Education Studies with Psychology BA (Hons)

De Montfort University

United Kingdom, Leicester

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De Montfort University

United Kingdom , Leicester

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

X3C8

Campuses

Main Site

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines10-Sep-2026

Apply to this program

Go to the official application for the university

Duration 3 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 16,800 / year(s)

Next Intake 10-Sep-2026

Education Studies with Psychology BA (Hons)

About

Education Studies with Psychology BA (Hons) offers a dynamic blend of education, lifelong learning, and psychology. Explore educational systems, policies, and practices while delving into the psychology of the mind and behaviour.

You’ll study key areas of psychology, including biological, cognitive, developmental, and social psychology, along with personality and intelligence. You will also engage with essential education modules such as the History of Education, Perspectives on Education, Ways of Learning and Wellbeing, and Inclusion and Diversity. Plus, you’ll have the flexibility to choose from specialized modules in topics like Special Educational Needs, Disability and Neurodiversity, Radical Education, Global Education, and Creativity in Education.

If you’re driven to make a lasting, positive impact on young people’s lives and society, this course provides the perfect foundation.

Graduates have gone on to careers in teaching, educational practice, youth work, early years childcare, educational publishing, and the creative industries. Many choose to further their studies with postgraduate courses, such as our Education Practice MA.

Personalise your learning: Tailor your studies to your interests with optional modules, including Social Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, and Counselling Psychology.

A teaching pathway: Complete the course to lay the foundation for progressing to Initial Teacher Training (ITT) and becoming a qualified teacher in the UK.

International opportunities: Take part in student exchange programmes with Spain, Finland, or Denmark, or explore Placement and Enterprise years between your second and third years.

Boost your employability: Enhance your CV with placements and volunteering at schools, museums, and learning centres.

Global experience: Benefit from DMU Global, which offers international experiences such as exploring museum education in Amsterdam, addressing inequality in New York, and supporting refugees in Berlin.

Focused learning: Block teaching lets you focus on one subject at a time, with a balanced schedule for better engagement.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements

Typical offer

UCAS points:

104

A Level:

BCC

BTEC Extended Diploma:

DMM

Contextual Offer:

DMU operates a generous contextual offer for students from underrepresented backgrounds in Higher Education.

This is a minimum of one to two grade reduction from our typical offer and full details including eligibility criteria can be found at dmu.ac.uk/contextual

T Levels:

Merit

Access to HE:

Pass with 30 Level 3 credits at Merit

International Baccalaureate (IB):

GCSEs:

5 x GCSEs at grade 4/C or above including English and Maths

English language requirements

If English is not your first language an IELTS score of 6.5 overall is essential.

English language tuition, delivered by our British Council-accredited Centre for English Language Learning, is available both before and throughout the course if you need it.

Non- academic requirements

Enhanced DBS check: Yes

As part of your application process, you will be required to submit an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application before starting the course.

For overseas applicants, you will also need to submit a criminal records certificate from your home country.

Further details will provided by our Admissions team after you receive an offer to study with us.

Additional information

You must meet and fulfil all non-academic requirements before 17 July 2026. Failure to meet this deadline may result in your offer being withdrawn.

Career

Where we could take you

Placements

A key element of our Education Studies programme is for students to gain placement and work-based learning experience. This helps provide you with first-hand knowledge and experience of educational settings and opportunities to apply the theory from your studies to real-world contexts.

In the first year, you will be complete a placement in an educational setting of your choice. You are also offered an optional placement module in your second and third years, as well as have the opportunity to study a number of modules that are embedded with work-based field trips and placement experiences.   

Graduate placements

This course helps develop skills that are invaluable for graduates who want to build a career working with young people and children. While this can open up opportunities for employment in primary schools, it can also include nurseries as well as other pre and after-school settings.

Many of our recent graduates have started their careers in teaching, education practice, nurseries, youth work, educational publishing and the creative industries. Graduates can also build on their knowledge with postgraduate opportunities, including an Education Practice MA, which opens up opportunities to work in a number of wider educational environments, including youth and community work, local authority employment, social and educational research and early years settings.