Should I apply this year?

The exact starting date varies from centre to centre but all courses start between early September and mid-October 2025 and have only one intake per academic year.

People completing GBC-accredited courses in spring/summer 2025

Will you complete your psychology degree or your conversion course in spring/summer 2025? You will not have Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) when applications are released to course centres by the end of January 2025.

• Please see the Entry Requirements section if you need more information about GBC

Some courses consider people who do not have GBC when they apply, but most do not.

• Please see the Courses section for the requirements of individual course centres

If the courses you are interested in accept applications from people who do not have GBC yet, you must ensure that you will have GBC in place before the courses start. In practice, you must have completed your qualification and got your results by the end of August 2025.

If you decide to apply you will not be able to upload a GBC document as you will not have GBC. Either you will not be asked for a GBC document or you may need to tick the relevant "Provide later" box on the Documents screen to complete that screen.

People completing GBC-accredited courses in autumn 2024

Will you complete your psychology degree or your conversion course in autumn 2024 and get your results by the end of January 2025?

Submitting your application:

• in the Basics section of your Application say that you have completed the qualification and say which GBC document you will provide
• in the Documents screen of your Application tick the "Provide later" box for the GBC document, to complete that screen
• submit your Application by the closing date: 1:00pm (UK time) on 20 November 2024

When you get your results in December 2024/January 2025:

• email us a document confirming your status for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) - please see the Contact Us page for our email address
• login to your Application to check the specific documents required by the course centres you have chosen

Your Application will be released to the course centres by the end of January 2025.

• Please see the Documents section for more details about the items required

Deferred entry, Work experience, Other degrees

Deferred entry

There is no system of deferred entry. If you already know that you cannot start in autumn 2025, please do not apply.

Course centres may sometimes allow deferred entry in unforeseen circumstances but this is not the norm.

Work experience

Some courses require a minimum length of time for relevant experience (e.g. 12 months) for your Application to be considered.

• Please see the Entry Requirements section for further details

Other degrees

Universities will not usually let you enrol on a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology if you are already enrolled on another degree, e.g. a PhD or Masters programme.

If you have any outstanding requirements from another programme when the clinical course starts, you may have to withdraw from that programme to be able to start or continue your Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.

• Please see the Courses section for the requirements of individual course centres