MSc Health Psychology at University of Manchester

Understand why people find changing behaviour difficult, how people live with illness, and what we can do to help with chronic illness. Learn about how psychology can be applied to health. Upon completion, thisBPS-accredited Stage 1 course enables you to start Stage 2 training as a health psychologist.

Faculty: Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health  |  Duration: FT 12 months, PT 24 months  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Full-time students will take four 15-credit taught units in each of Semester 1 and Semester 2. These will be taught using blended learning. Compulsory units include Critical, creative and comprehensive research methodologies, Dissertation, Psychology in Clinical Practice 1, Critical, creative and comprehensive research analyses, Mind and Body, Health and Society.

Career pathways

The MSc in Health Psychology provides the knowledge and skills needed to start Stage 2 in Health Psychology training. The strong grounding we provide in research and analytic methods is valuable to those wishing to progress onto a research career, a PhD, or training programmes where research skills are emphasised.

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