ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (MRES/PROFESSIONAL DOCTORATE)  ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (MRES/PROFESSIONAL DOCTORATE) Birkbeck, University of London ../webroot/files/Institutions/cover_photo/1563773744Birkbeck-University-1.jpg

The Professional Doctorate in Organizational Psychology is an accredited University of London doctoral degree and will be the first UK alternative to the British Psychological Society's (BPS) Stage 2 Qualification in Occupational Psychology. Subject to accreditation by the BPS and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), it will also confer eligibility for registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist (occupational) as well as chartered status and eligibility for full divisional membership of the BPS (pending accreditation).

If you hold a BPS-accredited Master's degree in organisational/occupational and/or business psychology, and you are in related employment, this doctorate will let you apply your learning directly in the workplace and use your work experience to inform your research. 

The first two years will develop your professional competence and prepare you for independent research and practice through the following six professional practice portfolios:

• Leadership, Engagement and Motivation
• Learning, Training and Development
• Psychological Assessment at Work
• Wellbeing and Work
• Work Design, Organisational Change and Development
• Extended Case Study and Presentation.

If you successfully complete this stage, you can either graduate with an MRes in Professional Practice in Organizational Psychology or progress to Years 3 and 4 to develop your competence in research methods and consolidate your skills as an evidence-based practitioner and researcher so that you can complete a 40,000-50,000-word doctoral thesis.

We have expertise in both qualitative and quantitative techniques and are well placed to supervise all research topics in organisational psychology. Our particular interests include:

• coaching, careers and lifespan development
• diversity and inclusion in the workplace
• decision making, heuristics and bias
• leadership and critical management studies
• organisational sociology 
• professional development and training
• selection and assessment 
• worklife balance, boundary management and digitisation of work
• well-being and occupational health.

A BPS-accredited Master's degree in organizational/occupational and/or business psychology (at Merit or above). Students must be in relevant employment to be able to apply their learning to the workplace.

Students who have already completed Stage 2 of the British Psychological Society Chartership process (and are therefore, or are eligible to be, both Chartered and hold Registered Psychologist status with the Health and Care Professions Council) will be exempt from Part One (Professional Practice Portfolio).

INTERNATIONAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, the requirement for this programme is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 7.0, with not less than 6.0 in each of the sub-tests.

VISA REQUIREMENTS

If you are not from the European Economic Area (EEA) and/or Switzerland and you are coming to study in the UK, you may need to apply for a visa.

The visa you apply for varies according to the length of your course:

• Courses of more than six months' duration.
• Courses of less than six months' duration.
• Pre-sessional English language courses.

International students who require a Tier 4 visa should apply for our full-time courses (with the exception of modular enrolment certificates of higher education and graduate certificates), as these qualify for Tier 4 sponsorship. If you are living in the UK on a Tier 4 visa, you will not be eligible to enrol as a student on Birkbeck's part-time courses (with the exception of some modules).