School of Psychology
The School of Psychology offers high quality, research-led teaching through our suite of flexible degree programmes.
We focus on employability, giving students hands-on experience doing the things that psychologists do and providing the opportunities to explore a wide range of future careers.
Our cutting-edge facilities are utilised by researchers and students at all levels, and include fully immersive virtual reality, Electroencephalography, eye trackers, full-body motion-tracking equipment, dedicated behavioural research pods, and fMRI facilities. It's a place where you can test your theories and understand more about the human mind.
Our strengths lie in fields including human cognition and perception, developmental science, social psychology, and cognitive and social neuroscience.
We are a welcoming, diverse community with lecturers and students from all over the world. Through placements, internships, study abroad options and career-building extracurricular programmes, students explore all that psychology has to offer.
Courses
Psychology with a Placement Year
Explore the wonders of the human mind at UEA. You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of human behaviour at our cutting-edge facilities, developing a range of...
Developmental Psychology
Discover how children develop both cognitively and socially, by combining a strong core of psychology studies with developmental perspectives on cognition and...
Psychology with a Year Abroad
Explore the wonders of the human mind at UEA. You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of human behaviour at our cutting-edge facilities, developing a range of...
Developmental Psychology
Discover how children develop both cognitively and socially, by combining a strong core of psychology studies with developmental perspectives on cognition and...
Developmental Science
Combining research methodology training with in-depth study at the cutting edge of the field, our Developmental Science Master’s programme will give you real,...
Cognitive Neuroscience
Specialise in psychology’s most fast-moving and fundamental area on our MSc Cognitive Neuroscience degree. At our world-leading facilities, you’ll undertake...
Social and Applied Psychology
Examine the latest social issues through the lens of psychology on our Master’s degree in Social and Applied Psychology. Combining combines research methodology...
Postgraduate Research in Psychology
We are a top tier, research-led university and are committed to making a substantial impact on the global challenges facing society. Our postgraduate...
Research
People
School of Psychology
UEA team reads minds to understand human tool use
Researchers at the University of East Anglia have made an astonishing discovery about how our brains control our hands.
Putting virtual rehab for stroke patients to the test
Researchers at the University of East Anglia have been putting virtual reality rehabilitation for stroke survivors to the test.
Friendly interactions with Chinese people reduced Covid-19 prejudice
People with a history of positive social interactions with Chinese people were less likely to support discriminatory anti-Chinese policies as Covid-19 reached...
What happens to our memories as we age?
Researchers at UEA are launching a new project investigating how our memories change as we age.