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BSc (Hons) in Psychology

The Psychology BSc (Hons) is suitable for students with a science or commerce background who are interested in the systematic study of cognition, mind and behaviour. Students may wish to take this knowledge into a career in industry or complete further training to become a professional psychologist.

Why study Psychology at Heriot-Watt University's Dubai Campus?

Heriot-Watt psychology programmes have been ranked as one of the leading programmes in the UK.
Heriot-Watt takes an applied focus, going beyond textbook and theory to explore real-world uses of psychology.
Psychology graduates have sought after transferable skills in writing, research and critical evaluation.
Honours graduates have career opportunities in psychology and business professions and are eligible for a broad range of postgraduate training programmes internationally that are relevant to psychology.

Intakes

Application Processing Time in Days: 14

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description	IELTS (1.0 -9.0)	TOEFL IBT (0-120)	TOEFL CBT (0-300)	PTE (10-90)
Expert	9	120	297-300	86-90
Very Good	8.5	115-119	280-293	83-86
Very Good	8	110-114	270-280	79-83
Good	7.5	102-109	253-267	73-79
Good	7	94-101	240-253	65-73
Competent	6.5	79-93	213-233	58-65
Competent	6	60-78	170-210	50-58
Modest	5.5	46-59	133-210	43-50
Modest	5	35-45	107-133	36-43
Limited	4	32-34	97-103	30-36
Extremely Limited	< 4	< 31	< 93	< 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Honours graduates have a wide range of career opportunities in both psychology and business professions and are eligible for a broad range of postgraduate training prorgrammes relevant to psychology internationally. Heriot-Watt Psychology has a highly active extra-curricular psychology programme to enhance students experience and involvement in the field.

Graduates of this Honours programme (4 years) will be well prepared for many areas of employment, including business management, human resource management, marketing and market research, teaching, counselling and coaching. Students wishing to continue into licensed psychology professions (such as clinical, forensic, health or educational psychology) will be eligible for the relevant postgraduate training at Heriot-Watt and at other UK institutions or internationally implement and maintain secure infrastructures.

PSW Opportunity

After completion of their studies, students can change their study visa to work visa to extend their stay in Dubai.

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Our normal entry criteria are listed below. However, please note that the final decision remains at the discretion of the course director after evaluating scores of individual relevant subjects.

Students who are eligible to be admitted directly into second year can choose to join the first year, where available. Similarly, students who are eligible to be admitted into the Advanced DEP programme can choose to join the DEP programme instead.

First year entry

CBSE or equivalent 70%
GCE A-Level CCD
AS Level BBBB
American High School Diploma + SAT 1s - 1000
Tawjihiyya 80%
International Baccalaureate 24
BTEC Level 3 Ext Diploma MMM
Foundation year Successful completion of Heriot-Watt University Degree Entry Programme (Management) with a BBBB.
African WAEC / NECO / WASSCE B2s
FBISE grade 12 or equivalent 70%
Curriculum Russian / Kazakhstan (Attestat) with minimum grade of 5 + IELTS 6.0
EmSAT minimum 1400 English and 1200 Maths

Second year

GCE A-Level CCC
CBSE 80%
American High School 70% + 3 AP at grade 4 OR Minimum 3 SAT 2’s 500 each
International Baccalaureate 27
BTEC Level 3 Ext Diploma DDD
Higher National Diploma (HND) PPP

Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus

PO Box 294345 , Dubai ,United Arab Emirates