The Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology (DECAP) seeks to provide qualified educational psychologists to work in Northern Ireland. It is a postgraduate professional training course, approved by the Health Professions Council for the training of educational psychologists and for employment as a qualified educational psychologist in the UK.

The DECAP is a three year (36 month) postgraduate professional training course, approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) as conferring eligibility for chartered status and for employment as a qualified educational psychologist. The course is based in the School of Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast and placements are undertaken in a variety of educational, health or community settings.

The presentation from the information session for September 2021 entry, held on 7 December 2020, is available here.

Applications for September 2021 entry for the DECAP course closed on Friday 8 January 2021.

Contact

Course Administrator: Mrs Alison Jeffrey
Email: a.jeffrey@qub.ac.uk
Phone: (028) 9097 5651