There are several ways you can study Psychology at the University of Sydney.

Download the Psychology Study information guide for details of the options available to you.

The psychology program consists of 10 psychology units of study studied over the course of three years, which are required to proceed to an honours year (which is one of the steps on the path to becoming a registered psychologist).

Psychology is the scientific study of human behaviours and mental processes by investigating the way we behave as individuals and as social beings, interrogating the way we act and the way we think, and exploring our interaction with the physical world and with each other.

The undergraduate psychology program forms an ideal base if you want to pursue registration as a clinical psychologist, and offers you study options in a wide range of specialist psychology areas. In this program you will study a range of areas, including behavioural neuroscience, social psychology, personality theory, perception, intelligence, abnormal psychology and developmental psychology.

The three-year program can be extended by adding a fourth year of honours in psychology. With four years of accredited psychology study you will have the necessary qualification to be eligible for entry into all professional psychology programs that qualify you to become a clinical psychologist.