Psychological Therapies Practice and Research

Entry requirements

• PGDip Children, Young People and Families
• PGDip Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder
• PGDip High-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• PGDip Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapies and Approaches
• PGDip Mental Health Practice in Education Settings
• PGDip Severe Mental Health Problems: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder
• PGDip Severe Mental Health Problems: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Personality Disorder
• PGDip Systemic Family Therapy

Months of entry

September

Course content

• Extend your previous training as an effective and evidence-based practitioner in evidence-based psychological therapy/practice by undertaking a research project or service evaluation in your practice area.
• Enjoy a high-quality and stimulating learning experience in a supportive environment with other psychological therapists/practitioners.
• The programme is enriched by an internationally-recognised research environment, nationally-recognised innovative clinical teaching approaches and current clinical practice.

This programme is open to any psychological therapists/practitioners qualified at Diploma level in the UK, who want to extend their studies at Master’s level.

This programme has been developed to enable you to extend your PGDip into an MSc by undertaking a piece of empirical research, a service evaluation, a quality improvement project or a systematic review. The research thesis will allow you to follow your research interests in a topic related to your clinical area or a project related to service-based development. Supervision is provided by clinical researchers and/or psychological therapies/practice subject experts with provision available to support project supervision over Zoom or Teams to improve access to the programme.

The MSc will follow successful completion of a PGDip Psychological Therapies Practice programme available within Clinical Education, Development and Research (CEDAR) or nationally.

Fees and funding

The University of Exeter has many different scholarships available to support your education, including £5 million in scholarships for international students applying to study with us in the 2025/26 academic year, such as our Exeter Excellence Scholarships*.

For more information on scholarships and other financial support, please visit our scholarships and bursaries page.

University of Exeter Alumni Scholarship

We are pleased to offer University of Exeter alumni beginning a standalone taught Masters degree (eg MA, MSc, MRes, MFA, LLM, PGCert, PGDip) or research degree (eg MPhil, PhD) with us a scholarship towards the cost of their tuition fees. These scholarships are worth 20% of the first year tuition fee for students enrolling on a postgraduate taught or research programme of study in 2025/26. Full details can be found here.

*Terms and conditions apply. See online for details.