About Psychology With Neuropsychology Bsc (hons) in Bangor University

On this course, as well as studying general psychology modules, you will specialise in understanding the structure of the human brain, and how it functions to affect perception, thought, emotion, language and behaviour. You will analyse what happens when the brain is damaged or impaired, as for example in head injury, stroke, Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease. You will study not only the effects of these conditions, but also how such patients can be helped through rehabilitation. During the course, you will become acquainted with advanced techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) and event-related potentials (ERP) for observing brain activity and diagnosing problems.

Why choose Bangor University for this course?

• 9th (of 116) for Student Satisfaction – NSS 2018.

• Top 20% for Graduate Prospects – Guardian Good University Guide 2019.
• Top 15% for Research Quality – Complete University Guide 2019.
• British Psychological Society fully accredited degree programmes.
• One of the largest and most cosmopolitan psychology departments in UK (HESA Stats).
• 89% of research output either world leading or internationally excellent and 17th overall - REF 2014.
• One of only two UK Psychology departments ranked top 20 for research in REF 2014 that were also ranked top 10 for student satisfaction that year.
• Top 200 Psychology departments in the world - QS World University Ranking 2017.
• 73% graduated with a 1st or 2:1 in 2018.
• Bangor Psychology was established in 1963 making it amongst the oldest in the UK.
• There are a large number of specialist research labs including a 3T MRI scanner, TMS Labs, ECG facilities and a Brain anatomy laboratory.
• Careers prospects are improved by the focus on transferable skills that is contained throughout the degree eg. PoPPs.
• Bangor University was amongst the first set of universities, and the only one in Wales, to be awarded Gold in the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework.
• Excellent transport links mean Bangor is less than 90 minutes from Liverpool and Manchester by car with London accessible by train in about 3 hours.
• Bangor is an affordable, safe, compact and friendly city on the beautiful North Wales coast next to the mountains of Snowdonia.

Careers

This course focuses on Psychology with Neuropsychology but is still suitable for students who want to follow any of the main psychological professions (clinical psychology, educational psychology, counselling psychology, health psychology, etc). In addition, there are careers open to graduates and postgraduates from any discipline. These include, e.g. careers in management training, accountancy, teaching, nursing, social work, the police and the armed forces. Further, employers are usually looking for general or transferable skills, and a psychology degree arguably provides a unique combination of these as it is both a literate and numerate discipline.

The fact that we are regularly ranked in the Top 20 in league tables for graduate prospects shows how employable you will be as one of our graduates.Employability is a key theme of the Psychology programme you will follow in Bangor and we have embedded a large number of opportunities within our degree to give graduates as strong a CV as possible and equip them with a host of transferable skills that are relevant to both psychology and non-psychology related careers.

The simple fact that you will graduate from an internationally renowned, research intensive Psychology School adds additional value to your degree and improves your employability. This is well illustrated by our top 20% ranking for Graduate Prospects in the The Guardian Good University Guide 2019.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Minimum of 65% in Standard XII school certificate from recognised central or state boards, some courses may require 75% in that subject area, OR Completion of the Polytechnic / College of Technology Diploma (minimum 3 years in duration)

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS: Academic 6.0 or 6.5 This must include a minimum of 5.5 in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
• PTE: 56 (51) - 62(58).

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Bangor University Tuition Fee

Fee for the available programs varies for different courses as per their level and type. Tuition fee for some of the popular courses has been compiled as follows:

Undergraduate Courses

Graduate Courses (2020 intake)

Cost of living

International students are highly advised to have an idea of the expenses required to survive in a foreign land. While it is difficult to reveal an exact amount required, a rough estimated amount required for accommodation, travel and stay for aspirants looking to study in the UK is around 900 to 1100 GBP, per month for a single student living in Bangor. 

A detailed list of expenses would look something like as has been tabulated below: