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PhD Psychological and Brain Sciences at University of Delaware

University of Delaware, United States

Programme overview

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences offers a doctoral degree program in psychological and brain sciences, with specialization in the areas of behavioral neuroscience, clinical science, cognitive psychology, and social psychology. Students can earn an optional master’s degree by submitting a thesis, but all students are required to continue for the doctorate. The objective of the program is to train researchers who will broaden the base of scientific knowledge upon which the discipline of psychology rests.

Department: Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: FALL: December 1: Final deadline to apply  |  Location: Newark, DE, United States

What you will study

Concentrations/specializations: Behavioral Neuroscience; Clinical Science; Cognitive; Social Psychology.

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Entry requirements

The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of Delaware offers an M.S. in clinical psychological science, a 4+1 degree and a Ph.D. degree in psychological and brain sciences. Five concentrations of graduate training play a prominent role in the Ph.D. program: behavioral neuroscience​, clinical science, cognitive, social psychology and interdisciplinary neuroscience. , allowing them to earn a master of science degree in neuroscience within five years, with a savings of about 50 percent in expenses and time. Doctoral students are trained as clinical researchers who produce, apply, and disseminate scientific knowledge. With the goal to integrate science with practice, students apply basic psychological theories and empirical findings to real-world clinical problems such as depression, anxiety, child maltreatment and trauma, aggression, and couples’ distress in cancer patients.

Intake: FALL: December 1: Final deadline to apply

Apply through the official page: https://grad-admissions.udel.edu/apply/

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