Psychology & Health - Structured

The Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology and Health (PhD) programme is a four year (full-time) postgraduate research degree that combines a PhD thesis with the taught academic components of the existing MSc in Health Psychology programme and a range of transferable skills. This full-time PhD programme subscribes to the scientist-practitioner model, and provides students with integrated training in the academic and research aspects of Psychology and Health as well as providing students with a broad range of transferable skills.

Students are selected by course committee comprising the course Director(s), prospective research supervisor(s), and Head of School. Entrants are expected to have no less than an Upper Second Class Honours degree in psychology or a discipline related to health psychology, or equivalent international qualification. If students do not have this basic qualification they must have demonstrated high ability by some other means (e.g., through publications or achievement in a higher degree). Candidates should be proficient in the use of the English language. An interview process forms part of the selection procedure and these take place at the end of June/early July.

Important: apply by mid-July for entry September.

Applications are made online via the University of Galway Postgraduate Applications System.

Structured PhD (Psychology and Health)—full-time, 4 years.

Structured PhD (Psychology and Health)—part-time, 6 years.