School of Psychology - Future Students

Future students
 

Welcome to the School of Psychology at UQ. We offer a range of ways to study psychology.

What is psychology?

Find out what psychologists do.

Why choose UQ for psychology?

Find out why we think you should study psychology at UQ.

How can I be a psychologist?

Read about the three ways to study psychology.

Higher degree study

We have an excellent fourth year program, and coursework and research higher degree options.

International students

We welcome and support our international students.
Judgement and Decision Making

Featured Course

Judgement and Decision Making

Every day we make decisions using our personal theories about how things are supposed to work. Dr Jason Tangen says that relying on these rules is often paid for at the cost of accuracy.
Visual Jitter

Featured Demonstration

Visual Jitter

After looking at luminance flicker for a while, physically static regions can seem to move.

WATCH & LISTEN

PhD student Richard Ronay lays it on the line in 3 minutes to describe his thesis. Richard won both the SBS Faculty and UQ 3 Minute Thesis competitions in 2009.

3 Minute Thesis: Risk Taking Behaviour

PhD student Richard Ronay lays it on the line in 3 minutes to describe his thesis. Richard won both the SBS Faculty and UQ 3 Minute Thesis competitions in 2009.
In this video, Blake McKimmie discusses the scientific method and how it can be used to answer difficult questions in psychology.

Can I Read Minds?

In this video, Blake McKimmie discusses the scientific method and how it can be used to answer difficult questions in psychology.