MSc Health Psychology at University of Portsmouth

Programme overview

Our full or part-time MSc Health Psychology course equips you to support patients and health professionals, and includes a work placement. With this MSc Health Psychology degree you’ll build on your health psychology knowledge to understand health and health behaviours more fully, help patients better manage their long-term illness or recovery and help healthcare professionals improve their provision. You'll gain a thorough grounding in the main areas of health psychology: practice, theory and research.

Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time | Study mode: full-time/part-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules include Applied Psychological Research Methods; Professional Research Project; Psychobiological Aspects of Health; Theories and Intervention Approaches in Health Psychology.

Career pathways

Graduate roles include This course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)., Health Psychologist trainee, Research Assistant, Others have continued into doctoral study., Office for National Statistics, King's College London, University of Portsmouth.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants should normally have or expect to obtain at least an upper second-class honours degree in Psychology or closely related subject that is recognised by The British Psychological Society as conferring Graduate Basis for Chartered membership (GBC). Applicants from other degree subjects containing a significant element of psychology, may also be considered on a case-by-case basis. Equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications will also be considered, such as previous study, employment, voluntary work and training courses, including courses and qualifications you didn't complete. English language: IELTS band 6.5 (or equivalent) with no component score below 6.0.

Domestic applicants: GBP 11,500 for the whole programme (2027/28). Full-time: £11,500 Source

International applicants: GBP 20,250 for the whole programme (2027/28). Full-time: £20,250 Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.port.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-taught/msc-health-psychology

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