Overview

The Psychiatric Research into mental health disorders combines expertise from a vast number of areas, so students join us from psychology, neuroscience, pharmacology, medicine and more.

At King’s College London, our experts will give you a unique insight into the complex world of mental health. Many of the teaching team are active researchers uncovering the causes of disorders and finding treatments, others work in clinical settings with patients.

Key benefits

Learn from our vast expertise and experience with small class sizes

Complete a clinical placement working with young people, inpatients, people with personality disorders or other groups affected by mental health issues

Develop research skills, apply them to your dissertation and join one of the IoPPN research teams

Study surrounded by the expertise and facilities of the Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, MRC Social & Genetic Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Maurice Wohl Neuroscience Centre, and the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre

Career prospects

Some graduates work in clinical care or secure psychologist posts, while others work in academic research. In fact, a number of current IoPPN staff and PhD students are graduates from this MSc.

Throughout the course, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from King’s graduates and PhD students to find out what career path they decided to take and what their day-to-day responsibilities involve.

Whatever you decide to do next, we’re here to give you the support you need – whether that’s help writing your CV or guidance completing a PhD/DClinPsy applications.

Programme Structure

Courses Include:

Research Methods, Ethics & Statistics in Mental Health

Biological Psychiatry

Therapeutic Research in Psychiatry

Prediction Modelling

Horizons in Psychiatric Research

Research Dissertation

Research Methods, Ethics & Statistics in Mental Health

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-25 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-25 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Psychology Health Sciences Cognitive Science View 932 other Masters in Health Sciences in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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General requirements

Bachelor’s degree with 2:1 honours in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, neuroscience, pharmacology, social science or health science); or a registrable qualification appropriate to the programme in medicine; or a professional mental health qualification. A 2:2 degree will be considered only where applicants also offer a Masters with Merit in a related subject.

A personal statement of up to 4,000 characters (maximum 2 pages) is required.

A copy (or copies) of your official academic transcript(s), showing the subjects studied and marks obtained.

Two references are required with at least one academic.

Applicants may wish to include a CV (Resume).

Tuition Fees

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40000 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

16950 GBP / year

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Additional Details

Part time UK: MSc £8,475 per year

Part time International: MSc £20,000 per year

Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

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Funding

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