Lancaster University
Course code:
1300
Course length:
3 years (full-time), or 4 years and 4 months (part-time, 0.7 FTE)
Phone:
Please email any enquiries after reviewing the information on our website (link above) which covers all the information about selection and admissions
Administration email:
[email protected]
Overview
Who can apply:
You must, at the time of application, be eligible for GBC with the BPS and not be awaiting confirmation of your award.
We do not require a driving licence and/or access to a car.
Qualifications:
We do not consider degree class in our selection process.
Before applying, you must have graduated from the award which confers eligibility for GBC.
Experience:
We do not have any requirements for previous clinical experience and do not use such experience in assessing your potential for training.
Residence:
Please check the residence requirements at our website before applying, to ensure you are eligible.
Application:
We invite all applicants who meet our eligibility criteria to a screening test. Please see our website for details of the test.
Disability:
We are proactive about support for people with disabilities and our admissions process has been built to be inclusive by design. This means that support is built in to the process or tasks have been developed to ensure that approaches that could introduce unfair disadvantage are avoided where possible.
Where further support is deemed as appropriate by the programme, we will put this in place. Please note that the assessment of competency standards for the role of trainee clinical psychologist is not subject to reasonable adjustment as these are required.
Document requirements:
If English is not your first language then you should check our website for the evidence you need to provide of your English language ability.
Please provide:
- A document confirming your GBC status.
- An IELTS test - where English is not your first language.
- English test - ALL APPLICANTS check requirements of the course
Professional accreditation
The programme is approved by the HCPC and accredited by the BPS.
The programme does not consider the APEL credit system.
Approach and theories
The BPS requires all programmes to teach CBT and at least one other approach over 3 years (if full time). At Lancaster, we offer CBT, neuropsychology, cognitive analytic therapy and systemic practice as core approaches. Within the systemic practice teaching there are also specialist teaching sessions on narrative therapy. Teaching on other models is also part of the curriculum.
Placement locations
Placements are allocated across the whole of the northwest of England and may be located in Lancashire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside or Cumbria. Placements are allocated based on learning needs with the geographic location of trainees considered.
Last updated:
23rd June 2026