The Department of Psychology at Edge Hill University strives for achieving excellence in everything we do. Much of this is supported by our commitment to creating an environment which involves our students in all areas of our work, to allow them to apply their learning to both personal and professional scenarios. We stretch our students to “think like Psychologists” which is achieved from our expert-led teaching of our team of research-active and practitioner psychologists.
The Department of Psychology is dedicated to supporting cutting-edge research and has a number of purpose-built laboratories, housing many pieces of technical equipment. The Department also provides appropriate training for students to access these advanced research methods.
It is our pleasure to invite you to join us for our Department of Psychology Public Lecture Series entitled “Psychology and Global Issues”.
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Key Features
BPS accredited degrees
Our BSc undergraduate courses are accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and our MSc Conversion course allows graduates to obtain Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) with the BPS.
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leading
We were ranked 2nd in the North West for Psychology by the Guardian University Guide 2024 and 2025.
Gender equality
The Department of Psychology is committed to promoting equality and diversity for all staff and students. In October 2024, we successfully renewed our Bronze Award.
Find out moreStriving for excellence
We are committed to high quality research. The Research Excellence Framework (2021) rated 57% of our outputs world-leading or internationally excellent.
Supporting the community
We have been a finalist in the Educate North Awards for our community engagement projects and won awards for our research on psycho-oncology
Practitioner Psychology
Our courses are taught by a range of registered psychology practitioners in the following areas: Clinical Psychology, Sport and Exercise Psychology, Coaching Psychology, and Health Psychology
Psychology Society
PsychSoc is a society “by students, for students” to help provide a supportive community for students studying in our Department. If you are a current student, you can join by visiting the Student Union website and logging in with your university details.
Coaching Psychology Clinic
As a psychology student at Edge Hill, you will have the opportunity to have exclusive use of our bespoke Coaching Psychology Clinic. Our clinic is supported by members of academic staff who are fully qualified Chartered Psychologists and registered Coaching Psychologist, and use well-evidenced cognitive-behavioural principles. We recognise that coaching techniques can be especially useful to tackle common challenges which students have such as: getting motivated, avoiding procrastination, developing effective time management and academic goal-setting.
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Edge Hill University
St Helens Road
Ormskirk
Lancashire
L39 4QP
United Kingdom