Who we are
Quality and impact. Always looking to the future.
Southampton is a Russell Group university. It was one of the highest rated of 22 UK universities listed in the Centre for Higher Education Development's (CHE) ranking of excellent European graduate programmes.
Psychology is part of the new Faculty of Social and Human Sciences. It received accolades from CHE for the impact of its research, quality of publications, the high number of academics editing influential journals, as well as the large number of international staff.
We were ranked 8th in the UK in the most recent (2008) Research Assessment Exercise, with a Grade Point Average of 2.7 weighted by the 39 academic staff contributing to it (Sources: HEFCE and Guardian Higher Education Supplement). This is sustained success, following a '5' rating under the previous RAE system.
Ours was the first degree programme in the UK to receive unconditional accreditation from the British Psychological Society, in 2005. We were ranked fourth among UK Psychology departments for satisfaction with undergraduate teaching (The Guardian University Guide 2009).
Proud though we are of our recent achievements, we are also looking to the future - your future.
Research facilities
Not just questionnaires! Some of our top-class laboratory and other facilities available on the Highfield Campus.
Postgraduate qualifications
A broad range of taught and research programmes for professionals, today and tomorrow.
