Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

Entry requirements

Applicants should possess a minimum of an upper second class Honours degree, master's degree, or equivalent in a relevant subject.

In some cases, a medical degree and/or relevant professional qualifications or experience are required.

Months of entry

January, April, July, October

Course content

The Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences is one of the largest university Division of psychiatry in the UK, providing leadership in clinical practice, teaching and high quality, cutting-edge research across many areas of psychiatric practice.

The Division aims to offer knowledge and expertise for academic opportunities within human genetics, psychiatric genetics, biological psychiatry, neurodegeneration, developmental psychopathology, bioinformatics and biostatistics research.

Distinctive features

MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics.

National Centre for Mental Health

Internationally recognised research centre concerned with quality of life of people with learning disabilities.

Multi-disciplinary approach between clinical, behavioural, molecular and social scientists.

Hosts Biostatistics/Bioinformatics Unit for Wales.

State-of-the-art technical facilities for genomics, microarray and transgenics.

Information for international students

English language requirements

IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with 5.5 in all subskills, or equivalent. Please see our English Language Requirements guidance for more details.