Not available at Exeter, Keble, Lady Margaret Hall, Lincoln, Mansfield, Merton, St Peter's or Trinity.
Psychology is the systematic study of thought, behaviour and their underlying mechanisms.
At Oxford, psychology is very much an experimental science. Its central concern is with those issues in psychology that can be tackled through empirical investigation experiments and systematic observation rather than introspection. The Oxford department is widely regarded as the leading psychology department in the UK, and is one of the largest centres for research in psychology in the world. We have more than 270 undergraduates and more than 60 graduate students and, in addition to the teaching staff, there are large numbers of senior researchers who have chosen the department as their base. The department s size and its commitment to research as well as to excellence in teaching means that there are typically four or five research seminars each week in addition to undergraduate lectures and classes.