Psychology Doctoral Research Studentship (UK and International) (2025) University of Sussex in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity in Psychology at the University of East Anglia (UEA), School of Psychology, in Norwich, United Kingdom . The programme is research-focused and welcomes projects aligned with the School’s expertise, especially in Cognitive Neuroscience , Cognitive Psychology , Developmental Science , and Social Psychology . UEA highlights strong research infrastructure, including behavioural and neuroimaging laboratories and the Developmental Dynamics laboratory. The School’s research environment ...

Liverpool John Moores University School of Psychology is launching a new fully online MSc Psychology (Conversion) , with the first cohort beginning in January 2027 . The programme is designed for graduates from non-psychology backgrounds and is intended to open postgraduate psychology study to students across the UK and internationally. The MSc is delivered entirely by LJMU’s School of Psychology, using the university’s own virtual learning environment and academic staff. Students will have acce...

The University of Reading School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences is inviting applications for a 3-year funded PhD starting in 2027. This opportunity is aimed at students interested in psychology , neuroscience , psycholinguistics , or clinical language science . Applicants are encouraged to contact and discuss their research idea with a potential supervisor before submitting their application. Application materials: a 500–700 word research proposal is required. Funding: the post sta...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the Institute for the Science of Early Years and Youth (ISEY), University of East London, Stratford Campus, United Kingdom. The project focuses on shared reading , early cognitive development , attention , language development , and dual-brain EEG . It asks how caregiver-child interactions support learning, how moment-to-moment neural activity becomes coordinated during shared reading, and how interpersonal neural coordination relates to children’s attention, enga...

PhD opportunity at the University of St Andrews in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience: EASTBIO The role of eye position signals in spatial attention . This project sits at the intersection of neuroscience , psychology , and brain imaging , and investigates how the brain combines two eye-position signals— oculoproprioception and corollary discharge —to support spatial attention . The research uses repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) , behavioural tasks, and functional neuro...