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Apply early and save on your fee!

Last updated: 1 September 2025

Save £15:00!

when you submit your Application and pay your fee by:

22 October 2025

For more information about how and when to pay your fee, please see:

Applications > Fees you pay

Updated equal opportunities monitoring

Last updated: 1 September 2025

We have updated the categories used in equal opportunities monitoring this year.

Thank you to everyone who provided comments in the review process.

Some categories in this year's process will therefore differ from those in the data sets from previous years.

For more information about the data we collect, and to download data sets, please see:

About us > Equal Opportunities Overview

Funding Eligibility

Last updated: 1 September 2025

Have you already done NHS-funded training?

You may not be able to apply this year.

If you have already received NHS funding for training in the psychological professions you may need to wait before you can apply for clinical psychology training.

See our Entry Requirements section for further details and links:

Applications > Entry requirements

Fees held for 2025

Last updated: 1 September 2025

We are pleased to announce that our fees remain the same for this year.

Everyone who applies in 2025 will pay the same amount as last year.

  • The main fee is still £35.00
  • The discounted fee for early application is still £20.00

For more information about the fees you pay, please see:

Applications > Fees you pay > Why we charge a fee

Course questions - new for this year

Last updated: 2 September 2024

Course centres have asked us to add a Course Questions section to the Application.

The questions on the Application have always originated with course centres, but up till now all courses had to ask you to complete all of the questions provided.

In the new Course Questions section:

  • Each course centre can decide which questions it does or does not want you to answer in the new section.
  • Each question in the new section indicates which course centres have requested it.
  • Each course centre can only access the questions in the new section that it has requested.

If you applied in the last 2 years and want to see any previous answers you gave to these questions, you can Download a pdf of your old Application from the Previous Applications section.

For more information on how to apply, please see:

Applications

New website - responding to you

Last updated: 1 September 2022

Welcome to our newly designed website. It's more user-friendly, easier to navigate and more flexible, so you can focus on what matters to you: giving your best in your Application!

Thank you to all those who participated in our user surveys and focus groups earlier this year. We've been working hard since then to respond to your requests and we hope you enjoy using our new site.

More user-friendly

You asked for the website to be more user-friendly and we've responded in various ways, such as:

  • more use of images
  • making the site more accessible by mobile
  • making it easier to draft your answers within your Application
  • making it easier to see which sections of your Application are complete and which you still want to work on
Easier navigation

You asked for easier navigation and more "bite-size" information, to speed up finding what you need.  Here are some examples of how we've worked on this:

  • improved navigation around the guidance information on the site
  • worked with Course Centres to provide an easy-to-read summary of the key information for each course
  • smoother movement between the pages of your Application and the guidance information on the site
  • improving the journey through the pages of your Application so you can quickly access the section you want to work on
Flexible document options

Both applicants and Course Centres asked for more flexibility in providing documents with Applications. We have responded by:

  • asking Course Centres to provide information for applicants about the documents they need
  • giving applicants the option to upload additional documents as required by the Course Centres they have chosen
  • Clearing House staff will continue to check the GBC document that applicants provide, as this is required by all Course Centres

If you have any feedback on our new website please let us know.  You can find our email address on the Contact Us page.

Apply in good time!

Last updated: 23 October 2025

Applications close at 1:00pm (UK time) on 19 November 2025.

For more information on how to start and then submit your Application, please see:

Applications > Start your Application

Applications > Submit your Application

Applications closed in November

Last updated: 20 November 2025

Applications closed at 1:00pm (UK time) on 19 November 2025.

If you applied on time, login to check your documents and Suitability Statements.

Applications > Documents

Applications > Suitability Statements

Applications are with the courses

Last updated: 2 February 2026

The last batch of applications was released to course centres on 30 January.

You'll hear if you've been short-listed or not by 20 March 2026.

For information about what happens after you submit your Application, including how applications are released to course centres, please see:

Applications > After you apply

For information about short-listing, including any short-listing tests, please see:

Applications > After you apply > Short-listing

Good luck for interviews!

Last updated: 23 March 2026

If you are offered a place you must respond by 2:00pm (UK time) on 5 June 2026.

For information about interviews, including interview dates for each course, please see:

Applications > After you apply > Interviews

For information about responding to offers, and about reserve lists, please see:

Applications > After you apply > Offers of places

Applications open in September

Last updated: 8 June 2026

Applications will open in September for courses starting in autumn 2027.

You can sign-up for an account to get a feel for the website, but you can't fill in an application at this time of year.

  • The information on our website relates to the current application cycle.
  • Some details may change for courses starting in autumn 2027.
  • We will update this site in September.

The key dates follow a similar pattern each year. For dates for the current cycle please see:

Applications > Dates to remember

For sample copies of the Application and Suitability Statements for information please see:

Applications > Start your application

Last updated:

1st September 2025