Psychology Undergraduate Research Project

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In this six-week course you will work with University academics to complete an independent research project in Psychology. Guided by your supervisor, you will be carrying out studies and running statistical analyses to support your research. You will learn new practical skills and techniques, and gain experience of analysing data. You will also attend weekly research seminars, developing your research skills and knowledge, and immersing yourself in the International Summer School research community.

Your project will see you using the University’s outstanding facilities, as well as working with our world-class academic staff. You will work closely with your supervisor to produce a scientific report and give an oral presentation of your work to your peers.

To begin with, you will prepare a summary of the known literature around your project in collaboration with your supervisor. You will get to know, analyse and evaluate the literature related to your project, and develop the skills required to carry out research in your specialist area.

The research projects available in 2026 are as follows:
- Investigating how social anxiety influences episodic memory retrieval using Virtual Reality
- Visual Veracity: How Image Type Shapes Perceived Truth
- Project Title: Attention contagion in online meetings
- Cortical magnification as a neural correlate of the uniformity illusion
- Project title: Investigating the determinants of change blindness

Target group

- GPA of 3.0 (or equivalent).
- You should be currently enrolled at an international higher education institution.
- You should be a Psychology or Science major or minor and have completed level 1 statistics.
- Experience of working with statistics is essential and of using R Studio is desirable.
- ​Students should ideally have completed second year of their Undergraduate Degree. Students having completed their first year may be considered for entry, this will be at the course convenors discretion.

These projects will utilise data analysis using R Studio programming. Previous experience of R Studio is desirable but not necessary and the practical classes component of the method will introduce students to data wrangling and analysis using this software.

If your first language is not English, you must meet our minimum proficiency level:

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training) overall score of 6.0, with no sub test less than 5.5  (if English is not an applicant’s first language) and a GPA of not less than 3.0
We also accept equivalent scores in other recognised qualifications such as ibTOEFL, CAE, CPE and more

Course aim

This course aims to provide an opportunity to undertake a research project and present the results both in the form of a research article and as an oral presentation.

By the end of this course you will be able to:

- Prepare a preliminary list of goals to be achieved during the project in collaboration with the project supervisor
- Demonstrate an understanding of the literature related to the research project
- Demonstrate research skills appropriate to the area of specialisation
- Deliver a short talk, giving the background to the project and summarising its key outcomes
- Write a cogent, clear and concise written report summarising your findings and/or the state of research in your chosen field

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