Occupational Psychology University of Nottingham

Overview

At the Occupational Psychology programme offered by University of Nottingham, they will learn how to motivate employees, assess their abilities, personality and performance, train them in new skills and competencies. At a more strategic level, students will learn about leadership development, job design and managing organisational change, diversity and well-being at work.

All of which are particularly valuable to future employers, including: Occupational Psychology consultancies, business and management consultancies and other large organisations who employ psychology specialists within their corporate teams.

We're committed to developing practical skills and enabling students to advance as a practitioner in this field. That's why they will learn consultancy skills and how to use evidence-practice to solve work-based problems. Students also benefit from being taught by research-active experts in the field.

An advanced degree from Nottingham will see students graduate with the knowledge and skills needed to apply what they've learned to the real world of work and prepare them for future roles in the corporate sector, the public sector, or consultancy firms. 

Having completed a Stage 1 accredited MSc, students will be eligible to commence the Stage 2 Qualification in Occupational Psychology at the appropriate time., which is the next stage to becoming a BPS Chartered Psychologist and HCPC-registered Practitioner Psychologist.

Career opportunities:

The graduates go on to a wide range of careers around the world. Typical roles include: consultant roles in specialist work psychology consultancy firms and more general management consultancies; specialist roles in learning, training, leadership, well-being, recruitment and talent development in large organisations in both the private and public sector; HR roles in private and public sector companies.

Over the last three years some of the MSc Occupational Psychology graduates have gone into these types of roles with the following organisations:

• Affinity Health at Work

• Aon

• ARUP

• Civil Service

• ETS PLC

• IBM

• Gallup

• Lexxic

• NHS

• OPC

• Work Psychology Group