PhD Clinical Psychology at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Programme overview

A doctoral programme in clinical psychology with faculty studying psychopathology, development, emotion, cognition, psychotherapy, neuropsychology and family systems. It offers optional major areas in clinical child psychology and an emphasis in family psychology, and is home to the Rudd Adoption Research Program.

Faculty: College of Social and Behavioral Sciences | Department: Psychological and Brain Sciences | Duration: PhD (master's thesis earned en route) | Intake: Fall; deadline December 1 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Amherst, MA, United States

What you will study

Doctoral training with exposure to behavioral and cognitive psychology; assessment and neuropsychology is an area of concentration, and students complete a master's thesis en route, then the programme comprehensive examination and dissertation.

Career pathways

The expected terminal degree is the PhD.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (all doctoral programs): applications are due December 1 for fall entry. Required: online Graduate School application, personal statement of academic and research interests and professional goals, unofficial or official transcripts from every institution attended, and three letters of recommendation (preferably from the major academic field). International applicants from non-English-speaking countries submit TOEFL, academic IELTS or PTE Academic. Applicants should have 18 semester hours of psychology beyond the introductory course, including at least one statistics course and one experimental psychology course; strong applicants from related fields may be admitted and asked to make up courses. Applicants with a prior master's not based on a thesis must complete a master's thesis before the PhD. Interviews depend on the area (clinical applicants in the final pool of 30-40 are invited). Clinical applicants indicate a faculty mentor choice on the application and GRE is not required.

Requirements published at program group level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Intake: Fall; deadline December 1

Duration: PhD (master's thesis earned en route)

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