Program Overview

Graduate Program

The University of Texas Psychology Department's Graduate Program ranks #8 in U.S. News & World Report’s graduate rankings for 2018. Our Clinical Program ranks at #8, placing it in the top 4% of clinical programs in the US.

Program Overview

The primary goal of graduate training in the Department of Psychology is to prepare students for academic or other scientific careers in research and teaching. Students develop expertise in one of several areas of specialization:

• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Clinical Psychology
• Cognition, Brain, and Behavior
• Developmental Psychology
• Individual Differences and Evolutionary Psychology
• Perception, Brain, and Behavior
• Social Psychology The program culminates in the PhD degree.

Program Structure

Although graduate work is formally supervised by the Committee on Graduate Studies, in many respects the Department of Psychology functions as a cluster of semi-independent interest groups, each with its own specifications for graduate training within the general outline given above. Consequently, an introduction to the department as a whole is best accomplished by briefly surveying the areas that comprise it.

Program Description

This program description is intended to give general information and the statements in it do not constitute a contract, expressed or implied. The program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in psychology, preparing them for careers in research, teaching, and other scientific fields.

Areas of Specialization

• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Clinical Psychology
• Cognition, Brain, and Behavior
  • This area focuses on the study of cognitive processes and their neural basis.
• Developmental Psychology
• Individual Differences and Evolutionary Psychology
• Perception, Brain, and Behavior
• Social Psychology

Degree

The program culminates in the PhD degree.

Disclaimer

This program description is intended to give general information and the statements in it do not constitute a contract, expressed or implied.

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