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Public Mental Health at Queen Mary University of London - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

On this MSc, you will learn to consider the importance of cultural competence when making clinical decisions about the care and management of those suffering from poor mental health. Whether you are a clinician, policymaker, manager or activist, you will be able to examine psychiatry and mental illness through a public health and socio-cultural lens.

  • Learn about the current trends in global mental illness and their underlying drivers
  • Examine current responses to the burden of mental illness by global, national and local actors
  • Think about mental health on a global scale, with an awareness of local cultural norms
  • Develop your own research in mental health policy, mental health care systems, the socio-cultural determinants of mental illness or cultural psychiatry
What you'll study This is a collaborative programme taught by the Centre for Global Public Health, and the Centre for Psychiatry. As a student of this programme you will consider issues of mental health within the context of culture. As a mental health professional, your learning will take place within a broader public health curriculum that covers:
  • basic epidemiology and statistics
  • an understanding of health systems policy, including health financing and human resource policy
  • an introduction to the social determinants of health
  • medical anthropology
  • an understanding of research, evidence and epistemology
You will go on to study cultural and global perspectives in mental health care. Much mental health research and clinical practice in the UK is still Eurocentric in its approach and in its research findings and does not always fully consider the cultural background of the patients it seeks to help. In a globalised world, mutual understanding and respect are essential, and you will gain insights from anthropology, sociology and geography as well as psychiatry and psychology. Finally, you will complete a dissertation on a topic of your choice in the field of mental health care, mental health policy or public mental health.

Modules

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Assessment method

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How to apply

International applicants

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Entry requirements

A 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in a relevant subject such as Medicine, Nursing, the health sciences or the social sciences. Applicants with a 2:2 degree and relevant experience in the field will be considered on an individual basis. Candidates that do not currently meet the set entry requirements may also have the option to study the Graduate Diploma in Humanities and Social Sciences. Meeting the required grades on completion of this programme will provide a pathway to study MSc Public Mental Health.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

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 by clicking the apply link, or navigate here: 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

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Public Mental Health at Queen Mary University of London - UCAS