University of East London
Course code:
600
Course length:
3 years (full-time)
Phone:
020 8223 4174
Administration email:
[email protected]
Overview
Who can apply:
We cannot consider applicants who do not yet have GBC.
We cannot consider applicants who have undertaken NHS-funded psychological professions training (started after 1 April 2022), until 2 years after the training was completed and the qualification awarded. [Note: We expect the East London DClinPsy to start training mid-September]
Please see our Entry Requirements page for more information.
Qualifications:
We require evidence from undergraduate and any postgraduate study of a capacity to undertake work at doctoral level, as indicated by:
- attainment at upper second class level or above in a GBC conferring course
- or by equivalent attainment in a postgraduate degree in a field related to clinical psychology
Please see our Entry Requirements page for more information.
Experience:
Applicants must have at least 12 months WTE paid employment in a relevant post at the time of the application.
Please see our Entry Requirements page for more information.
Residence:
For NHS Funded places you must:
- be a UK resident, and
- be entitled to work full-time in the UK for the 3 years of the programme, and
- be eligible for Home Fee status with the university
For self-funded international student places you must be:
- eligible for Overseas Fees status and
- obtain a visa for the whole period of study (3 years).
Please see our Entry Requirements page for more information.
Application:
Applicants will be invited to sit tests as part of the admissions procedures.
Please see our Selection Procedure page for more information.
Disability:
Applicants with disabilities are offered reasonable adjustments and support at key stages of selection upon request.
Please see our Selection Procedure page for more information.
Document requirements:
All applicants should check the UEL 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
- Undergraduate degree CERTIFICATE
- Conversion course TRANSCRIPT (if completed)
- Conversion course CERTIFICATE (if completed)
- Any other Masters degree TRANSCRIPT (if completed)
- Any other Postgraduate degree TRANSCRIPT (if completed)
- Any other Postgraduate degree CERTIFICATE (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
Open Day
Join us for an Online Applications Event in October. Please email [email protected] to register your interest and we will get in touch with the dates and times in due course.
Professional accreditation
Our training is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and meets the requirements of the UK Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). Trainees who successfully complete the programme are eligible to apply for registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist (clinical), and for chartered membership of the BPS.
Intermediate Systemic Pathway
Throughout the course there is teaching and training on systemic and family therapy approaches. The course is also accredited by the Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy (AFSP), and all trainees who complete the course are eligible for Foundation-level accreditation with AFSP. In addition, there is a Systemic Pathway in the course, for trainees with a special interest in systemic approaches, to undertake a specialist placement and additional teaching and assessment (academic submission and competence portfolio) and therefore be eligible for Intermediate-level accreditation with the AFPS. Further information is given during course induction.
Approach and theories
The programme's key orienting principles are:
- that psychological problems are best understood in a social and cultural context, and
- that trainees and those who teach and supervise them have a responsibility to be aware of and to be able to reflect upon, the social, professional, and personal influences on their professional activities.
The programme is characterised by this distinctive approach to the subject. As well as providing teaching on the major approaches to clinical psychology theory and practice, the philosophical bases of scientific activity are examined, especially the problems of applying philosophies and methods from the natural sciences to human behaviour and society.
The programme strongly encourages the formulation of psychological problems in their social context. Approaches to teaching and practice are informed by systemic principles, relationships, and connections to wider networks and contexts. There is a particular emphasis on conceptual issues such as the reliability and validity of diagnostic categories, and an awareness of debates about the evidence bases for psychological interventions.
Placement locations
Placements are allocated across the north Thames area of London (see the list and/or the map below). Applications are only accepted from candidates who are able and willing to travel to the University of East London, and across the training region, in order to arrive for work in time to undertake a full day of academic study, research and/or clinical duties.
Here is a list of the of the boroughs the placements may be in: Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Westminster, City of London. [Note: This list may be amended as required]
Last updated:
7th July 2026