Experimental Psychology DPhil/MSc: University of Oxford

Research Programmes

• DPhil and MSc by Research

Research Groups

The department currently has thirteen research groups whose research covers the following five areas of psychology:

• Behaviour and Cognitive Neuroscience
• Cognitive Psychology and Perception
• Developmental Psychology
• Social and Applied Psychology
• Psychological Disorders and Individual Differences

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

Taught Programmes

• MSc in Psychological Research

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 MSc in Psychological Research is also a recognised course for the allocation of ESRC 1+3 awards.

General enquiries 

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