What Universities Offer Paranormal Psychology?

University of Arizona

• The paranormal psychology research department at University of Arizona is called the Center for Consciousness Studies. The campus is located in Tucson, Arizona. According to the Center's website, its aim is to bring together the perspectives of philosophy, the cognitive sciences, neuroscience, the social sciences, medicine, the physical sciences and the arts and humanities, as well as to move toward an integrated understanding of human consciousness. The center has plans to offer a graduate-level program in Consciousness Studies at the Tucson campus as well as online. The department is directed by Professor Emeritus Stuart Hameroff, M.D.

  The University of Arizona-Tucson
  Center for Consciousness Studies
  P.O. Box 210068
  Tucson, AZ 85721
  520-621-9317
  consciousness.arizona.edu?

University of Edinburgh

• The Koestler Parapsychology Unit is a research group based within the psychology department at the University of Edinburgh. It offers research topics and funding to academic staff at the university and post-graduate students. Past areas of study include the existence of psychic ability, belief in the paranormal, psychology of anomalous experiences, psedo-psychic deception, self-deception and the social and historical relevance of parapsychology. This school is located in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. According to Hollow Hill's parapsychology school guide, this department is one of the most highly respected in parapsychology field, as well as one of the only schools which awards parapsychology degrees on the doctoral level.

  Koestler Parapsychology Unit
  School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
  University of Edinburgh
  7 George Square
  Edinburgh EH8 9JZ
  United Kingdom
  +44 (0)131 650 3440

Duke University

• Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina, boasts the first department built specifically for experimental parapsychology research in the world. Opening in 2002, the Rhine Research Center claims to be a hub for research and education on the basic nature of human consciousness. The Center also has its own library, the Alex Tanous Research Library. Events regularly sponsored by this group include classes, conferences, lectures, workshops and study groups. The Center's primary focus, however, is research on topics such as the nature of human consciousness, its reach and power, the healing potential of consciousness, the extent of the autonomy of consciousness and the independence of physical constraints.

  Rhine Research Center
  2741 Campus Walk Ave.
  Building 500
  Durham, NC 27705
  Phone (919) 309-4600
  rhine.org