Graduate membership of the society is the starting point to your career as a psychologist and is a prerequisite for many of our accredited post-graduate and Doctoral programmes.
As a graduate member you will receive:
To join as a Graduate Member, you'll need to have achieved at least a 2:2 and passed the empirical project in an undergraduate degree accredited by the society, or to have completed an accredited conversion course.
Copies of your academic transcripts (list of subjects + grades) to upload.
If you are a non-member you will need to pay a non-refundable £27 application assessment fee
Once your application has been assessed, you will then need to make a further payment for the current year’s membership subscription (as below) before we can admit you into membership.
If you are a current postgraduate student or enrolled on a society qualification the fee is £36
Please note: between 01 July- 31 December 2021, we are waiving the application fee (£27) for new joiners applying for Graduate membership if they are enrolled on a postgraduate course of study.
New applicants during this period will also only be required to pay ½ of the Graduate membership fee.
To take advantage of this offer please use the discount code PSYPAGAPP21 when submitting your application online.
Don't forget: you need to enter details of your postgraduate course in the Qualifications Section of the application.
If you graduated within the last five years from the qualification (giving eligibility for Graduate Membership) the fee is £67
standard Graduate Membership fee is £134
Once you’ve submitted your application it will be processed by the Membership Team.
Our membership runs on a 12 month cycle. You will be asked to renew your membership with us every 12 months from the date you first joined.
If you pay for your membership by Direct Debit, your membership will automatically renew every 12 months from the date you first joined.
There are a number of ways you can pay your subscription
Online card payment (preferred)
Set up a direct debit (UK bank accounts only)
Bank transfer
by phone (automated payment line)
Non-UK applicants are considered to be those who gained their degree at an institution outside of the UK.
Following a Memorandum of Cooperation between the BPS and the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI), those eligible for Graduate Membership of the PSI after having gained an academic award accredited by the PSI are also eligible for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society.
Non-members need to pay a non-refundable £27 application assessment fee.
Your application will be assigned to a colleague from our Membership Team who will be responsible for its processing.
Once your application has been assessed, you will then need to make a further payment for the current year’s membership subscription before we can admit you into membership.
In certain circumstances individuals who do not meet the conventional criteria for Graduate Membership may instead be eligible for special consideration for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC).
As a general guide we will look to see that the qualifications you hold (you will need to have both an undergraduate and postgraduate) cover the core areas of psychology in sufficient breadth and depth as would be expected of a society-accredited undergraduate degree in psychology.
The core areas we look to be covered are:
If you feel your qualifications will cover the broad areas of psychology in sufficient breadth and depth, you can apply for the Graduate Membership by submitting full transcripts (list of modules and grades awarded for each) of all of your qualifications for assessment.