quality they set. We are in the top 25 UK universities in the Psychology subject area and one of only seven Psychology departments in the UK with the highest achieved scores for added value, meaning that many of our students exceed expectations because of the excellent support they receive (The Guardian University Guide 2022). In addition, we are also in the top 23 UK universities for quality of research, with over 80% of research outputs evaluated as internationally excellent or world-leading and 100% having very considerable or outstanding real-world impact beyond academia. (REF 2021). This postgraduate qualification can also be taken by students studying for an undergraduate medical degree as an intercalated iMSc (iMSc)., In the UK alone, over 750,000 people work in an area that involves psychology as part of their role in sectors as diverse as social care, health, education, research, business, law enforcement and sports. Expectations are that the need for psychologists will continue to rise as we adjust to life post-Covid.

Starting in September 2026

• MSc: £12,400
If you are resident outside the UK and the Republic of Ireland, you will need to pay a deposit to secure your place. This will be subtracted from your total tuition fee. Find out more about tuition fees, scholarships and funding.International StudentsStarting in September 2026
• MSc: £21,950
You will need to pay a deposit to secure your place. This will be subtracted from your total tuition fee.