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The University of Adelaide’s School of Psychology is one of Australia’s most prestigious, offering you a world-class learning environment and delivering outstanding research and education.
Psychology is the scientific study and development of useful ways of understanding people’s thoughts and behaviours. If you wish to pursue a career or interest in psychology, the School of Psychology can take you in many rewarding directions.
Our research and teaching
Find out more about our discipline research and teaching excellence within the School of Psychology.
Health & Wellbeing Human Cognition & Performance Lifespan Development Education & Meta-Research Social & Cultural Dynamics
Head of School
Professor Peter Strelan’s research program is primarily concerned with understanding trait and state-level individual responses to wrongdoing. He has an international reputation for his research on the psychology of forgiveness. As a former co-Chair of the Adelaide Education Academy and previously Associate Dean Learning and Teaching in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, he is also a leader in learning and teaching at the University of Adelaide, with particular expertise in flipped classroom methodology.
Our researchers
Search our School researchers for information on their research, career, publications, HDR supervision and contact details.
Bachelor of Psychological Science
Psychological science investigates the way people think, behave, feel and learn. It studies processes of the human mind— including personality, intelligence and memory—so that we can better understand ourselves.
Latest news
World-class health simulation attracts international experts
The University of Adelaide’s world-class health simulation facility, Adelaide Health Simulation, will be on show to international experts attending the Australasian Simulation Congress.
Smart glasses to improve diagnosis and treatment of foot wounds
Mixed-reality smart glasses with holographic features are set to revolutionise the treatment of leg and foot wounds for people with diabetes and vascular disease in regional and remote areas in the future.
More realistic hospital experience for medical students
Medical students at the University of Adelaide will graduate with a better knowledge of how to use the electronic patient record system that’s in place in hospitals around South Australia.