Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology MPhil PhD

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MPhil PhD

Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology MPhil PhD, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 3 years
  • Pound 6020 per year

Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology MPhil PhD, home applicant, part time

  • Home Applicant
  • Part time, 5 years
  • Pound 3010 per year

Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology MPhil PhD, international applicant, full time

  • International Applicant
  • Full time, 3 years
  • Pound 16100 per year

Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology MPhil PhD, international applicant, part time

  • International Applicant
  • Part time, 5 years
  • Pound 8050 per year

MPhil PhD

Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology MPhil PhD, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time
  • Pound 6320 per year
2025 applications TBC

Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology MPhil PhD, home applicant, part time

  • Home Applicant
  • Part time
  • Pound 3160 per year
2025 applications TBC

Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology MPhil PhD, international applicant, full time

  • International Applicant
  • Full time
  • Pound 16900 per year
2025 applications TBC

Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology MPhil PhD, international applicant, part time

  • International Applicant
  • Part time
  • Pound 8450 per year
2025 applications TBC

What makes this course different

Research excellence

92 per cent of our research rated 'World-leading' or 'internationally excellent' (REF, 2021)

REF 2021

82% of students felt their research skills developed during their course

Postgraduate students score our academic staff highly in terms of support and the quality of their teaching.

50 years of experience

We're one of the oldest and largest psychology departments in the country, with over 50 years' experience of teaching.

Course modules

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

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What we're researching

Some areas of research related to Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology within the School of Childhood and Social Care include existential positive psychology interventions, personal growth, the integration of positive psychology and coaching, arts and psychological wellbeing, creativity in positive psychology and coaching, positive education and coaching in education, health and wellbeing. 

Your future career

We offer dedicated careers support, further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting edge technologies and facilities.

Career options

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

Our dedicated and award-winning team provide you with careers and employability resources, including:

  • Online jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work.
  • Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts 
  • 1-2-1 career coaching services 
  • Careers workshops and employer events 
  • Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

Our Mental Wealth programme

We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top

  • Enterprise and entrepreneurship support 
  • We are ranked 6th for graduate start-ups 
  • Networking and visits to leading organisations 
  • Support in starting a new business, freelancing and self-employment 
  • London on our doorstep

How you'll learn

All postgraduate research students are supervised by at least two research-active staff. Your supervisors will support your programme of research through regular meetings and reviews.

The PhD course usually takes a minimum of 36 months (full-time) or 60 months (part-time) to complete.

At the end of your PhD, you will be required to submit an 80,000-word thesis summarising your research. You will then have to undergo an oral examination (a viva) on your thesis.

Research proposal

Research proposals give us a better understanding of the area you want to study for a PhD.

You don't have to follow a predetermined structure when writing your proposal. Still, it is a good idea to include a title that describes the aims and scope of your research and information on how your ideas fit in with the research interests of UEL.

Other essential elements include relevant academic literature, how your research will advance knowledge in this area and a possible methodology. You should also have a timescale for your research.

To find out more about how to write your research proposal, see our research proposal guidance.
 

Campus and facilities

Water Lane, Stratford

Who teaches this course

This course is delivered by School of Childhood and Social Care

The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers. Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.