University of Bath
Course code:
200
Course length:
3 years (full-time)
Phone:
Please use the information in this entry and on our own, Bath, DClinPsy website before contacting us. [email protected] (Home Fee Status) [email protected] (Self Funded Status)
Overview
Who can apply:
We do not accept applicants who have not yet graduated.
You must have, or be eligible for, GBC
If you have recently undertaken other NHS-funded training in psychological professions, you may not be able to apply.
Please see our Entry Requirements page for further details.
Qualifications:
A 1st or 2:1 in an undergraduate Psychology degree
OR MSc Conversion Course (Merit or Distinction) with GBC
Experience:
A minimum of 12 months full-time equivalent relevant clinical experience working with people with psychological needs, paid or voluntary, or in a clinically relevant research capacity, at the time of application.
Residence:
Have the right to work in the UK and have Home Fee status
We consider applicants with Overseas Fee Status for self-funded places
Application:
We do not have any additional tests as part of short-listing
Disability:
We do not participate in the Disability Confident scheme
Please see our Selection Procedure page for information about our support for candidates with disabilities.
Document requirements:
All applicants should check the Bath entry for the evidence you need to provide of your English language ability.
Please provide a document confirming your GBC status, plus:
- Undergraduate degree TRANSCRIPT
- Conversion course TRANSCRIPT (if completed)
- Any other Masters degree TRANSCRIPT (if completed)
- Any other Postgraduate degree TRANSCRIPT (if completed)
- If the transcript for your GBC course (undergrad or conversion) does not give a final overall percentage grade, please provide a letter from the course giving this grade
- English test - ALL APPLICANTS check requirements of the course
Professional accreditation
This course is accredited by:
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- British Psychological Society (BPS)
- British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (level 2: BABCP)
- Foundation level accreditation with the Association of Family Therapy (AFT)
The course does not accept any other prior learning (APEL)
Approach and theories
Main theories and approaches running across the programme:
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT) (including third wave e.g., ACT and DBT)
- Systemic Theory and Practice
- Mindfulness
- Neuropsychology
Placement locations
Our training programme works in close partnership with NHS trusts in the Southwest England region. These include:
- Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
- Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Oxford Health Foundation Trust
- North Bristol NHS Trust
- University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Salisbury Hospital NHS Trust, and
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We also work with organisations commissioned to provide NHS services including Sirona and HCRG Care Group, as well as a small number of third-sector and private organisations. Together, these services provide a range of excellent training placements across the entirety of our large training region.
To access the opportunities across the region, and meet their training needs, trainees should expect to travel over the course of training. It is the responsibility of the trainee to be able to travel to their placement location and to fulfil the need of work associated with that placement. Trainees are expected to be able to travel to various placement locations throughout the duration of training, so it is advised that being able to drive your own car is typically beneficial to one’s ability to manage the demands of training. Given some of the rural localities covered within our training region, please note that public transport is not always widely available.
Our placement training region covers a large and diverse area, including Bath, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bristol, Weston-super-Mare, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire. Placements are located throughout the region, from Salisbury in the south-east to the north-west of Gloucestershire, with some locations nearly 100 miles apart. Trainees are allocated to one of the following placement areas, where their placements will normally (dependant on placement availability and various factors which means this cannot be guaranteed) be located for the first two years of training: 1) Bath, Swindon, & Wiltshire (BSW), 2) Gloucestershire, or 3) Bristol. To inform the allocation of these regions, all applicants invited to interview are asked to complete a Placement Region Ranking Questionnaire. Following interviews, applicants who are offered a place on the programme will be informed of their placement region allocation before the Clearing House deadline for accepting or declining their offer.
Last updated:
30th June 2026