{"id":2813,"date":"2016-10-17T11:12:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/?page_id=2813"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:19:17","slug":"admissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your interest in the Department of Psychological &amp; Brain Sciences at Boston University (BU).<\/p>\n<p>Whether you want to pursue undergraduate or graduate study in psychology, at BU you will have the opportunity to learn from and conduct research with distinguished faculty who are making groundbreaking discoveries about Alzheimer\u2019s, autism, memory, cognitive development, and many other facets of human behavior.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Admissions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BU\u2019s undergraduate program in psychology prepares students for careers and graduate study in psychology, medicine, law, and other professions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/academics\/undergraduate\/\">majoring in psychology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Learn more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/\">College of Arts &amp; Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Undergraduate admissions for all academic programs in CAS is managed centrally through BU\u2019s Office of Admissions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/\">Visit their website<\/a> to learn about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/academics\/\">academics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/student-life\/\">student life<\/a>, and the overall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/apply\/\">application process<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/visit-us\/campus\/\">plan your visit<\/a> to BU and CAS!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduate Admissions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Psychological &amp; Brain Sciences offers several graduate degree programs spanning a wide variety of psychological research specialties.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/academics\/masters\/\">MA in Psychology<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/academics\/masters\/apply\/\">how to apply<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/academics\/phd\/\">PhD programs<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/academics\/phd\/bbc\/\">brain, behavior and cognition<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/academics\/phd\/clinical\/\">clinical psychology<\/a>; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/academics\/phd\/devscience\/\">developmental science<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Admissions for all programs within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/admissions\/ma-ms\/\">Graduate School of Arts &amp; Sciences<\/a> (GRS) is managed through the GRS Admissions Office. Applications become available in early September every year for upcoming fall and spring admissions periods. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/academics\/ma-ms-academics\/\">GRS website<\/a> to learn more about requirements, financial aid, FAQs, and how to apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your interest in the Department of Psychological &amp; Brain Sciences at Boston University (BU). Whether you want to pursue undergraduate or graduate study in psychology, at BU you will have the opportunity to learn from and conduct research with distinguished faculty who are making groundbreaking discoveries about Alzheimer\u2019s, autism, memory, cognitive development, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8640,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2813"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6734,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2813\/revisions\/6734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}