MA Psychology at University of California, Los Angeles

Programme overview

MA Psychology is a master's programme in Psychology, College of Letters and Science at UCLA. Areas of study: Not applicable.

Faculty: College of Letters and Science | Department: Psychology | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Fall | Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

What you will study

Areas of study: Not applicable. The M.A. degree requires nine graduate courses (36 units). This course work must include Psychology 250A, 250B, 251A, 251B, 251C, and 16 units from major courses required for the doctoral degree. Up to four units of 596 may be applied toward the 36 unit requirement. In addition, the Psychology 251C research project must be completed. All courses must be taken for a letter grade except 251A, 251B, and 596 are S/U grading. Courses in the 300 or 400 series may not be applied. Any undergraduate deficiencies must be cleared before the M.A. degree is awarded.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Application deadline: November 1, 2026 (Clinical only) December 1, 2026 (All other areas). GRE: Not required. Letters of recommendation: 3. In addition to the University's minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants must upload a CV or resume in the application. Applicants to all areas must indicate at least one prospective faculty mentor in the application. Applicants to the Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical, Cognitive, and Quantitative areas may indicate up to two prospective faculty mentors. Applicants to the Developmental, Health, Social nd Social and Affective Neuroscience areas may indicate up to three prospective faculty mentors.

Most graduate departments and schools have deadlines in November and early December for the following fall term.

Graduate application fee: $135 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents, $155 for all other applicants, $200 for the Global Executive MBA for Asia Pacific, Master of Financial Engineering and MS in Business Analytics; nonrefundable, paid by card with the online Application for Graduate Admission.

Executive MBA: rolling admission for fall entry; Round 1 December 1, 2026, Round 2 February 1, 2027, Round 3 May 1, 2027; application fee $200.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.ucla.edu/admissions/steps-to-apply/

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