Key information
- Duration: Full-time 36 months
- Start dates & application deadlines:
- Starting January 2027 - Apply before Oct 2026
Overview
This Psychology programme from Cardiff University, comprises student-led, frontier translational research spanning the entire discipline of psychology and enables you to conduct research and training in your chosen area.
You will have the opportunity to contribute to significant advances in knowledge under the supervision of active researchers, many of whom are internationally acclaimed experts in their field.
Programme aims
- To offer knowledge and expertise for a career in a range of areas related to research undertaken in the School.
Distinctive features
- Research in the specialist areas is conducted in a large number of purpose-built laboratories that have all been refurbished within the last five years
- The broad range of expertise within the School allows us to provide training in an unusually wide range of methodological techniques
- Our integration across different disciplines provides unique opportunities for multidisciplinary research projects
- Outstanding research facilities.
Visit the programme website for more information
Programme Structure
Research themes:
- Neuroscience, including behavioural neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and imaging science
- Cognitive Science, including cognitive psychology, and perception and action,
- Developmental and Health Psychology
- Social and Environmental Psychology, including social psychology, and risk and environment
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
- TOEFL iBT: 90
- PTE Academic: 69
- IELTS: 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
- A 1st or upper 2nd class UK honours degree, or equivalent, in Psychology or a related discipline, is usually required.
Make sure you meet all requirements
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
International: 50,857 AUD / year (≈ 26,700 GBP / year)
Domestic: 9,535 AUD / year (≈ 5,006 GBP / year)
Additional Details: Part-time tuition fees: £2,503
Living costs
Cardiff, United Kingdom: 1,196-2,030 AUD / month
Funding
Scholarships Information
Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Psychology.
You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.
- Fulbright-Cardiff University scholarship - Merit-based - Various benefits - Deadline: 07 Oct 2026 (Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom)
- Cardiff University Marshall Scholarship - Merit-based - Various benefits - Deadline: Not specified (Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom)
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program - Various benefits - Deadline: 07 Oct 2026 (U.S. government)
- ACES Scholarships - 3500 USD - Deadline: 15 Nov 2026 (ACES Education Fund)
- ServiceScape Scholarship - 1000 USD - Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 (ServiceScape)
- Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility - Merit-based - Various benefits - Deadline: Not specified (OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation)
- Scholarships for PhD Students - Merit-based - 19000 GBP - Deadline: Not specified (Junhua Li)
- Boustany Astronomy PhD Scholarship - Merit-based - Various benefits - Deadline: 28 Feb 2027 (Boustany Foundation)
- $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship - Merit-based - 1000 USD - Deadline: 31 Oct 2026 (IvyPanda)
- Women Scholarship for International Students - Merit-based - 5000 USD - Deadline: 28 Aug 2026 (educations.com)
- Voice Talent Online Scholarship - 1000 USD - Deadline: 01 Mar 2027 (Voice Talent Online)
- The PhD Prep Fellowship - Merit-based - 10000 USD - Deadline: 01 Sep 2026 (Admit Lab)
- Dream Chaser Scholarship - Merit-based - 1000 USD - Deadline: 13 Jan 2027 (Salvado Law)
- Scholarship for students with disabilities - Need-based - 3000 USD - Deadline: 31 Dec 2026 (Anonymous Hope Fund)
- Commonwealth Shared Scholarship – University Bids - 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 - Need-based - Various benefits - Deadline: 31 Dec 2026 (Leopold Figl Foundation)
- The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship - 1500 USD - Deadline: Not specified (IELTS from 6 to 9)
- Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme - 12000 USD - Deadline: 11 Jan 2027 (The Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme)
- “The Hope For Healing” Scholarship - 5000 USD - Deadline: Not specified (FHE Health)
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