The UMass Lowell Psychology Department enables students to understand human behavior and cognition, contribute solutions to human problems and respond to a changing world.
Why Study Psychology at UMass Lowell?
We offer small classes in a wide variety of subjects. Our students work with and learn from a distinguished group of faculty who are leaders in their fields. Many are nationally recognized authors, editors of journals, investigators on groundbreaking research, presidents of national organizations and collaborators in the Lowell community.
Meet Our Students
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I learned a lot from being here in terms of talking, listening to people and understanding their point of view.
Captain in the Turkish military. Former world champion in the 1,500 meters. Passionate promoter of cross-cultural student exchanges. There’s a lot you wouldn’t guess about graduate student Burhan Colak if you walked past him on South Campus.
News
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The annual Student Research and Community Engagement Symposium showcases research and service-learning projects in the arts and humanities, as well as the sciences and social sciences.
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Honors students are learning about the hero’s quest in a new film and literature class, A Call to Adventure, and preparing to become the heroes of their own adventurous lives.
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Five students who created a counterterrorism program won a trip to Washington and third place in an international competition. The Peer to Peer: Challenging Extremism contest taps college students’ savvy to help the Department of Homeland Security counter extremist messaging and recruitment, using social media.
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Devon White, a new graduate of the Autism Studies Program, moved to Kuwait to help run the first affordable and comprehensive treatment center there.