Course summary
The Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a three-year full-time initial professional training programme for educational psychologists. The six programme units are designed to provide effective coverage of the required core curriculum for training in educational psychology provided by the British Psychological Society (BPS). These units are:
- Programme;
- Professional skills;
- Development (Age 0-25);
- The context of children's learning;
- Research in educational and child psychology;
- Mental health and well-being.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- British Psychological Society
Entry requirements
You must have one of the following, which confers eligibility for GBCM: - Bachelor's degree in Psychology (minimum 2:1); - Conversion course (minimum Merit); - Psychology-based Master's degree (minimum Merit).
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
For fees for entry in 2025, please view the course listing on our website.
Sponsorship information
Funding for fees is provided by the Department for Education (DfE), throughout all three years of the programme. The DfE also provides a bursary in year one. For years two and three, trainees can opt into the bursary allocation system, which provides all funded bursary placements.
Provider information
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL