Psychology at the University of Gothenburg is the science of human thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and interactions. The department studies various aspects of human development, working life, health, the environment, substance abuse, consciousness, and the judicial system, aiming to promote human development, health, and contribute to better living and working conditions.
The Psychology department at the University of Edinburgh was established in 1906 by the estate of George Combe. The first permanent post was known as the Combe lectureship in General and Experimental Psychology. The first incumbent, Dr W.G. Smith, was a PhD student of Wilhelm Wundt, a founding father of modern psychology. The second incumbent, James Drever, became the first Professor of Psychology in Scotland. After a philosophically oriented start, the appointment of a biologist, Professor D.M. Vowles, as chair in 1968 saw psychology develop strongly as a scientific discipline. The department was incorporated into the School of Philosophy, Psychology, & Language Sciences in 2003. We currently have around forty members of academic staff spanning all major areas of academic psychology: cognition, development, individual differences, neuroscience, and social psychology. We offer both undergraduate and postgraduate training, including several taught and research Masters, and PhDs.
The University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Psychology offers groundbreaking research in cognition, neuroscience, clinical psychology, and social behavior, contributing to the advancement of mental health and human behavior.
Psychology students at Leiden University are taught by leading researchers in the field.