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This Doctorate in Clinical Psychology is jointly funded by NHS Education for Scotland and the University of Glasgow. Throughout the program, you'll be employed by a local NHS Health Board in Scotland. While the curriculum emphasizes cognitive behavioral therapy as the primary psychotherapeutic approach, it also incorporates significant training in other therapeutic methods. The program serves a broad region encompassing Ayrshire and Arran, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Highland, and Lanarkshire, offering diverse clinical experiences across rural, urban, and inner-city communities. Local psychology departments actively participate through placement opportunities, instruction, research guidance, and course coordination.
Career opportunities
Clinical psychologists fulfill a challenging yet rewarding role, addressing psychological needs across multiple healthcare environments while improving mental health outcomes. This program prepares graduates to become fully qualified NHS professionals.
We welcome applications from candidates who have achieved a 2:1 or above in Psychology and have British Psychological Society Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC).
If the applicant's first degree is not from a BPS accredited psychology degree programme then the applicant must have been subsequently awarded a qualification that confers the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society. That qualification must have been awarded a 2:1 degree or equivalent (an average of 60% or higher):
on a Masters level conversion
or a higher diploma conversion in psychology, at 2.1 equivalent level or above, with 240 credit equivalent (120 ECTS), where the overall number of research credits is at least 80 (40 ECTS)
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic and Academic Online (not General Training): 7.0 with no subtests under 6.5
TOEFL (ibt, mybest or athome): 96 overall with Reading 23; Listening 23; Speaking 23; Writing 24
Pearsons PTE Academic: 66 overall with no subtest less than Reading 60; Listening 59; Speaking 59; Writing 74
Cambridge Proficiency in English (CPE) and Cambridge Advanced English (CAE): 185 overall, no subtest less than 176
Oxford English Test: 8 overall with Reading and Listening no less than 7 and Writing and Speaking no less than 8
LanguageCert Academic SELT: 75 overall with two subtests at 75 and no subtest less than 70