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Psychology Courses at Northumbria

Study Undergraduate Psychology Courses at Northumbria.

Ready to Find Your Passion? 

Students at Northumbria can choose from our five specialist areas of Psychology: Health, Clinical, Business, Forensic, and Experimental Psychology. This means you can find your passion and delve deeper. 

Ready to Succeed? 

Northumbria’s is the only Psychology department in the North East to offer significant placement opportunities for undergraduates in over 40 local organisations and businesses, and offers students the opportunity to study topics of their choice in state-of-the-art facilities with purpose-built teaching laboratories. 

Northumbria’s research in Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience is ranked 15th in the UK for research power out of 93 submissions (REF, 2021). This is a rise of 28 places from 43rd in 2014.

Psychology is ranked Top 10 in the UK for Student Experience (Times Good University Guide 2026).

Counselling & Occupational Therapy at Northumbria is ranked 6th in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2026. 

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