We welcome applicants with a good academic record and a minimum 2:1 degree. If NHS candidates have a 2:1 and not a 1st class degree, they will need to show additional evidence of academic attainment (e.g. a distinction at Masters level, a PhD, excellent A-level grades or a peer-review publication). We also welcome applicants with a first degree in a field other than Psychology who have completed a BPS approved conversion course or completed the BPS exam conferring GBC.

We positively welcome applicants from all sections of the community and hope that our intake will reflect the make-up of the communities that people subsequently work in Undergraduate applicants are not encouraged to apply. Candidates need to have achieved a minimum 2:1 or equivalent in psychology.

If NHS candidates have a 2:1 and not a 1st class degree, they will need to show additional evidence of academic attainment (eg a distinction at Masters level, a PhD, excellent A-level grades or a peer review publication). Candidates also need Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) from the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Clinically relevant experience
We expect applicants to have experience relevant to clinical psychology, for example as an assistant psychologist, a research assistant on a clinically relevant project or having completed a clinically relevant PhD. Other types of experience in health and social care settings (e.g. support worker) are also useful.

Applicants are required to have approximately a year or more of clinically relevant experience at the time of entry to the course. Voluntary experience is only acceptable in the context of other non-voluntary clinical experience for NHS candidates. . The minimum scores needed are 88 for internet-based TOEFL (with 26 for writing), 570 for paper-based TOEFL or 6.5 for IELTS academic test (with 7 for writing).