Welcome

Two students in the Psychology Levy Lab
Gert Westermann

Welcome to Postgraduate Psychology

I am delighted to welcome you to Psychology at Lancaster. You, as a postgraduate student, are an important and integral part of our Department, and I look forward very much to meeting you and welcoming you in person to our community.

Our Master's programmes are designed so that you receive cutting-edge training from staff conducting the very latest research. You will have lots of opportunities for taking part in this very latest research yourself, through placements in our research laboratories, as well as with your own research project as part of your degree.

We are proud of our strong sense of community and our supportive, open and friendly environment, and look forward to you becoming a part of it. Our programmes are relatively small cohorts, which means that you get to know your fellow students, and staff, very well throughout your studies, and share your own background knowledge and experience in your group.

Lancaster is a great place to study and enjoy being a student, whether you’ve already studied here or are coming here for the first time. It should be a year for you to enjoy and flourish, both academically and socially, and I hope to see you very soon.

Professor Gert Westermann, Head of Department

Our courses

  • Psychology of Advertising MSc

    Advertising is everywhere. Always transient, sometimes trivial, yet it can be incredibly powerful in changing our perceptions, our beliefs and our behaviour. The ambition of this unique course is to give you a thorough grounding in the psychology underpinning persuasion and how it is applied.

  • Developmental Disorders MSc

    We will promote your knowledge of developmental psychology with a focus on atypical development across the lifespan. The degree builds on the Department’s research strengths, with core material from course team members who specialise in Autism Spectrum Disorder, cognitive development and language and literacy development.

  • Developmental Psychology MSc

    Lancaster is one of the largest centres for developmental psychology research in the world. This programme will provide you with knowledge of advanced methods, analytical techniques, theories and significant findings across a range of areas.

  • Psychological Research Methods MSc

    This recognised research training course will give you an in-depth knowledge of, and experience in, a wide range of methods and techniques used in psychological research.