Outstanding research
Excellent teaching programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
Dedicated international student support programme and personnel
Superb research and teaching facilities
In our own self contained building
At the University of York, in the top 10 in the UK and the top 100 universities in the world
York, a beautiful and historic English city
Welcome to the Department of Psychology at the University of York, a friendly department with a reputation for excellence in research, teaching and support for students. We are one of the UK's leading psychology departments and one of the top 100 in the World.
Studying at York
Research at York
Masters courses
The department offers four masters courses:
- New for October 2013: MSc Development,
Disorders and Clinical Practice - NEW for October 2013: MSc in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
- Master of Research in Psychology
- MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience
- MSc in Applied Forensic Psychology
- Application details ...
News and events
Posted on Monday 25 February 2013
New study identifies two separate brain systems involved in seeing objects.
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Posted on Wednesday 9 January 2013
Cassie Barton, who graduated from the Department in 2011, has won the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2012.
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Posted on Wednesday 9 January 2013
Dr Aidan Horner has won the Experimental Psychology Society’s 2012 Frith Prize.
Posted on Monday 10 December 2012
MSc Cognitive Neuroscience students visited the Hull-York Medical School, where Professor Tim Andrews led them through a human brain dissection.
Posted on Thursday 22 November 2012
A student’s guide to the basics in a new YouTube video.
Posted on Tuesday 11 September 2012
York study shows men and women’s criteria for choosing a partner are less different in societies with greater equality.
Seminars
4.15PM, Psychology Lecture Theatre PS/B020
Professor Arty Samuel - Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language
4.15PM, Psychology Lecture Theatre PS/B020
Anastasia Roshchupkina, Megan Lambert & Christopher Pease
Supporting women in science
Our commitment to supporting women in science has earned a silver Athena SWAN award.
What's happening in the Department?
See what's being shown on Psychology's laser display board. [swf ~1Mb]