Overview

This Master of Science in International Addiction Studies (IPAS) course at King's College London provides unique opportunities to study addiction in its broadest sense and examine key issues from an international perspective.

Key benefits

A unique programme that focuses on the similar international trends in policy, global epidemiology of substance-related morbidity and mortality, and evidence-based treatment and prevention practices.
Exclusive online access to lectures produced exclusively for the course by International experts in the addictions field.
Course members are considered students of all three universities concurrently with access to all online resources available from each of the partners.
You will receive personalised support from our dedicated module leaders throughout the course.
Course graduates will receive a triple-badge diploma jointly conferred by the three teaching institutions.

Career prospects

Graduates from this programme have taken leadership roles in clinical settings, working as drug workers, substance misuse nurse specialists, psychologists, addiction psychiatrists and managers of addiction services.

Our graduates have also taken policy positions in national and international organisations, while others have undertaken further academic research and gone on to complete a PhD or a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.

Programme Structure

Courses Include:

Addiction Policy

Biological Basis of Addiction

Public Health Issues & Approaches to Addiction

Treatment of Addiction: Critical Issues

Treatment of Addiction: Pharmacotherapies

Treatment of Addiction: Psychosocial Interventions

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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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

PgCert: 60 credits

PgDip: 120 credits

MSc: 180 credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Psychology International Development Clinical Psychology View 159 other Masters in Psychology in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Students from outside the US must have qualified for an honours degree (level 2A or 1) or professional bachelor degree in an appropriate field of study at a recognised tertiary institution, or have a bachelor’s degree plus at least five years’ related professional work experience. US students should have completed a 4-year bachelor's degree in an appropriate field of study.

Students must have a high level of proficiency in English, demonstrated by completion of a university qualification study in the English language, or by meeting one of the following English language requirements: an IELTS score of 7.0, a TOEFL score of 600 (paper based) or 250 (computer based).

Students must have good academic references

Students must have access to reliable internet and be computer literate

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

32400 USD / year

≈ 32400 USD / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

32400 USD / year

≈ 32400 USD / year

Additional Details

Part time:

MSc: USD $14,000 (first year) / USD $18,000 (2nd year)
PG Certificate: USD $10,800
PG Diploma: USD $21,600

Funding

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