Psychology

Psychologists support people’s health and wellbeing by helping them understand the way they think, behave, feel and learn.

• Be part of a remarkable health culture

  The University of Adelaide has a reputation for excellence in health education dating back more than 135 years.

  Our School of Psychology has strong connections to industry with expertise in the areas of health, disability and the lifespan; brain and cognition; social and organisational psychology. And all our teaching is informed by our research, which is universally rated 'above world standard'^.

• Give yourself multiple career options

  Our psychology and psychology-related degrees can get you started on countless rewarding career paths.

  Your highly developed critical thinking skills—and your unique understanding of human behaviour—will be valuable to a huge range of jobs and sectors, including human resource management, advertising, marketing and research. Or, you might work in community services and provide mental health services to children or adults.

  And if you complete one of our masters-level psychology programs, you can become a practising clinical, health or organisational psychologist.

• Career prospects

  Employment growth for the majority of psychology-related roles range from strong to very strong^†.

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