Continued Placement This is one of the only BPS-accredited courses to offer a 16-week work placement. You’ll be allocated a placement within an academic, public health or health-related setting. During this, you’ll work on a piece of research that addresses an actual challenge. This will allow you to use real-world evidence and experience alongside your knowledge of health psychology theories, models and approaches. Your placement will take place during the summer (typically May to August). You’ll be paired with a placement supervisor and a dissertation supervisor - the latter will be a member of our health psychology team – to ensure you are supported throughout. In addition to gaining invaluable employment experience, you’ll improve your understanding of how health psychology can be applied in different contexts. As with all of our placement opportunities, these change from year to year, and we cannot guarantee specific roles or locations. If you have any specific questions on the placement that forms part of this course, please reach out to the relevant placement officer . Placements are unpaid. You can find information about budgeting and financial support in the fees and funding section of this page . You’ll be taught and assessed by a variety of methods and it will vary between units. These methods are designed to promote in-depth learning and understanding of the subject. These lists are to give you an idea of some, but not all, of the learning and assessment methods used on this course. They are not exhaustive lists and methods are subject to change.
You will normally need one of the following:
You will need to get your English language qualification within 24 months prior to starting your course.
If you need to improve your English language skills before starting your studies, you may be able to take a pre-sessional course to reach the required level.
You should have a Bachelor degree or Fachhochschuldiplom/Diplom (FH) with a final result of at least Befriedigend. You should have also achieved a good mark in your dissertation.
To apply for this course you should have an undergraduate degree in psychology. The degree should be recognised by the British Psychological Society as providing Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC). If you have gained your degree from an institution outside of the UK, before you apply to study we would encourage you to look at the eligibility criteria and application process for obtaining graduate membership and GBC with the British Psychological Society.
We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree.
In your application, you will need to provide a maximum 500 word personal statement which should:
(a) show a clear understanding of health psychology as a subject, why you are interested in studying on this particular course and what skills and interests you hope to develop over the duration of the course.
(b) outline your research experience to date. This could include key research related assignments that you have completed such as your undergraduate dissertation project, or any research posts you have held. Please explain the skills and knowledge you have gained from your research experience that you would bring to the MSc Health Psychology programme.
(c) describe any other practical experience that you have which you feel is relevant to the field of health psychology and what you have learned from this experience.
You will normally need one of the following:
You will need to get your English language qualification within 24 months prior to starting your course.
If you need to improve your English language skills before starting your studies, you may be able to take a pre-sessional course to reach the required level.