MSc Clinical and Health Psychology at University of Liverpool

Programme overview

Discover the MSc Clinical and Health Psychology programme, designed to provide an advanced understanding of mental and physical health and wellbeing. Located in vibrant Liverpool City Centre, this course uniquely blends cutting edge academic expertise with the latest clinical insights from experienced practitioners, enabling you to pursue a career in clinical or health psychology. The MSc Clinical and Health Psychology course offers a unique curriculum, combining expert academics with cutting edge research, practitioner guest speakers, and those with lived experience to provide advanced knowledge in the research, theory and practice of Clinical and Health psychology.

Faculty: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences | Duration: 1 year full-time | Study mode: full-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Each of the first two semesters include 2 x 20 credit discipline specific modules which focus on the key principles, theories, interventions, and debates within Clinical and Health psychology and how they are applied in practice. There are also 2 x 20 credit modules in Research Methods and Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis Techniques in Semester 1 and Semester 2. Compulsory modules in semester one include Advanced Research Methods in Clinical and Health Psychology, Professional Issues and Careers in Clinical and Health Psychology, Fundamentals of Applied Clinical and Health Psychology.

Career pathways

The MSc Clinical and Health Psychology is ideal for students wishing to pursue a career in clinical or health psychology either as practitioners (following further postgraduate study) or as researchers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

We accept a 2:1 Psychology honours degree from a UK university (or an equivalent academic qualification from a similar non-UK institution) with at least 65% in all research methods modules and all statistics modules. This degree should confer Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) status with the British Psychological Society (BPS). Prior clinical and health psychology experience is not essential.; English language: IELTS 7.0 overall, with no component below 6.5

Domestic applicants: GBP 13,500 a year (2027/28). full-time Source

International applicants: GBP 33,000 a year (2027/28). full-time Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time

Apply through the official page: https://theuniversityofliverpool.my.site.com/

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