Studying psychometrics as a postgraduate at Cambridge

All of our postgraduate courses are suitable for those who wish to go on to careers in psychometrics as well as those for whom knowledge of the latest techniques in questionnaire and test design, analysis and research is important for their professional future, whether as a psychologist, statistician, epidemiologist, clinician, or assessment professional within the education sector.

Entry to our PhD programme in psychometrics is dependent on the candidate having obtained a high mark in an appropriate Masters degree from a reputable University, normally in research methods or in some form of applied psychology or other relevant discipline that has involved a substantial quantitative element.

Anothe route to successful PhD entry is completion at the required standard on the MPhil programme in Social and Developmental Psychology, in the Departmental of Social and Developmental Psychology at the University of Cambridge.