Overview

If you have completed an undergraduate degree and now want to build on your academic skills acquired in an area more fitting to your current interests and future goals, our MSc Psychology (Conversion) course from University College Birmingham is designed to meet professional body standards and help you take that next step into your dream career.

Key facts

Within this innovative curriculum, you will critically explore a range of core psychological perspectives to help you better understand human mind and behaviour and along the way, you will be able to develop your critical reflective skills to understand more about the application of psychology to yourself, preparing you to reach your future goals.
Alongside exploring psychological theory in the classroom and its application to contemporary societal challenges, you will have practical opportunities to develop your research and experimental skills in our new state-of-the-art psychology lab. Our practitioner academics and partners from across the region, who work in psychology related fields, will equip you to work in a diverse range of jobs or progress to study on one of our applied postgraduate courses if you wish to pursue a registered psychologist route. Your modules will build to help you understand problems in the real world and how psychological knowledge can be applied to help us address them.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Brain, Mind and Behaviour
Personality and Individual Differences
MSc Quantitative Research Methods
MSc Qualitative Research Methods
Social and Community Psychology
Lifespan Psychology

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 18 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-09 00:00:00 , International

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Non-EU international: apply at least two-three months before the enrolmentHome and EU: the deadline for applications is 10 working days before enrolment

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

72

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Credits

180 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Psychology View 649 other Masters in Psychology in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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72

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General requirements

Applicants must have an Honours Degree (2:2 or above) in a non-psychology subject (this will usually be social science, health or science-related subject)
Applicants will be required to attend interview for this course
Applications from candidates with relevant experience will be considered on an individual basis. Each application will be considered on its merits and the final decision will be made by the programme leader
English and maths GCSEs at grade C/grade 4 or above (or equivalent). Non-standard entry applicants will be considered on their merits. Evidence of qualification must be submitted
Applicants must supply a full transcript and two academic references at the point of application

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Tuition Fee

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International

17000 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 17000 GBP per year during 12 months.
National

9500 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9500 GBP per year during 12 months.

Living costs for Birmingham

765 - 1134 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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