Program Overview

ClinPsyD Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Overview

The ClinPsyD Doctorate in Clinical Psychology is a three-year program that provides training in clinical psychology, leading to a Doctor of Clinical Psychology degree. The program is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Entry Requirements

• A degree (minimum Upper Second (2:1)) in single honours Psychology, or joint honours where psychology constitutes at least fifty per cent of the course, is required.
• The degree must have already been awarded at the time of application; candidates who are currently undergraduates will not be short-listed for interview.
• It is important to note that having a PhD or Masters degree are not minimum requirements for the Manchester programme.
• For candidates with degrees that do not constitute at least 50% psychology, a BPS accredited Psychology conversion course must be obtained (original award grade will remain the same therefore the minimum of a 2.1 award remains applicable).
• Candidates must establish their eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society before making an application.

Application and Selection

• Application for the ClinPsyD programme is made through the British Psychological Society's Clearing House for Postgraduate Courses in Clinical Psychology.
• Overseas applicants who do not meet the criteria for home fee status should also apply through the clearing house system.

Programme Options

| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning
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ClinPsyD | Y | N | N | N

Programme Overview

• Learn from some of Europe's leading researchers while undertaking your own project.
• Access some of the best research facilities in the world at both the University and in hospitals around Greater Manchester.
• Undergo training in transferable skills critical to developing early-stage researchers and professionals through the Doctoral Academy's training programme.
• Conduct research at a university ranked 6th in the UK (QS World University Rankings 2023).

Fees

• To be announced.
• Currently, trainees are fully funded by NHS England and are full-time employees of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
• They have annual leave and other benefits in line with usual NHS entitlements and are subject to the normal policies and procedures of the employing Trust.
• On entry to the programme all trainees commence on the first spine point of Band 6 of the Agenda for Change pay scales.

Additional Expenses

• Trainees are provided with mobile phones to record clinical sessions to aid their development as clinicians on placement.
• Encrypted recorders are also available to loan to undertake research.
• Trainees are required to pay for replacements should they be broken or lost.

Programme Details

• Duration: 3 Years
• Degree awarded: Doctor of Clinical Psychology

Careers

• The ClinPsyD Doctorate in Clinical Psychology prepares students for a career as a qualified Clinical Psychologist in the UK.