Bachelor of Psychological Science - Neuroscience

University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)

The Bachelor of Psychological Science is an accredited three-year degree that explores the brain and mental health. Train in a subject ranked #2 in Australia and =#32 globally (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2025) to gain practical experience as you apply psychological principles to personal, social and global issues. Complement your degree with a major to expand your career prospects. Uncover why we think and act the way we do with a Bachelor of Psychological Science from UNSW. Gain skills in one of the most relevant fields of study for clinicians and corporate professionals today and learn from leading educators at a university ranked #2 in Australia for psychology (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2025).

Explore the science of human behaviour and mental processes and learn how the brain works, including cognitive and decision-making processes, and mental health. Understand biological, abnormal, cognitive, forensic, developmental and social psychology, and develop your communication skills and apply psychological principles to personal, social and global issues.

Pursue your passion for psychology alongside a major in marketing, human resource management, criminology, linguistics, philosophy, vision science or neuroscience by combining your psychology degree with a complementary major and expand your career prospects.

Neuroscience is one of the major remaining frontiers in Biology. Brain disease are major challenges facing society that may be answered by a greater understanding of how the activity of nerve cells and circuits in the brain controls our body and behaviour in health and disease. Furthermore, understanding of this amazing and complex organ can shed light not only on understanding our how our body organs are controlled, and how our responses to different external stimuli, but can also shed light on how prior experiences impact on these organ and body responses. Indeed, the complex processes that the brain uses to integrate different stimuli with prior experiences can also lead to new technologies and approaches to benefit society.