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Key facts

Entry requirements

We accept a range of entry qualifications

Full entry requirements

Duration

Three years full-time

Fees

AED 71,610 (Sept 2025 intake)

Start date

September 2025

Entry requirements

We accept a range of entry qualifications

Full entry requirements

Duration

Three years full-time

Fees

AED 71,610 (Sept 2025 intake)

Start date

September 2025

Psychology is the scientific study of how the mind shapes and influences our behaviour. In this course, we explore human behaviour using sound scientific methodology—observation, measurement, and testing—to understand how and why people function as they do.

You'll study core areas, including biological, cognitive, developmental, and social psychology, and you'll cover personality and intelligence, research methods, and historical perspectives. We offer excellent facilities, including dedicated computer laboratories with the latest analysis software, individual research cubicles, interview rooms, and an observation suite, all supported by our psychology technicians.

Studying for a Psychology degree will equip you with a range of skills that are transferable and desired by employers, including critical thinking, analysing data, communicating ideas (written, oral, and visual), numerical reasoning skills, computer literacy, effective teamwork, project management, and being self-directed in meeting deadlines. These are the kinds of skills that make Psychology graduates attractive to employers and competitive in the job market.

Gaining a psychology degree is an essential first step to a career as a psychologist or to moving on to postgraduate study. A Psychology degree allows you to access further training for specialist Psychology careers such as Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Educational Psychology, and Forensic psychology.

Psychology graduates are valued across various fields and thrive in careers where an understanding of societal issues is critical—healthcare, criminal justice, education, social work, market research, social research, UX research, policy-making, advertising, and human resources.

Key benefits

  • Benefit from Block teaching, where a simplified 'block learning' timetable means you will study one subject at a time and have more time to engage with your learning, receive faster feedback, and enjoy a better study-life balance.

  • Your programme will be delivered in teaching blocks, which means you will predominantly focus on one 30-credit module at a time in your first and second years (apart from two 15-credit modules delivered in year 2).

  • The programme leaders are experienced professionals dedicated to ensuring students receive a high-quality education. They are readily available to answer any questions or concerns students may have regarding the accreditation process or the course content.

  • Our staff's talent spans four main research clusters: Health Psychology, Cognition and Neuroscience, Psychology and Technology, and Self and Identity.

  • Graduate careers include healthcare, research, social work, marketing, police services, teaching, and human resources.

  • ÍâÍøÁÔÆæ Dubai students can now benefit from the Industry Advisory Board, which comprises leading experts and professionals at the enterprise level. The board provides valuable insights and guidance to ensure the curriculum remains relevant and current with industry trends and demands.

What you will study

Block 1: Professional Skills for Psychologists

Focuses on important academic and professional skills to help you transition to higher education studies and beyond.

Block 2: Core Areas and Research Methods 1

Provides a concise overview of the core paradigms in psychology, namely biological, cognitive and developmental psychology, while embedding quantitative research methods.

Block 3: Applied Psychology

This module will introduce you to the main areas of applied psychology from UK, European and international perspectives.

Block 4: Core Areas and Research Methods 2

Provides a concise overview of the core paradigms in psychology, namely social, personality and intelligence, and international perspectives, while embedding qualitative research methods.

Block 1: Mind, Brain and Behaviour

Builds on the core areas of the BPS guidelines to give you in-depth coverage of topics in biological and cognitive psychology. Practical sessions will enable you to develop your knowledge of more advanced research designs and quantitative research skills.

Block 2: Psychology across the Lifespan

Applies the lifespan perspective to studying human development, emphasising the importance of all developmental stages and the interconnectivity between domains of change.

Block 3: Psychology and Mental Health

Explores how we define, classify and explain psychological problems.

Block 4: Psychology of Social Problems

Applies psychological theory and research to topics that cover current important debates and issues, directly informed by local, national and global priorities - such as ÍâÍøÁÔÆæ’s commitment to decolonization and net zero, and the United Nations’ Sustainable Developmental Goals.

Block 5: Personality and Social Psychology

Builds on the core areas of the BPS guidelines to give you in-depth coverage of topics in social psychology and personality and intelligence, supporting you in developing a research project on one of these topics.

