Psychological & Brain Sciences

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Graduate training in Washington University's Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences is organized into four areas of specialization. Although you declare your primary interest when applying to the graduate program, you are exposed to all areas through your courses, research collaboration, and departmental colloquia. Requirements for course-work are structured to give you broad exposure to the major areas of psychology as well as basic training in statistics and research methods. Individual programs have additional emphases that reflect their training goals.

Areas of Study: Behavior - Brain / Cognition; Clinical; Aging - Development; Social - Personality

Application deadline: December 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time

contact: psych@wustl.edu