Join Massey’s market-leading Bachelor of Science (Psychology) and learn how people perceive, learn, think, develop, behave, and relate to one another.

Psychology is a growing and ever-changing subject which helps us make sense of the human impact on the world in which we live. 

You'll learn how people perceive, learn, think, develop, behave, and relate to one another.

Courses will teach you how the structure of the brain affects our behavior, what makes people different from one another, and how being in groups affects people's behavior. 

Finally, you'll learn how factors like culture, gender, poverty, and mental illness affect our health, our thinking, and our behavior.

Market leading in New Zealand

Massey graduates more clinical psychologists than any other university in New Zealand. 

The university's research and teaching are unique and recognized nationally and internationally. 

This strength and expertise mean your learning will be relevant to today’s jobs and societies and your degree will have a great reputation.

Applied learning

During your degree, you can take part in the university's broad selection of courses across areas including forensic, experimental, and community psychology that demonstrate how foundational skills can be applied.

Topics

Some of the topics taught in psychology courses include:

• abnormal and therapeutic psychology                                    • bicultural perspectives in psychology                                  • brain and behavior

• community psychology                                                          • evolution, learning and culture                                            • memory and cognition

• organizational psychology                                                      • social psychology

Note: July start will take 3.5 years to complete.

• Officially verified copies of Birth certificate/ Current passport, including any residency visa/ Citizenship certificate
• Proof of the name change
• High School graduation certificate
• Academic transcripts
• English Language proficiency
• A statement of any disability or health condition (If Applicable)
• Evidence of any scholarships (If Applicable)

To be admitted to an undergraduate qualification, applicants will need a minimum level of academic achievement from school, or another university or tertiary institution. 

The specific level depends on which country or region of the world they are from.

China:

• Senior High School graduation plus successful completion of one year of bachelor's-level study from a recognized institution; or
• Successful completion of a two-year diploma, or a minimum of two years out of a three-year diploma from a recognized institution; or
• Completed Gaokao with a tier-one score from the related province

India: 

• All India Senior School Certificate (AISSC) Year 12 or Indian School Certificate (ISC) Year 12, with an overall average of 75% and a minimum of 60% in English; or
• Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) – State Board Examination in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujurat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal, with:
  • an overall average of 85% or higher (with no less than four academic subjects), with
  • a minimum of 70% or above in English.

Foundation qualifications to meet entry requirements

If you don't have the skills or qualifications you need to be accepted into your chosen study, you can do foundation qualifications.

• Foundation Certificate (International)
• Foundation Certificate (International Accelerated)