Block 1: Psychology Project

Gives you the opportunity to design and conduct an empirical study showing originality and expertise in methodological and data handling techniques.

Block 2: Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology

This module will support you in learning to contrast perspectives within significant conceptual debates in psychology, which are placed within their historical context.

Block 3: Employability Skills and Psychology

You will undertake a period of work experience and consider how psychological theory can be applied in a work environment.

Optional Modules

Criminological and Forensic Psychology

This module will develop your understanding of criminological and forensic psychology, and focuses on research and theory relevant to policing, and the legal system such as eyewitness testimony, detecting deceit and criminal profiling.

 

Counselling Psychology

You will be introduced to the basic principles of counselling psychology practice and study the major psychological theories that underpin the practice of individual and group counselling.

 

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Provides an overview of modern cognitive neuropsychological approaches to dysfunction following head injury and how theory is applied to case histories.

 

Work Psychology

Supports you in gaining a broad knowledge base in work psychology.

 

Psychology of Health and Illness

 This option module allows students to build on their understanding of social, differential, and developmental psychology and to apply their knowledge of psychology to the area of health-related behaviours and chronic illness. Students will develop a critical understanding of some of the key concepts, theories and research methods employed within the psychological study of health and chronic illness. The organisation and delivery of the module has been developed to allow students to acquire and synthesise detailed subject-specific knowledge of core theories and social cognition models used in the field of health psychology, as well as the applications of these to both our understanding of health (sexual health, disease prevention, personality) and illness (pain, chronic illness, self-management) and related health interventions.

 

Wellbeing and Positive Psychology

Introduces the scientific study of optimal human functioning within areas such as happiness, wellbeing, personal strengths, positive emotions, optimism, hope and flow.

 

Psychology of Eating Behaviour

Develops an understanding of human appetite and eating behaviours from a variety of biological and psychological perspectives.

 

Psychology and Education

Gives an overview of various aspects of psychology as applied to education.

 

Cyberpsychology

Covers all aspects of human interaction with technology, with a focus on the impact of cyberspace and the Internet on individual and group behaviour.

 

Perception

Provides an overview of vision research and develops skills to critically evaluate current vision science literature.

 

Clinical Psychology: Theory and Practice

Through this module you will gain an overview of clinical psychology practice in the UK, including professional practice, research methods and ethical issues, as well as how to become a clinical psychologist.

 

Introduction to Data Science for Psychologists

This module introduces basic skills in computer programming and computational data processing, which are essential employability skills in data science and related fields. Within the context of psychological methods and paradigms, students will learn about basic computer programming, how to process big datasets, and data visualisation. Teaching will be hands-on, and computer-lab based. The module will introduce computer languages such as Python and/or JavaScript, and advanced techniques using software such as Microsoft Excel, PsychoPy, Experiment Builder, and/or R. Additionally, students will be introduced to research equipment such as Eye-trackers and EEG that generate big datasets.

 

Data Science with R

This optional module aims to develop students’ research skills relying on three main themes: open science, programming literacy, and science communication. The module covers data wrangling, data visualization, categorical data analysis, general linear models, and robust statistics using R—a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. Each session is grounded in open science best practices to favour reproducibility and transparency in science, following the guidelines of the 2019 Concordat to Support Research Integrity (Universities UK), the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRI, BPS, Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK), and the 2016 Concordat on Open Research Data (HEFCE, Research Councils UK, Wellcome Trust, Universities UK). Likewise, students will learn how to communicate findings efficiently using state-of-the-art data visualizations.

 

Loss, Grief and Bereavement: Cultural, Social, and Therapeutic Perspectives

This module aims at enabling students to develop understanding of loss, grief and bereavement from theoretical, cultural, social and therapeutic perspectives. Various theoretical models about grief and bereavement will be introduced and examined. Students will be introduced to different types of grief including disenfranchised and complicated grief. How social and cultural contexts shape individual’s attitude towards, and experience of loss and grief will be discussed. Students will also learn about therapeutic approaches to grief and bereavement and thus develop understanding of supporting bereaved people in therapeutic settings.

