VCU提供的临床心理学哲学博士获得了美国心理学会的认可。VCU的临床心理学课程致力于通过科学家-从业者模型来提供卓越的奖学金和临床培训。临床心理学博士课程的设计需要四到五年的学术工作，再加上一年专门用于APA认可的全职博士前实习职位。研究生院的头三年专注于课程工作，论文研究和实践经验，而第四和第五年则主要用于完成校外实践经验和论文研究。拥有硕士学位和丰富临床经验的学生可以申请将实习要求减少一年，从而获得三年而非四年的居住权。所有的学术训练都是在学生在VCU居住期间进行的。
The Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology offered by VCU is accredited by the American Psychological Association. The clinical psychology program at VCU is committed to excellence in scholarship and clinical training from the scientist-practitioner model. The doctoral program in clinical psychology is designed to require four to five years of academic work plus one additional year devoted to a full-time APA-accredited predoctoral internship placement. The first three years of graduate school residence concentrate on course work, thesis research and practicum experience, with the fourth and fifth year largely reserved for the completion of off-campus practicum experience and dissertation research. A student entering the program with a master's degree and extensive clinical experience may petition to reduce the practicum requirements by one year, resulting in three rather than four years of residency. All academic training occurs while the student is in residence at VCU.