Postgraduate Opportunities at Swansea University’s School of Health and Social Care

Pursue your interests, enhance your career or take a new direction at Swansea University’s School of Health and Social Care, with a range of postgraduate qualifications designed to help you take the next step in your career, or take your academic studies further. With a flexible programme portfolio, you are sure to find the course that’s right for you.

Why study your postgraduate degree at Swansea University’s School of Health and Social Care?

Swansea University offers outstanding postgraduate opportunities in healthcare, with courses that build on our long-established links with the NHS, social services and industry. Our internationally renowned research staff are continually working to tackle the challenges facing the healthcare system, while our teaching staff are active in practice and research. Together, they have a wealth of professional experience offering an unrivalled mix of academic excellence and practical expertise.

Our Facilities

Our outstanding clinical suites prepare our students to become the next generation of healthcare professionals, and graduates who are equipped for the workplace with superb career prospects. Our state-of the-art Health and Wellbeing Academy offers support, advice and services to the public. Research is also an important element of the Academy, and it provides world class teaching and learning opportunities for its students, with the aim of maximising benefits to the wider community.

We offer a wide range of health-related postgraduate programmes at Swansea University, including:

• Advanced Practice in Health Care
• Community and Primary Health Care Practice
• Education for the Health Professions
• Enhanced Professional Midwifery Practice
• Adult Nursing
• Child Nursing
• Mental Health Nursing
• Health Care Management
• Nursing Pre-Registration
• Public Health and Health Promotion
• Social Work

For a full list of available courses visit our website.

Our Research

Swansea University is home to a number of health-focused research centres and groups, which help to refine the expertise and knowledge we pass on to students. Our research programmes include:

• Gerontology and Ageing, PhD/MPhil
• Health and Wellbeing, MSc by Research
• Health Economics, PhD/MSc by Research / MPhil
• Health Policy, PhD/MPhil
• Health Science, PhD/MPhil
• Healthcare Management, PhD/MPhil
• Mental Health, PhD/MPhil
• Nursing, PhD/MPhil
• Public Health, PhD/MPhil
• Social Work and Social Care, PhD/ MPhil

There are entry points in January, April, July, and September each year.

Scholarships

Every year, Swansea University offers a range of scholarships to support new Postgraduate students.

Location - A City by the Sea

Swansea is a city that has it all: whether you are a sports fanatic, culture vulture or outdoor adventurer, you’ll find plenty to keep you busy between lectures. Swansea University’s Singleton Park Campus is in a beautiful location alongside parkland and opposite the sweep of Swansea Bay, it is also:

• Close to Swansea city centre
• An hour from Cardiff
• Three hours from London by train

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