Business Psychology

Entry requirements

Business Psychology MSc is open to students with a 2:2 Honours degree in a Psychology (non-BPS accredited) degree or a related subject (e.g. Business Management, Human Resource Management). Applications from those with a nonrelated subject will also be considered. Professional experience within Business Psychology is not a requirement for entry to this course.

Months of entry

January, September

Course content

This Masters course is perfect for managers, HR professionals who want to apply different psychological approaches to their work and take their career to the next level.

Our MSc Business Psychology is open to students with a non-BPS accredited psychology degree or non-psychology related degree. You'll be taught by psychology experts, engaging with the major theories and models to see how they can be implemented in your workplace.

Key features

• Designed to develop the key knowledge and skills required for a career in: personnel assessment, selection and training, the design of work environments, implementation of training interventions and management of careers
• Guest speakers from a range of organisations, such as psychometric test publishers, occupational psychology consultancies and independent consultants
• Develop your skill and knowledge through practical consultancy-style tasks, that demonstrate the application of theory and research to practice
• Learn about the work carried out by Business Psychologists within organisations and about different psychological approaches to workplace issues

Teaching

You are taught through a combination of on-campus lectures and self-directed study tasks. All lectures are held on a Friday and Saturday, the date depends on your module choice. The days involve engaging with different learning activities, such as lectures, practical tasks (individual and/or group), discussion and reflection.

Employability

Our courses will equip you for employment within a diverse range of organisations. Business Psychologists work in training, environments, recruitment, coaching, organisational change, management, consultancy and in academic research and teaching.

Many Business Psychologists are employed within the public sector, such as the Police, Civil Service Commission, Department for Work and Pensions, Ministry of Defence, HM Prison Service and the NHS.

Students who have completed our programmes have gone on to work in the following areas:

• Management within organisations
• Coaching
• Human resources
• Psychology, management or recruitment consultancy
• Psychometric testing
• Health and wellbeing within the NHS
• Counselling
• PhD study

The structure and content of the programme allows students to gain skills that are valued by employers and help them to find their chosen career.

Many of our students use the Dissertation as a springboard into their chosen research area, with a large number of our students continuing their studies at PhD. All students are encouraged and supported to submit their work to national conferences.