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Department of Psychology 

We are a friendly, stimulating and supportive environment for students where science flourishes. We’re one of the world’s top psychology departments, excelling in both teaching and research.

Undergraduate study

Seminars and events

Tue
6
May

PHD Talks: Mechanisms of Mental Health / Developmental Psychology

4.00PM, PS/B/020

Anna Crossland, Hannah Kirsop, Lauren Charters, Trish Chinzara

Tue
13
May

PhD Talks

4.00PM, PS/B/020

Tue
20
May

PhD Talks: Memory / Cognitive Neuroscience

4.00PM, PS/B/020

Ewan Murray, Vanessa Keller, Irena Danilovska

Postgraduate study

News

IMRY Associate Director awarded prize from British Association for Psychopharmacology

Friday 25 April 2025

IMRY Associate Director for the Sciences Dr Scott Cairney has been awarded the Senior Translational Research Award by the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) in their 2025 Psychopharmacology Awards.


QS World University Rankings by subject (2025)

Thursday 13 March 2025

Psychology at York placed 14th in the UK and =97th in the world


Resources needed for school teachers to address challenges of online misogyny, study shows

Thursday 27 February 2025

A new study into the ‘manosphere’ has shown that 90% of secondary school teachers and 68% of primary teachers strongly feel that schools would benefit from teaching material addressing online misogyny.