心理科学研究生文凭旨在为学生提供有关心理学学科的综合，全面和完整的教育。学生在方法论（研究方法，心理计量学，统计学）和应用领域进行高级培训，并发展进行研究的能力。所有应用的材料均基于科学家-从业者模型，并强调了基于证据的心理干预方法。心理科学研究生文凭课程为学生提供有关心理学研究生核心属性的进阶教育和培训，包括但不限于以下方面：对理论和经验基础的知识，这些知识和基础是一些最广泛使用的认知的建构，实施和解释的基础和性格评估
The Graduate Diploma of Psychological Science is designed to provide students with an integrated, comprehensive, and complete education in the discipline of Psychology. Students undertake advanced training in a range of methodological (research methods, psychometrics, statistics) and applied areas, and develop competence in conducting research. All applied material is based on the scientist-practitioner model, and evidence-based approaches to psychological intervention are stressed. The Graduate Diploma of Psychological Science provides students with advanced education and training in the core Psychology graduate attributes, including but not limited to the following: Advanced theoretical and empirical knowledge in some of the core research areas of the discipline Knowledge of the theoretical and empirical bases underpinning the construction, implementation and interpretation of some of the most widely used cognitive and personality assessments Knowledge of the theoretical and empirical bases underpinning evidenced based approached to psychological intervention