Cyberpsychology BSc (Hons)

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Overview

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Degree

UCAS code: C821 112 UCAS points
  • BSc (Hons) Cyberpsychology, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time, 3 years
    • Pound 9250 per year
    2025 applications are TBC
  • BSc (Hons) Cyberpsychology, home applicant, part time

    • Home Applicant
    • Part time
    • pro-rata full time fee
    2025 applications are TBC
  • BSc (Hons) Cyberpsychology, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time, 3 years
    • TBC
    2025 applications are TBC

What makes this course different

3rd in London

Our Psychology courses rank 3rd in London in the Guardian University Guide 2025.

Stepping stone for your career

An established and respected psychology degree combined with a focus on the application of the discipline to the 'internet-age'

Part of a large community

You will join the large community of the School of Psychology which has a long history of work in cyberpsychology

Accreditations

BPS Accredited

Studying a BPS-accredited course will give you the opportunity to gain membership of the society.

Course modules

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Your future career

Our degree will give you skills and experience in data management, data analysis, report writing, and critical and creative thinking. These are skills that are now in the top ten of modern employers' requirements for graduates. Having these skills and experience means you're a step ahead and well-placed for graduate employment. Employers value psychology students because they believe they have a better understanding of human behaviour. Your understanding of how people work will be a real selling point, especially later on down the line if you apply for managerial jobs. Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

Industry links

We have links with NHS Trusts across the North Thames region, MIND, Terrence Higgins Trust, Centrepoint, Women's Aid, National Autistic Society, Young Gamblers and Gamers Education Trust (YGAM).

Graduate employers

Employers our psychology graduates have gone on to work for are the NHS, local councils, the civil service and education institutions.

Job roles

You could be a user experience researcher or designer, a cybersecurity trainer or consultant. Some of our graduates choose to seek employment in other areas. These are jobs in areas where there are employers who want psychology graduates, due to the transferable skills you will gain during your studies. These include human resources, market research, the civil service, business graduate training schemes, teaching, third sector and charity roles, administration, self-employed or entrepreneur, data work in public and private sectors and allied health professions.

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

Further study

A psychology degree is an essential qualification for students seeking further training and careers in academia, research, clinical, counselling, occupational and educational psychology. All of these options are possible with our BPS-accredited degrees alongside experience. Other postgraduate options that you may wish to specialise in include health psychology, sports psychology, neuropsychology or neuroscience. You can study in-house, as we offer Masters level and Doctorate level courses, which are BPS-accredited, so you can effectively train to be a professional psychologist without ever leaving us. From there, the career paths can lead to incredibly rewarding, satisfying and high-paying jobs in the public and private sectors.

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Our degrees in psychology will equip you with the tools and skills you need to investigate human behaviour and to adopt a critical analysis of what you discover. I very much hope you will join us in our search for behavioural insights and for solutions to the problems that face humanity, whether at the individual, group, national, international or global level."
Dr Richard Ralley

Head of Department of Psychological Sciences

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

This digital platform provides you with careers and employability resources, including:

  • 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 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:

  • Work-based projects
  • Networking and visits to leading organisations
  • Support in starting a new business
  • London on our doorstep

How you'll learn

We have implemented an innovative Technology Enhanced Active Learning (TEAL):



- Increased face-to-face learning and teaching. Students will spend their timetabled contact hours on campus in a 2.5-day block and have access to a wide range of additional learning and career development opportunities.

- Access to recorded lectures, notes, readings and e-resources through the VLE, so that student engagement in learning takes place beyond timetabled hours.

- Access to industry-standard technology and specialist spaces that help prepare students for their future careers.

- Dedicated time, every Wednesday afternoon, for most students to engage in activities and development programmes such as sports and physical activity, volunteering and student-led clubs and societies.

- A holistic approach to learning and teaching, providing a range of opportunities to actively develop academically, personally and professionally.

- Access to our on-campus and virtual Career Zones - places to receive advice and guidance, meet employers, practice interviews and engage with opportunities for internships and jobs.

- Personalised support throughout the learner journey, with access to academic advisers, skills tutors, career coaches and wellbeing advisers.

- A dedicated portal - Track My Future (TMF) - which provides access to all learning and support services and a personalised student engagement dashboard.

Guided independent study

You will be taught by our internationally renowned expert academics, who will employ the most up-to-date and advanced learning techniques to ensure that you get a broad understanding of psychology through your degree. 

When not attending timetabled lectures you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. This will typically involve reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects, undertaking coursework assignments and presentations, and preparing for exams. Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including online resources, the library and Moodle.

Academic support

 Our academic support team provides help in a range of areas - including learning and disability support.

Dedicated personal tutor

When you arrive, we'll introduce you to your personal Academic Adviser. This is the member of staff who will provide academic guidance, be a support throughout your time at UEL and who will show you how to make the best use of all the help and resources that we offer.

Workload

Each year you will spend around 300 hours of timetabled learning and teaching activities. These may be lectures, workshops, seminars and individual and group tutorials. Contact hours may vary depending on each module. 

The approximate percentages for this course are: 

  • Year 1: scheduled teaching - 300 hours; guided independent study - 900 hours. 
  • Year 2: scheduled teaching - 300 hours; guided independent study - 900 hours. 
  • Year 3: scheduled teaching - 300 hours; guided independent study - 900 hours.

Your timetable

Your individualised timetable is normally available to students within 48 hours of enrolment. Whilst we make every effort to ensure timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week between 9.00am and 6.00pm. For undergraduate students, Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities, but there may be occasions when this is not possible. Timetables for part-time students will depend on the modules selected.

Class sizes

Class sizes will be around 150 – 200 in year one lectures, with seminars of around 20-25.

How you'll be assessed

We'll assess you with a mixture of coursework and exams (no exams in the first year). Coursework includes essays, research reports, group and seminar presentations, blogs/online portfolios and a final-year project. 

The balance of coursework and exams in year two will depend on your optional choices. In your third year, half of your assessment will be based on research coursework.

Campus and facilities

Water Lane, Stratford

Who teaches this course

This course is delivered by School of Psychology

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.

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    What our students and staff say

    Paul penn featured image
    Cyberpsychology is all about the interaction between technology and psychology. It's particularly important that we understand the implications of technology for our psychological functioning because technology has advanced at such a rapid pace.

    Paul Penn

    Senior lecturer

    Alexandra Deac
    One thing that actually helped me in my current position and in my postgraduate studies was...critical thinking, applying theory to real-life circumstances and also self-awareness practices."

    Alexandra Deac

    BSc (Hons) Clinical and Community Psychology