Occupational and Business Psychology

With this MSc course you'll learn the theory and skills of applying psychology to organisations. It's a step to becoming either a chartered occupational or business psychologist.

Skills

Our postgraduate MSc Occupational and Business Psychology programme is the most appropriate professional training to apply the science of psychology to business and occupational settings, while retaining the academic rigours of a masters-level programme. 

Professional Development Programme

Through this mandatory, co-curricular module, you’ll practice and enhance your core skills in the following areas:

• Presenting
• Critical writing
• Research

You’ll also work on negotiation techniques, developing the credibility of your arguments to give you the competitive edge.

Professional placement

If you want to dip your toes into the working world before you graduate, you can take an optional placement in Year 2. Where possible, this will be tailored to your interests and career aspirations. And wherever your placement takes you, it will enable you to:

• Develop practical problem-solving skills in a professional context
• Apply learned concepts, and
• Gain a better understanding of your own employability

Learning

You'll cover the theoretical areas specified by the Division of Occupational Psychology of the BPS as a necessary basis for occupational psychology Chartership.

Our MSc Occupational and Business Psychology degree will help you understand how psychology can be applied to work and business, such as management consultants, executive coaches, HR practitioners, career advisors, business executives and proprietors.

Careers

With an MSc Occupational and Business Psychology degree from Roehampton, you'll have a range of skills to apply psychology to business and occupational settings.

You could work within the field of:

• Psychological assessment at work 
• Learning training and development
• Leadership, engagement and motivation
• Wellbeing at work
• Work design, organisational change and development 

Whatever your aims or aspirations, our dedicated careers support team will be on hand to support you from day one, with personal coaching, CV and application writing, presentation practice, mock interviews, and networking opportunities.