Key Information
- Duration: Full-time: 36 months; Part-time: 48 months
- Start dates & application deadlines:
- Starting October 2026 – Application deadline not specified.
Overview
The staff have expertise in areas of health, sport and exercise, psychology, animal behaviour, evolutionary psychology, abuse and safeguarding, children and families, cognition, language and emotion.
Research students in Psychology at the University of Chester are well-supported by an active seminar programme and research group meetings within the School, and by the University’s programme of research student events.
Visit the programme website for more information
Programme Structure
Areas of research include:
- Applied Cognition and Evolution
- Family, Infant and Child Psychology
- Forensic
- Psychological Interventions
- Health and Wellbeing
Admission Requirements
Academic requirements: GPA – Upper Second Class
English requirements:
- TOEFL iBT: 91 (or new TOEFL iBT 1-6 score: 4.5)
- PTE Academic: 62
- IELTS: 6.5
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Other requirements:
- To be eligible to apply for PhD programmes, applicants should normally have, or expect to obtain, at least an upper second class honours degree in a discipline appropriate to their intended area of research.
- Substantial prior research experience may, in some instances, be acceptable in place of a first degree qualification.
- A completed application, two references (in most cases the references shall come from independent academic referees, i.e. they are not normally provided by a prospective supervisor), an up-to-date CV and copies of appropriate certificates or transcripts must be uploaded to the application in order to be considered.
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees:
- International: 29,525 AUD / year (approx. 15,627 GBP / year)
- Domestic: 9,896 AUD / year (approx. 5,238 GBP / year)
Part-time tuition fees: UK: £2,619 / year; International: £7,814 / year
Living costs in Chester, United Kingdom: 1,247-2,154 AUD / month
Funding: Scholarships are available. Eligible scholarships include:
- Care Experienced Bursary – Grant 1500 GBP – Deadline Anytime – University of Chester
- Carer Support Package – Grant 1500 GBP – Deadline Anytime – University of Chester
- Chevening Scholarship – Grant Various benefits – Deadline Anytime – University of Chester
- Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Showman, Boater Bursary – Grant 1500 GBP – Deadline Anytime – University of Chester
- Estranged Student Bursary – Grant 1500 GBP – Deadline Anytime – University of Chester
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program – Grant Various benefits – Deadline 07 Oct 2026 – U.S. government
- ServiceScape Scholarship – Grant 1000 USD – Deadline 30 Nov 2026
- ACES Scholarships – Grant 3500 USD – Deadline 15 Nov 2026
- Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility – Grant Various benefits – Deadline Not specified – OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation
- Scholarships for PhD Students – Grant 19000 GBP – Deadline Not specified – Junhua Li
- Boustany Astronomy PhD Scholarship – Grant Various benefits – Deadline 28 Feb 2027 – Boustany Foundation
- $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship – Grant 1000 USD – Deadline 31 Oct 2026 – IvyPanda
- Voice Talent Online Scholarship – Grant 1000 USD – Deadline 01 Mar 2027
- Women Scholarship for International Students – Grant 5000 USD – Deadline 28 Aug 2026 – educations.com
- The PhD Prep Fellowship – Grant 10000 USD – Deadline 01 Sep 2026 – Admit Lab
- Dream Chaser Scholarship – Grant 1000 USD – Deadline 13 Jan 2027 – Salvado Law
- Scholarship for students with disabilities – Grant 3000 USD – Deadline 31 Dec 2026 – Anonymous Hope Fund
- Commonwealth Shared Scholarship – University Bids – Grant 22500 GBP – Deadline Not specified – UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
- Grants of the Leopold Figl Foundation for students with residence in Lower Austria – Grant Various benefits – Deadline 31 Dec 2026 – Leopold Figl Foundation
- The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship – Grant 1500 USD – Deadline Not specified – IELTS from 6 to 9
- Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme – Grant 12000 USD – Deadline 11 Jan 2027 – The Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme
- “The Hope For Healing” Scholarship – Grant 5000 USD – Deadline Not specified – FHE Health
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