Your Psychology Offer

Congratulations on your offer! As an applicant to the Psychology Department, this page will guide you through the next steps, provide useful links, and offer information about our Offer Holder Events.

Student using Psychology equipment

Join us

Our in-person and online events are a great way to learn more about your course, and the community you’ll be studying in, and meet staff and students while experiencing subject taster sessions. This is also a chance to meet potential coursemates. Psychology student Megan hopes you can make it!

Your offer holder event

Digital event

Your future with Lancaster University and beyond - Wednesday 18th March 2026 | 12pm and 5pm

Our digital Offer Holder Event will give you the opportunity to virtually meet with academics and learn more about your subject and the Department. You will also have the opportunity to ask students or staff any questions you may have. Our events are designed to give you an insight into the life of a Psychology student at Lancaster.

Our in-person events

  • Saturday 31st January 2026
  • Saturday 14th February 2026
  • Saturday 14th March 2026
  • Saturday 21st March 2026

Sample schedule

Time

Activity

10.30am

Arrival and registration

11am

Welcome to Psychology talk and taster lecture

12pm

 Light lunch in the Department

12.45 pm

Applicants taster sessions

1pm

Parents schedule including Wellbeing and Support at Lancaster University talk   

2.30pm

Events in the Department ends

2.30pm

Central activities include the student experience hub, campus tours and accommodation tours

4.30pm

Event ends

Your global experience

With our Study Abroad schemes, you can spend a year of your degree at a foreign university. We’ll guide you through the application process, discussing potential destinations and modules you can study while abroad. Beyond year-long study programmes, you can also join shorter vacation programmes or even travel with student societies you join.

Here’s Student Ambassador Holly Barnett’s experience with Study Abroad:

"In my third year, I flew to Australia for my year abroad. I had shortlisted Australia, Canada, and the USA, but Australia was my top choice. I was nervous but excited for a year of sun and study. My experience here exceeded my expectations. I lived on the Gold Coast in Queensland for over 10 months, staying in student accommodation, which helped me make friends and connect with others on similar programmes. Griffith University, where I studied, has 5 campuses and is highly ranked. During my time there, I studied modules like ‘Abnormal Psychology,’ which gave me insight into becoming a clinical psychologist. I also took criminology modules, which will help with my dissertation on Criminal Psychology. The most valuable module was Aboriginal History—it helped me better understand the country I was living in and expanded my academic knowledge of how culture and psychology intersect. Outside of academics, I worked at a local theme park, operating rollercoasters, which allowed me to earn money and gain experience. I also travelled, visiting Tasmania, hiking in New Zealand, and spending three weeks in Fiji. I also hiked in the Australian desert before flying home. In my free time, I went camping in Byron Bay, spent days at the beach, and saw incredible wildlife like humpback whales, and dolphins. I also ran a half-marathon in Toohey Forest. None of this would have been possible without studying abroad. I highly recommend studying abroad to anyone who wants to travel and develop independence.

Holly Barnett

Did You Know?

We want to make sure the Psychology Department and Lancaster University are the right fit for you! Did you know that:

  • We guarantee on-campus accommodation to all incoming first year students who make Lancaster their firm choice. You can find further information here
  • There are also a number of scholarship and bursary packages available to our students. Further details can be found here.
  • Dive into a transformative journey with our PEP programme, open to students from first year all the way through to postgraduate level.
Students at Lancaster University

Psychology Employability Programme

During your time as a student in the department, we will encourage you to apply for placements on this scheme. You will have the opportunity to gain relevant work experience by applying for work placements alongside your studies.

Some placements will involve working in the community with charities and organisations that support vulnerable individuals. Others will give you the chance to work as a research assistant alongside expert researchers in the psychology labs.

These roles are part-time and fit around your studies. This means that you can apply for more than one placement in each year of your degree. By taking on different roles you will get a sense of how your future might look. Each placement will provide you with experience and skills that are valuable to both psychology careers and wider graduate-level occupations.

Euan Hall

An experience for Euan

Hi, I’m Euan, and I’ve just started my third year as a Psychology undergraduate here at Lancaster. Just over two years ago, I attended an offer holder event at Lancaster. At that time, I was still unsure about what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go, and due to COVID, I never really had the chance to visit Lancaster before applying – which I’m sure many others can relate to for any number of reasons. Therefore, this offer holder event was the first real opportunity for me to experience the campus and decide if Lancaster could be a place I’d be happy to call home for the next three years.

 

Despite arriving with little knowledge about the University, my visit turned out to be a real turning point. If you’re able to make the trip, I’d strongly encourage you to attend one of our offer holder days. These events give you a genuine opportunity to decide if Lancaster is the right place for you before you commit to your firm and insurance choices. It’s a great chance to experience campus life, meet your potential classmates, and get to know some of our wonderful teaching staff. Most importantly, it’s an opportunity to ask those nagging questions that might be on your mind.

Hopefully, the experience will leave you feeling fully informed, and if you decide that Lancaster isn’t the place for you, that’s okay. But you may as well come along – you might just fall in love with the place like I did.

Hope to see you all soon :)

Euan Hall

Societies and Clubs

Societies are a great way to find your place and make the most out of life at Lancaster. And Lancaster University Students' Union (LUSU) oversees over 160 of them. Find the society for you!

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