All applicants must hold a Lower Second Class (2:2) - or equivalent - undergraduate degree-level qualification.
Additional requirement information
Candidates must satisfy the general admissions requirements of St Mary’s University, as specified in the University Admissions Policy.
Your undergraduate degree may be in a subject other than psychology, or a degree in psychology that was not eligible for accreditation by the BPS.
If you have previously undertaken an accredited degree, but failed to either pass the empirical psychology project or achieve at least a 2:2, you may be admitted subject to an interview.
You must also hold a minimum grade of C/4 in GCSE-level mathematics and English (or equivalent).
If you do not currently meet this mathematics requirement, then you may wish to consider a mathematics equivalency qualification. This would need to be completed with one of four approved providers that we accept and would need to be successfully completed before you apply for the MSc Psychology Conversion programme.
Please note that these are all available as online providers apart from the St Mary’s option, which requires in-person attendance at the test. All of the test results are accepted by us equally, but our test may not be recognised by other institutions. Please look at our GCSE equivalency tests page for more information.
International requirements
International students should check our country-specific pages for equivalents. If English is not your first language you will need to achieve an IELTS score of 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in any section (or equivalent).
We now accept IELTS Indicator test results as proof of your English language level.
Further information
For more information about entry requirements please email apply@stmarys.ac.uk.
The application process for MSc Psychology (Conversion) is multi-stage. When your application is received we make an initial assessment to check your qualifications and documents. If there are documents missing that we require, we will email asking you to upload these to your portal so we can complete our assessment.
Applications that are incomplete after this date will be rejected and will not carry through to the academic review round. All applications must be supported by the following documents in order to be considered complete:
- Degree certificate or in progress transcript
- Proof of maths GCSE or equivalent
- CV
- Personal statement
- Reference.
Please note: if your certificates are from outside the UK and not in English, we will require you to provide professionally certified translations.
The team will review all eligible applications and select those to invite to a short, informal meeting to meet a member of the team and ask any questions. This stage is important to help you and us decide if this is the right course for you.
If you are offered a place you will need to accept your offer and pay a £250 deposit to secure your place on the course. If you are offered a place but do not both accept and pay your deposit within fourteen days you will have your offer withdrawn. You are entitled to cancel within fourteen days of payment and will receive a full refund. If we withdraw our offer for any reason you will receive a full refund. If you change your mind after the fourteen day period you will forfeit your deposit.