1Course record · Wales
Bangor University
Does Bangor test before interview? Not as far as we know: it has not named one.
North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme
The record
Before you apply
What you must meet to apply, in the course’s own words.
Getting to placements
Public transport is not always practical when having to do home visits etc.
Therefore, we require our trainees have their own a mode of transport.
Reasonable adjustments can be made for candidates who are unable to drive because of a disability.
Source: Bangor course page, checked .
Right to work and fee status
We are not able to consider you:
If you qualify for overseas fee status.
If you have no leave to remain in the UK.
You need to be eligible for home fee status.
Candidates from the EU, other EEA and Swiss Nationals, will need to have been granted settled status in the UK.
Source: Clearing House entry requirements, updated ; checked .
Due to funding regulations and restrictions of Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW), we cannot accept applications from candidates who do not have the EU Settlement Scheme (settled and pre-settled status) or Settled/Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK.
Source: Bangor course page, checked .
GBC when you apply
We are not able to consider you:
If you have not yet completed your undergraduate or other course that conveys eligibility of Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) with the BPS.
Source: Clearing House entry requirements, updated ; checked .
DegreeOur summary: A lower second (2:2): Only with a completed PhD.
We are not able to consider you:
If you have a 2.2 only.
If the average final year module mark is below 60%. For conversion degrees all modules are used.
All points indicated with a * are minimum entry requirements:
2:2 considered only with a completed PhD*
Source: Clearing House entry requirements, updated ; checked .
ExperienceOur summary: 12 months minimum. Must be paid.
*The points below are minimum entry requirements.
Minimum of one year relevant paid clinical/research experience of working with a clinical population*.
Clinical experience obtained and required as part of another training, rather than paid employment, is not considered.
While voluntary work is not considered relevant paid clinical experience, points are awarded separately for this.
Source: Clearing House entry requirements, updated ; checked .
English language
If English is not your first language, you will be required to provide evidence that you possess an adequate level of English competence. You need to have obtained level 8 on the IELTS scheme*, with no elements below 7.5.
Source: Clearing House entry requirements, updated ; checked .
Earlier NHS-funded training
Please note: If you have commenced or completed your CAAPs training in South Wales, you will require a 2-year gap between finishing your Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) funded training and starting clinical psychology training as set out in your contract.
Source: Clearing House entry requirements, updated ; checked .
Other study
If you have any outstanding requirements from another programme, you may be required to withdraw from that programme before taking up a place on a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
Source: Clearing House entry requirements, updated ; checked .
Other:
We are not able to consider you:
If you have alternative funding.
Source: Clearing House entry requirements, updated ; checked .
Not mentioned on these pages: driving licence, research and suitability statements.
Pages read: Clearing House entry requirements, updated ; Clearing House selection procedure, updated ; Bangor course page; all checked .
Before interview
None named
Bangor is not named on the Clearing House list of courses using short-listing tests, and its own selection page describes short-listing from the application form only. The course does not state that it uses no test.
Sources: Clearing House, checked ; Clearing House test list, checked .
At interview
A panel interview and a written task.
When“Monday 5 to Friday 9 April”
Source: Clearing House list of 2027 interview dates for NHS places, updated ; checked .
Two components: a combined 45-minute interview covering academic, research, clinical and reflective competencies, and a 60-minute written task in which candidates synthesise and critically appraise research. Interviews take place in person at Bangor University.
Source: Clearing House, checked .
NHS-funded places
16 as published by the course
Source: Clearing House, checked .
What your form is rated on
For shortlisting, we use all the minimum entry requirements, indicated in this document with a *. We do award additional points for volunteering, publications, and to candidates who are fluent Welsh speakers and learners.
Source: Clearing House, checked .
Using AI
“We appreciate that you might want to use AI to help you draft a statement, but please make it your own. We are interested in getting to know you.”
Source: Clearing House, updated ; checked .
A note on this record
Places and interview numbers quoted are the course's own figures for the 2026 cohort: 16 training places and 72 interview places.
Dates for 2027 entry
- Applications close
- 18 November 2026, 1:00 pm
- Interviews
- “Monday 5 to Friday 9 April”
Sources: Clearing House, checked ; Clearing House 2027 list, NHS places, checked .
Prepare for this course
- Practise interview questionsUses a panel interview and a written task. On clinical knowledge and reasoning, its record mentions “academic, research, clinical and reflective competencies”.
Our own questions, on the themes courses name.
- Practise critiquing researchSets a written task at interview in which candidates critically appraise research.
The abstracts are invented for this site, and the 10 and 60 minute timings are its own.
- Practise situational judgementThis course has not named filmed scenarios or values-based questions at interview, which the SJT practice rehearses.
Checked Report an errorCorrections
Reported online by applicants, not confirmed by the course
What trainees and applicants have said in public about selection here, paraphrased. The process may have changed since.
Posted in 2015: 3 reports from single accounts
One account
For 2014 and 2015 entry, one applicant describes the day opening with an unseen presentation: about 20 minutes to prepare alone with flip chart paper, about 5 minutes to present, then panel questions.
Source: ClinPsy forum, 6 Jun 2015, checked .
One account
For 2014 and 2015 entry, one applicant says the research task was a 45-minute typed report at a computer, scored by two admissions staff who were not on the panel.
Source: ClinPsy forum, 6 Jun 2015, checked .
One account
For 2014 and 2015 entry, one applicant says a clinical interview of about 40 minutes followed straight after the presentation, with a short break before the research task.
Source: ClinPsy forum, 6 Jun 2015, checked .
If you have applied here
What Bangor says about feedback
Due to the number of applications, we are very sorry, but we are no longer able to offer personalised feedback if you are not shortlisted.
You can ring at a set date for feedback on your interview, which will contain information on how you performed in both interview components.
Source: Clearing House, selection procedure, updated ; checked .
Applying again: feedback from each course
This site is not affiliated with Bangor University.
Sources
- clearing-house.org.uk: selection procedureUpdated 21 September 2026; checked 24 September 2026.
- clearing-house.org.uk: which courses use a short-listing testUpdated 7 September 2026; checked 16 October 2026.
- clearing-house.org.uk: interview dates for 2027 by course, for NHS placesUpdated 5 October 2026; checked 22 October 2026.