This page contains links to 73 psychology Ph.D. programs in the United Kingdom, rank-ordered in research quality according to the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (an update of the 1996 RAE). The RAE relies on peer review and used the following scale in 2001: 5* Rating: International excellence in most subareas of activity, and national excellence in all others 5 Rating: International excellence in some subareas of activity, and national excellence in virtually all others 4 Rating: National excellence in virtually all subareas of activity, possibly showing some evidence of international excellence, or to international level in some and at least national level in most 3a Rating: National excellence in a substantial majority of subareas of activity, or to international level in some and to national level in others together comprising a majority 3b Rating: National excellence in the majority of subareas of activity 2 Rating: National excellence in up to half the subareas of activity 1 Rating: National excellence in none, or virtually none, of the subareas of activity For further information, see the University of Wolverhampton's clickable map of UK universities and colleges. The idea for a page with UK rankings came from Scott Acton, who maintains a web site on Great Ideas in Personality. For United States program rankings, you might try: U.S. Psychology Ph.D. Programs (1995) U.S. Psychology Ph.D. Programs (1997) U.S. Social Psychology Ph.D. Programs (1997) U.S. and Canadian Clinical Programs (2005) U.S. and Canadian Clinical Programs (1997) U.S. and Canadian Counseling Programs (1994) U.S. Psych Ph.D. Programs by Area (1997) U.S. Undergraduate Psychology (1997) U.S. Sociology Ph.D. Programs (1997) U.S. Social Work/Welfare Programs (1997)

		2001 Research Assessment Exercise Rankings

Rank School Department Score 6.5 Cardiff University Psychology 5* 6.5 University College London Psychology 5* 6.5 University of Birmingham Psychology 5* 6.5 University of Bristol Experimental Psych. 5* 6.5 University of Cambridge Experimental Psych. 5* 6.5 University of Glasgow Psychology 5* 6.5 University of Newcastle Psychology 5* 6.5 University of Oxford Experimental Psych. 5* 6.5 University of Reading Psychology 5* 6.5 University of St. Andrews Psychology 5* 6.5 University of Wales, Bangor Psychology 5* 6.5 University of York Psychology 5* 21 Birkbeck College, University of London Psychology 5 21 Lancaster University Psychology 5 21 Royal Holloway, University of London Psychology 5 21 Durham University Psychology 5 21 University of Edinburgh Psychology 5 21 University of Essex Psychology 5 21 University of Exeter Psychology 5 21 University of Leeds Psychology 5 21 University of Manchester Psychology 5 21 University of Nottingham Psychology 5 21 University of Plymouth Psychology 5 21 University of Sheffield Psychology 5 21 University of Southampton Psychology 5 21 University of Stirling Psychology 5 21 University of Surrey Psychology 5 21 University of Sussex Psychology 5 21 University of Warwick Psychology 5 38 Brunel University Psychology 4 38 City University, London Psychology 4 38 Glasgow Caledonian University Psychology 4 38 Goldsmiths College, University of London Psychology 4 38 Keele University Psychology 4 38 Loughborough University Human Sciences 4 38 Open University Psychology 4 38 Queen's University Belfast Psychology 4 38 University of Aberdeen Psychology 4 38 University of Dundee Psychology 4 38 University of Hertfordshire Psychology 4 38 University of Kent at Canterbury Psychology 4 38 University of Leicester Psychology 4 38 University of Liverpool Psychology 4 38 Northumbria University Psychology 4 38 University of Strathclyde Psychology 4 38 University of Wales, Swansea Psychology 4 53 Manchester Metropolitan University Psych./Speech Path. 3a 53 Middlesex University Psychology 3a 53 Nottingham Trent University Psychology 3a 53 Oxford Brookes University Psychology 3a 53 Staffordshire University Psychology 3a 53 University of Central Lancashire Psychology 3a 53 University of Derby Psychology 3a 53 University of East London Psychology 3a 53 University of Hull Psychology 3a 53 University of Portsmouth Psychology 3a 53 Roehampton University Psychology 3a 53 University of Ulster Psychology 3a 53 University of Westminster Psychology 3a 63 Bolton Institute Psychology 3b 63 London Guildhall University (now LMU) Psychology 3b 63 Sheffield Hallam University Psychology 3b 63 University of Abertay Dundee Psychology 3b 63 University of Greenwich Psych./Counselling 3b 63 University of Sunderland Psychology 3b 63 University of Wolverhampton Psychology 3b 69.5 Coventry University Psychology 2 69.5 Winchester University Psychology 2 69.5 Liverpool Hope University College Psychology 2 69.5 University of Worcester Psychology 2 69.5 University of Lincoln Psychology 2 69.5 University of Luton Psychology 2 73 Thames Valley University Psychology 1

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