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Psychology: Mental Health Sciences at Queen Mary University of London - UCAS

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2023 - 20242024 - 2025
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This course is subject to validation. You can still apply for this course while it is being approved.

Course summary

This new course for 2021 will provide you with interdisciplinary training integrating social, developmental, neuroscientific and genetic approaches to understanding psychiatric disorders and will include hands-on training in a range of advanced methods for studying the causes and consequence of mental illness.

  • Get hands-on training in cutting-edge research techniques, contemporary approaches and practical skills used by researchers
  • Conduct a twelve-month research project to develop the skills needed for further academic or applied research
  • Enhance your employment prospects progressing onto research PhDs or clinical training
Mental illness places a huge burden on individuals, their families and society more widely. This MSc Mental Health Sciences programme places special emphasis on developing key skills in experimental design and statistics as well as advanced hands-on training in many of the specialist methodologies applied to mental health research. You'll will learn about the signs and symptoms of mental illnesses and the course and treatment of different psychiatric disorders in children and adults and develop the skills required to conduct interdisciplinary, translational research in mental health. You'll also get the opportunity to learn advanced methods in mental health and conduct an in-depth research project focusing on an aspect of mental health that can be investigated from a social, neuroscientific or genetic perspective in healthy populations or animal models.

Modules

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Assessment method

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How to apply

International applicants

Please see: www.qmul.ac.uk/international-students

Entry requirements

2.2 in a UK Bachelor's degree or overseas equivalent.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Additional fee information

Students enrolling on a postgraduate degree programme are charged tuition fees each year by Queen Mary. The rate you will be charged depends on whether you are assessed as a Home/EU or Overseas student. You can find tuition fees for each course on the course finder pages on our website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/ Further details about postgraduate taught tuition fees can also be found on our website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/tuitionfees/

Sponsorship information

Please see: www.qmul.ac.uk/scholarships

Psychology: Mental Health Sciences at Queen Mary University of London - UCAS