The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London is home to one of the world’s largest centres for mental health and neuroscience research. We rank sixth in the world for psychology and psychiatry education, and 21st in the world for neuroscience education, according to Best Global Universities.
You will get the opportunity to study and work alongside world-leading scientists and clinicians, as part of our partnership with the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, one of the UK's largest and most complex multi-site providers of mental health services, as well as other London-based NHS hospitals.
Our students benefit from: outstanding career, networking and mentoring opportunities, a superb range of clinical placements through our partnership with the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and other King's Health Parners, world-class research and study facilities, and access to a hugely diverse clinical population and vast data sets.
We offer 3 British Psychological Society-accredited undergraduate programmes
We offer 45 specialised postgraduate taught and research courses
We offer programmes for everyone from school children to clinicians
Our courses
Clinical placements and professional training
Placements for non-King's university students
- Undergraduate student placements are suitable for undergraduates studying for a first degree at a UK institution, wanting to spend a formal placement under supervision in one of our academic departments
- We run Medical Electives placements for medical students from the UK, EU and overseas interested in undertaking a clinical placement in Psychiatry or any other discipline related to Mental Health
- Erasmus+ traineeships are suitable for students enrolled at an EU university on a full degree programme at undergraduate or postgraduate level, who would like a period of supervised study at the IoPPN typically for their research dissertation
- Visiting research student placements are suitable for postgraduate research students registered at a recognised higher education institution or overseas institution, coming to undertake supervised research at King's
Opportunities for local secondary, sixth form, and other students
The IoPPN Youth Awards allow young people (aged 15-18) from schools in the local area to have direct experience of research at the IoPPN. The Youth Awards aim to encourage young people to remain in science and maths education, and go on to study these subjects at university. The awards cover a number of science-based subjects including genetics, economics, psychology, health, neuroimaging and computer science.