Welcome to the Department of Psychology

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Welcome to the UTSC Department of Psychology! Our department is the academic home to more than 2,500 undergraduate students, enrolled in programs in experimental PsychologyMental Health Studies, and Neuroscience. Our faculty are engaged in cutting edge research in 5 main areas of psychology and neuroscience: behavioural neuroscienceclinical psychologycognitive neurosciencedevelopmental psychology, and social-personality psychology. Many of our faculty are also award-winning teachers. 

We are home to the Graduate Department of Psychological Clinical Science, through which we offer an MA/PhD in clinical psychology, and we are actively involved in the Tri-Campus Graduate Department of Psychology, through which we offer a PhD in experimental psychology. We invite you to explore our website and learn more about us!

We invite you to read our department’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Statement of Acknowledgements and Commitments.