Last Updated on 10/08/2023

  1. The candidate applies via the Clearing House in Clinical Psychology.
  2. Lancaster programme staff check that all applicants to the Lancaster DClinPsy meet the minimum entry requirements. If the candidate discloses a disability they may be contacted by programme staff to check if any reasonable adjustments are required. Applicants should contact the programme if they require adjustments.
  3. The candidate takes a screening test online. Applicants with the top scores (number selected will vary based on commissions) progress to the next stage of the selection process. Please check our website at https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/dclinpsy/applicants for up to date information on the process for this application cycle. Candidates to whom a provisional offer of a place is made will be asked to take a test similar to the initial screening test, online and under supervised conditions, to confirm their initial scores.
  4. A provisional offer is made subject to:
    • University requirement: A satisfactory score on a repeat of the screening test under supervised conditions
    • Trust requirement: Employment references from the previous 3 years
    • Trust requirement: Completion of LSCFT’s ‘Self Declaration Form A’
    • Trust requirement: Occupational health check
    • Trust requirement: Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
  5. Where any exceptional issues arise during the admissions process about a candidates suitability for training outside, the programme may require the applicant to participate in our fitness to practice process if they wish to proceed with an application