The emphasis is on enhancing skills critical to developing early-stage researchers and professionals, whether they relate to effective communication, disseminating research findings and project management skills.
Programme Structure
Research topics include:
- audiology and hearing
- cognition and cognitive neuroscience
- dementia
- forensic psychology
- health psychology
- integration of psychological explanation to derive understanding and intervention in therapeutic settings
- interpersonal and family environments
- language and communicative development and disorders
- memory
- mental illness
- neuroscience and aphasia
- perception, action and decision making
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 90
Other requirements
General requirements
- We require applicants to hold, or be about to obtain, an Upper Second class Honours degree, or the equivalent qualification gained outside the UK, in a related subject area for entry to a PhD programme.
- A Lower Second class Honours degree may be considered if applicants also hold a Master's degree with a Merit classification.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
International (non-residents): 50,976 AUD / year ≈ 27,000 GBP / year
Living costs
Manchester, United Kingdom
1,218–2,260 AUD / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Scholarships
Scholarship opportunities are available for Psychology, including the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, ServiceScape Scholarship, ACES Scholarships, Erasmus+ Grants for study mobility, Scholarships for PhD Students, Boustany Astronomy PhD Scholarship, Amberscholar Scholarship, Voice Talent Online Scholarship, Annual Video Contest Scholarship, Dream Chaser Scholarship, Scholarship for students with disabilities, Commonwealth Shared Scholarship – University Bids, Grants of the Leopold Figl Foundation for students with residence in Lower Austria, The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship, Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme, and “The Hope For Healing” Scholarship.