Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience

Psychology with cognitive neuroscience combines the scientific study of human behaviour with the investigation of its biological foundations. Psychology examines how people think, feel, perceive, remember, and act; cognitive neuroscience asks what is happening in the brain when these processes occur. Advances in brain imaging and electrophysiological recording have made it possible to investigate the neural correlates of attention, memory, language, emotion, and decision-making with increasing precision, and the field is producing insights that have real implications for clinical practice, education, artificial intelligence, and our understanding of what it means to be conscious.

At the University of Leicester, this three-year full-time degree gives you a rigorous grounding in both psychology and cognitive neuroscience. You will study the core areas of psychology, including social, developmental, cognitive, biological, and individual differences psychology, alongside specialist modules in brain structure and function, neuroimaging methods, cognitive processes, and the neuroscience of emotion and behaviour. Research methods and statistics run throughout the programme, developing your ability to design, conduct, and critically evaluate experiments in both disciplines.

A placement year is built into the course, and a year abroad is also available, both of which broaden your experience and add professional and international dimensions to your studies.

You will develop scientific rigour, quantitative analytical skills, and the capacity to engage with evidence in a field that moves quickly and where established findings are regularly revised and refined. This combination is valuable both for those who want to pursue research and for those who are drawn to applied careers.

Graduates from accredited psychology programmes are eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership with the British Psychological Society. Many go on to postgraduate training in clinical, neuropsychological, or research psychology. Others move into careers in human-computer interaction, healthcare research, educational support, data science, and any field where understanding human cognition and behaviour is relevant.