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PhD Experimental and Applied Psychology at University of Regina

University of Regina, Canada

Programme overview

Experimental and Applied Psychology graduate programs prepare students for psychological research careers in academic, industry and public-sector settings. Students complete a faculty-supervised thesis, and PhD students also complete comprehensive exams. Training emphasizes research methods, statistics, data analysis and computer programming, with access to laboratory settings and community partners such as law enforcement agencies and schools.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts  |  Department: Psychology  |  Duration: 3-4 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

What you will study

Research areas include cognitive psychology (attention, perception, memory, misinformation, investigative interviewing), developmental psychology (childhood learning, eyewitness reliability), neuroscience (neural correlates of emotion, visuospatial attention, prenatal hormone exposure) and social psychology (health care and justice system decision-making). Students learn Python, Matlab, E-Prime, R and SPSS and work with eye-tracking, Biopac recording, Hexoskin vests and driving and shooting simulators. The comprehensive examination can take the form of a mock research grant proposal, a research practicum with a community partner, or development of a new psychology course.

Career pathways

Graduates hold faculty appointments at universities in Canada and abroad and research positions with the Saskatchewan government, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Saskatchewan Health Authority; master's graduates work at RCMP Depot, the Government of Canada and Saskatchewan ministries of Justice and Education.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants normally hold a thesis-based Master's degree in the discipline and credentials consistent with being fully qualified for doctoral work; applicants lacking sufficient background are not admitted as doctoral students and may instead enter at the Master's level. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research standards apply, including proof of English proficiency for international applicants.

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

Graduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). The application portal opens in the first week of August for Fall, the first week of February for Winter and the first week of April for Spring/Summer, in the year before the start.

Undergraduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). Indigenous Education and Nursing do not admit to the spring/summer term; Bachelor of Social Work admits to the fall term only.

Faculty of Graduate Studies programmes without their own deadline: Spring/Summer March 1, Fall July 1, Winter November 1. Some programmes have their own deadlines. Applications are made online through the application portal.

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