Masters Degrees (Developmental Disorders)

Providing you with an advanced understanding of this specialist discipline, this programme ensures you are ideally placed to excel in your career. Read more

Develop your understanding of a wide variety of conditions, including autism, intellectual disability, and childhood mental illness. Read more

This Master's course in brain and cognitive development is designed to give you an understanding of the role of the child’s environment through the study of the impact of the family, communities and other social networks. Read more

Are you curious about how psychological and biological factors, such as genetics and biochemistry, play a role in cognitive development? … Read more

Ranked among the top graduate programs of its kind nationwide by U.S. Read more

This MSc combines theoretical grounding in development and its disorders with practical training in clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. You will focus on dyslexia, developmental language disorder, autism, ADHD, and dyscalculia. Read more

This unique two-year international programme is offered in collaboration with Yale University. There is a focus on developmental psychopathology drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives, with a specific emphasis on neuroscience. Read more

This MPhil and PhD in Psychology receives funding from UK research councils and charities. Read more

This programme will equip you with a theoretical understanding of the psychological factors that cause and maintain emotional and behavioural problems in children. Read more

This MSc aims to encourage an integrated understanding of child development and a range of childhood disorders. It also gives students an opportunity to apply this understanding in a clinical setting through a supervised placement in the second year within a mental health service. Read more

Understand a range of developmental speech difficulties and disorders, including phonology, and motor coordination, such as childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), and difficulties due to a problem in articulation. Read more

This exciting MSc reflects the broad-ranging and strong neuroscience research profile of our Department, equipping you with a rigorous grounding in the theory and applications of cognitive, clinical, and developmental neuroscience. Read more

Apply for this programme Leading experts will instruct you key, contemporary issues in language sciences. Building on core knowledge in linguistics and psycholinguistics, you'll gain professional training in the neuroscience of language, language development and disorders, and multilingualism. Read more

Apply for this programme This course combines theoretical knowledge with clinical practice and you will gain hands-on experience right from the start. Read more