Psychology PhD: Fees & Entry Requirements at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

What will I learn?

The Department of Psychology is a dynamic and varied research community covering the cognitive and neural underpinnings of social interaction, learning, memory, and language, through to more applied research topics in forensic, health, and developmental psychology.Our academic staff work at the forefront of their field, across psychological science and neuroscience, with an active, thriving postgraduate research community.The Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway has been placed joint third in the country by The Times Higher Education following the publication of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 results. In the REF 2021 results overall, 67% of Psychology's research was classified as 4 world leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour, highlighting the exceptional quality of the department’s research outputs, impact and environment.

Which department am I in?

Psychology

Study options

Full Time (4 Years)

Tuition fees
£26,400.00 (28,76,444) per year
This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2027

Venue

Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London Egham Hill,

Egham,

Surrey,

TW20 0EX, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

Applicants should have the equivalent of a 2:1 honours in Psychology, or a related discipline, and meet Royal Holloways requirements for English (for international students). A research proposal will be required as part of the application.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Royal Holloway

Royal Holloway is a research-driven university with an international outlook and a close-knit community at its Surrey and central London campuses.

  • Many departments ranked top 20 (Times University Guide 2025)
  • Research is top 25 per cent in the UK (THE, REF2021)
  • Close-knit, friendly, safe community campus
  • Egham campus 7 miles from Heathrow, 19 miles from London
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