The Department of Experimental Psychology provides supervision and laboratory facilities for research in psychology leading to the MSc, MLitt, or DPhil degree. The Department has a staff of ten professors, and seven lecturers. There is, in addition, a number of senior attached research scientists, so that there are generally between 20 and 25 potential thesis supervisors. The Department admits up to 20 research students each year.
Attention is given to the training of postgraduate students particularly during their first year.
All first-year graduate students are required to take compulsory courses in Research Methods and Philosophical Issues in Psychology. In addition to this they are required to attend Statistics and Design courses during their first two terms. Graduate students have to achieve a satisfactory level in these courses in order to be considered for change of status to DPhil or MSc student. Facilities are available for graduate students to gain experience of the special techniques required. The Department is housed in a building shared with the Department of Zoology.