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Psychology with Counselling with Foundation Year

Keele University

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Keele University
UCAS CODE: C8BF

Course options

3 options available

  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

  • Location

    Main Site

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    21-SEP-26

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary


Foundation Year

Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.


International Students

For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/


Psychology with Counselling

Psychology with Counselling BSc provides insights into the mind, brain and behaviours and equips you with advanced skills, applicable to a range of specialist careers. We will train you to become a well-rounded psychologist, enabling you to build the skills to work effectively with clients and to understand how people think, feel and communicate. Our British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited programme prepares you for a career in helping others with a focus on the person-centred approach and insights into the skillset of a counselling practitioner.


Why choose this course?

- Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)- Focuses on the person-centred approach to counselling, alongside other theoretical approaches- Acquire skills relevant to a career in professional counselling- Opportunity to gain professional experience with a placement year- A chance to broaden your horizons and study abroad at a partner universityWith mental health at the forefront of society, explore the challenges facing research and practice in the sector, and the psychological approaches to improving public wellbeing. Delve into a breadth of topics from social, developmental, cognitive and biological psychology, building a foundation of knowledge and insights into individual differences. You will learn about the appropriate methods for clients to talk about experiences and personal concerns, both from an emotional and psychological perspective.Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), our contemporary Psychology with Counselling degree explores the mind, brain, and behaviour.Please note: this is not a practitioner training programme and does not qualify you to work with clients. If you wish to become a qualified counsellor, psychotherapist or counselling psychologist in the future this programme can lead on to these courses of study. subject to passing your final year project and achieving a minimum 2:2 degree award


About Keele

Application deadline

14/01/2026

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University information

Keele University

Keele University

  • University League Table

    54th

  • Campus address

    Keele University, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Psychology

    64th out of 118 13

    45th out of 75 7

  • Entry standards

    / Max 205
    108 53%

    71st

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    59.0 59%

    83rd

    39

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.11 78%

    68th

    25

  • Entry standards

    / Max 178
    103 58%

    56th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    88.0 88%

    42nd

    9

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.46 86%

    8th

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