MSc Business Psychology

If you’re looking to develop skills and knowledge so you can apply psychological principles within organisations, this programme could be for you. This course is one pathway within the Industrial and Work Psychology programme. The MSc Business Psychology is accredited by the Association for Business Psychology. This pathway is suited to you even if you do not have a background in psychology.

Across the programme, there is a focus on evidence-based practice and developing reflexivity as practitioners. You'll be equipped for a variety of careers including human resource practitioners, learning and development, or careers in consultancy and business psychology.

Why choose this course?

• Accredited by the Association of Business Psychologists.
  Psychology ranked joint first nationally for research impact, obtaining 100% outstanding rating (Research Excellence Framework, 2021).
• Ranked 6th in Business and Management in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES, 2024)
• This programme will provides you with many of the professional skills and competencies needed to apply psychology in the workplace.
• You'll benefit from helpful and supportive staff; the applied nature of many of the assessment tasks most notably the project and delivery by staff who are involved in cutting edge research and the ‘contemporary practice’ of Industrial and Work Psychology.
• You'll have access to the knowledge and skills base from our Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography also gain insight and expertise from the Hertfordshire Business School.
  You'll be a part of one of largest psychology departments in the country.
• Our staff are actively engaged in significant research which is reflected by our excellent, Grade 4 rating in the Higher Education Funding Council's last Research Assessment Exercise.
• Throughout your studies, you'll have accesss to well-equipped laboratories with excellent computing facilities.
• We were awarded a Teaching Quality rating of "excellent" (23 out of 24) in our subject review.
• You'll experiene a vibrant research seminar series which sees contributions from leading academics from across the country.