newcastle university has a world-class reputation and leading researchers and clinicians working in the field of psychology. with our new facilities we are well placed to offer psychology research opportunities of the highest standard. we accept both funded and self-funded students. our psychology mphil and phd are based within the faculty of medical sciences. the programme is delivered in the school of psychology and the relevant research institutes for: biosciences population health sciences translational and clinical research our psychology mphil and phd cover areas of psychology including: evolutionary approaches to behaviour and cognition cognitive and neural mechanisms applied psychology: performance, wellbeing, health and coaching mental health (clinical and non-clinical populations) our team has a wide range of expertise and experience researching core areas. these include: developmental psychology comparative cognition visual perception applied specialisms such as animal behaviour, behavioural science, psycho-oncology, and neurodivergence we use a wide range of methodologies and cutting-edge tools to support psychological inquiry and clinical research. our teams develop and evaluate psychological interventions and co-produce resources with partners from across the uk. we work with voluntary and community groups, the nhs, local government and have partnerships across the globe. research projects align to the newcastle university centres for research excellence including the centre for healthier lives, centre for ageing and inequalities, and centre for transformative neuroscience. we conduct research on topics including: addiction studies advertising and consumer behaviour cancer survivorship cognitive skills development dementia developmental disorders health and wellbeing human cognition learning and memory mental health including anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder offending behaviour pedagogy visual perception