Careers and employability
Upon successful completion, the MSc Occupational and Organisational Psychology provides you with Stage 1 of the BPS Qualification in Occupational Psychology, and thus provides a clear foundation for a career as a Registered Occupational Psychologist.
For 2025/26 entry, BPS Occupational Test User training (Level A and B) is included in the tuition fee, enhancing your graduate employability.
This programme equips graduates with a wide set of relevant knowledge, skills and competencies that would suit a career in the areas of:
- Work/organisational/business psychology
- Human resource management
- Organisational development
- General management.
- Based on the advanced research methods knowledge and skills acquired throughout the programme, graduates may also consider an academic career, through the pursuit of a PhD in the field organisational psychology or a related field.
Alumni from this course have been successful in finding roles in various high skilled the following positions and companies, here there are some examples:
- Work Psychologist – The Work Psychology Group
- Psychologist – Psychological Consulting Ltd
- Psychologist – The College of Policing
- HR and Organisational Psychology Graduate Scheme – Legal and General.
Based on a sample of recent graduates for this programme, top job titles include: Human Factors Engineer, People Development Intern, Management Consultant, and Higher Work Psychologist. Employers include the Department for Communities, Deloitte, NHS Property Services, BAE Systems, and Barclays Bank Plc. Employment locations span Liverpool, London, and the rest of the UK.