Health Psychology MSc – funding options available

Health Psychology MSc

This course is for students who want to study how psychology helps us understand health-related behaviours, and how it can have a positive impact on wellbeing. It forms stage one of the training you need to become a chartered psychologist member of the Division of Health Psychology within the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Why choose this course?

• Benefit from the development of a strong sense of personal responsibility and professionalism that will enable you to practise or conduct research within ethical guidelines
• Study important topics facing society such as obesity, lifestyle and stress
• Study in our modern STEM building, complete with the latest specialised equipment

Careers

As a chartered psychologist and registered health psychologist, your career options include:

• working for the government (advising on policy making, effective interventions and advertising strategies)
• research (preventing illnesses, especially coronary heart disease and cancer
• and patient/practitioner communication and teaching

Graduates also work in the NHS on preparing for surgery and psychological methods to manage stress, pain or terminal illness.

Why study STEM at Beds?

• Many of our courses are accredited by professional bodies, which gives you a career advantage from day one.
• We’re continuously investing and developing social and learning spaces to ensure that we’re providing the best facilities to support you throughout your studies including our purpose-built, four storey STEM building, opened in 2019.
• You get the best of all worlds with our campus locations in culturally diverse towns with a long history and strong sense of community, big enough to offer a tempting choice of shops, sports and entertainments.
• Want a bit of the big-city buzz at an affordable cost? Well, London is just a short train journey from Luton and Bedford. Our Luton campus is also conveniently located close to Luton Airport, where you can take advantage of cheap international flights to many destinations in Europe and beyond!

Discover more about this course and funding options available