Please help me choose where to study for a Psychology Degree

melancholly

if you want a further career in psychology, the prestige of your university will matter! don't think it's unimportant - in the academic world they will really know what departments are like, standards of work and entry grades and all that - much more than if you went into a job away from academia. the academic psychology world is a scarily small place, and getting a good reference from a good academic from a good university will make a difference!

pboae

Melancholly is absolutely right, don't under estimate the importance of this choice.

It is true that in the earlier years you won't get much attention from the top researchers. In UCL they are busy doing research and don't have a lot of contact time with undergrads. But when it comes to your 3rd year project you will have the opportunity to work with them, and then you will find they paid more attention to you than you realised. They will know if you have a reputation for working hard and being smart. If you do, you'll be able to work with almost anyone you want to. Those contacts will open more doors to you than a degree from a 'lesser' university.

You will also have the opportunity to take options relevant to neuroscience in your final year, and will learn then how the two link together. The aim and purpose of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience is to have a cross disciplinary research institute. You may be surprised at how rare that approach is.

Gemmzie

Been following this thread with interest, as I'm considering Psychology as a degree.

My college is one of the ones which hold the large UCAS fairs so lucky I got the chance to speak to lots of different universities then.

The overwhelming answer was that the degree alone isn't enough. You need experience and lots of it.

So if it's the psychology field you want to go into then I'd definitely consider that too.