Overview

You will study core topics including eating disorders, psychopathy and sexual offending, neuropsychology, and psychotherapy, alongside key statistical and research methods.

Throughout your studies, you will refine critical research and analytical skills in relation to clinical psychology practice.

Based in the College of Human and Health Sciences, you will benefit from a diverse teaching and research environment, with many opportunities to make connections across disciplines.

Many of our academic staff are leaders in their specialist fields of research, including clinical and health psychology, brain injury, sleep, cognition, neuroscience and developmental psychology.

Career

A Clinical Psychology and Mental Health programme from Swansea University will provide you with a vital academic foundation for future doctoral training in clinical psychology.

The typical starting salary for an NHS trainee clinical psychologist is £25,783. As your career progresses you could earn between £47,088 and £81,000 or higher. Salaries in private practice vary.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Eating Disorders

Psychosis

Psychopathy and Sexual Offending

Statistical and Research Methods

Affective Disorders and Trauma

Generic Research Skills - Abnormal and Clinical Psychology

Neuropsychology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-30 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-09-17 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

69

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Swansea, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Psychology Cognitive Science Clinical Psychology View 665 other Masters in Psychology in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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88

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69

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants will be rated on the following criteria:

a good first degree in psychology (at least 2:1)
Strong grades in research methods and statistics (at least 2:1)
A well written and thought out research abstract, including the ability to identify a reasonable research question within the field of clinical psychology, support it with past literature and translate this into a proposed research project using an appropriate methodology.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

22650 GBP / year

≈ 22650 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

11050 GBP / year

≈ 11050 GBP / year

Additional Details

MSc 2 Year Part Time

National: £ 5,500
International: £ 11,300

Living costs

Swansea

United Kingdom

727 - 1379 GBP / month

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

Funding

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