Psychological & Brain Sciences

Students in the University of Delaware's Summer Workshop in Cognitive and Brain Sciences visiting the Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging lab in the Center for Biomedical and Brain Imaging to learn about brain imaging. They observe images of a patient's brain on computer screen with a view through a window of the patient inside the MRI machine, located in the adjacent room.

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Psychological and Brain Sciences

Welcome

The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of Delaware is committed to the scientific study of the mind. Through our research, we seek to understand the mind, brain, and behavior across multiple levels of analysis.

Our faculty and graduate students, working in collaboration with our undergraduates, are engaged in ground-breaking research and community outreach. Our research is supported by a state-of-the-art multimodal imaging center housing MRI scanners for work with humans and animals.

We support our students through faculty and peer mentoring, a flourishing undergraduate research program, numerous study abroad opportunities, and individualized field placement and internship possibilities.

WHY Psychological & Brain Sciences at UD?

Our undergraduate psychology program is ranked in the top 12% nationally (U.S. News and World Report). Students in the department are supported by faculty and peer mentoring, a flourishing undergraduate research program, numerous study-abroad opportunities, and individualized field placement and internship possibilities.
Our graduate programs are ranked in the top 20% nationally, with clinical psychology ranked in the top 16% nationally (U.S. News and World Report). Our roughly 40 faculty and 70 graduate students, working in collaboration with our undergraduates, are engaged in ground-breaking research and community outreach. Our research is supported by a state-of-the-art multimodal imaging center housing MRI scanners for work with humans and animals.
Graduates of our academic programs can expect promising careers with more than 90% employed or pursuing further education.