Students will practice developing awareness of their own response to losses and develop understanding regarding how working with bereaved people can have an impact on mental health practitioners and how the practitioner’s personal experience of loss can affect their practice

 

Psychology and Culture: Global Issues and International Perspectives

The module will provide students with up-to-date knowledge about cross-cultural theories and models as they relate to the study of human behaviour to consider how and why behaviour differs across cultures. This module applies contemporary theory and research in cross-cultural and cultural psychology to study issues arising from globalisation and life in multicultural societies. The module will address methodological and interpretive issues arising from cross-cultural and cultural research.

Note: All modules are indicative and based on the current academic session. Course information is correct at the time of publication and is subject to review. Exact modules may, therefore, vary for your intake in order to keep content current. If there are changes to your course we will, where reasonable, take steps to inform you as appropriate.

Teaching and assessments

Our block teaching approach has been designed to be inclusive to make learning and teaching accessible to all. It has been designed using the Universal Design for Learning principles, which means there is a lot of variety in teaching, learning and assessment.

Teaching will be in the form of:

  • Lectures
  • Seminars
  • Workshops
  • Tutorials

Lectures are primarily presentation-based. Some lectures may have only 10-20 students, whereas others may have up to 100-300 students. Seminars and workshops typically involve more interactive or practical exercises and demonstrations and commonly have 10-20 students. Tutorials may be one-to-one or in small groups. In addition to timetabled teaching, you are expected to engage in approximately 20-25 hours of self-directed study, including library research, group work and report or essay writing.

Assessment combines various methods, including:

  • Essays
  • Written exams
  • Multiple choice exams
  • Presentations
  • Portfolios
  • Critical reviews

You will also complete a 6,000-8,000 word dissertation in your final year.

Teaching contact hours

Contact hours in a typical week will depend on your year of study and the optional modules chosen. However, typically you will have between 7-12 contact hours of teaching per week. As an example, within the second year of your studies, you might typically have:

Personal tutorial/small group teaching: approx. 1-2 hours of tutorials per block, and as per request

Medium group teaching: approx. 4-5 hours of practical classes, workshops or seminars each week

Large group teaching: approx. 3-5 hours of lectures each week

Personal study: approx. 20-25 hours each week

Entry requirements

GCE A-Level

CCD

CBSE/ ICSE/ All Indian Boards

  • Successful completion of Standard XII with a 65% average from the best four subjects excluding Hindi or any other local language, e.g. Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi
  • Interview any candidate with 60% or above.

American High School Diploma + SAT

High School Diploma with a minimum GPA of 3.0 plus Advanced Placement, two subjects from group A with grade 3 or above ORSAT2 - 2 subject tests with a minimum score of 500 in each = 1000

UAE Tawjihiyya

Entry to IYZ only

International Baccalaureate Diploma

24 points

BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma

DMM

African WAEC/ NECO/ WASSCE

Entry to IYZ only

FBISE grade 12 (Pakistan)

85%

Curriculum Russian/Kazakhstan

Entry to IYZ only

English language tests and their entry requirements

IELTS Academic: 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each band)

TOEFL Internet-based: 72 (17 in listening & writing, 20 in speaking and 18 in reading)

Pearson PTE Academic: 51

Additionally, students with the following qualifications may be considered as having met the English language requirements:

GCSE/IGCSE/O-Level English (as a first or second language): Grade C or higher

CBSE/ISC boards/NIOS/All state boards: A minimum grade of 55% in English

International Baccalaureate: Minimum grade 5 in English A1 (Standard or Higher Level) in IB OR a minimum of grade 5 in English B (Higher Level)

West African/Nigerian Curriculum WAEC/ WASSCE/ SSSCE: Minimum grade "C6"

Where we could take you

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Graduate careers

Graduates from this course gain a range of transferable skills employers desire, including critical thinking, communication skills, project management and data analysis. Graduates also develop a strong understanding of problem-solving techniques and the ability to work effectively in teams. The programme prepares students towards the competitive job market with career option in fields including police services, teaching, social work, human resources, healthcare, research, and advertising. Many graduates progress into further postgraduate study in specialist areas of Psychology.

Course specifications

Course title

Psychology

Award

BSc (Hons)

Study level

Undergraduate

Study mode

Full-time

Start date

September 2025

Duration

Three years full-time

Fees

AED 71,610 (Sept 2025 intake)