University of Edinburgh, School of Health in Social Science Masters Degrees

Our innovative part-time programme offers advanced study for nurses working within an international and UK health care context.  We offer the flexibility… Read more

This innovative programme offers advanced study for nurses working within a global context to enhance practice at the local level.   You can either choose a specific pathway. Read more

This programme, developed in partnership with the NHS, combines academic teaching with clinical practice training in applied psychology for children and young people. Read more

The PhD and MSc by Research in Clinical Psychology offer the chance to work with, and be supervised by, a range of clinical academics across many areas of psychology. Read more

This programme is a two year, full-time professionally-accredited postgraduate qualification in counselling. It is an accelerated version of the well-established Master of Counselling (MCouns), which is offered over four years part-time. Read more

This programme aims to foster the development of critically reflective practitioners who are able to work in a variety of settings with a broad range of people. Read more

The programme offers advanced academic study of counselling and related practices. It aims to foster the development of critical reflection on the field by professionally qualified practitioners. Read more

The MSc by Research in Counselling Studies provides students with a comprehensive understanding of research design, data collection and data analysis for research in the field of counselling and psychotherapy. Read more

This programme is currently under review, and we anticipate changes to course structure. The anticipated changes relate to the balance between taught and research components. Read more

The MSc Mental Health in Children and Young People. Psychological Approaches (Online Learning) offers a unique perspective. Read more

This programme offers the unique perspective that children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing is influenced by developmental processes at multiple levels, from individual to sociocultural, and that our approaches to working should be informed by this dynamic, interactional system. Read more

Our Nursing Studies postgraduate students have an outstanding record of contributing to the knowledge and evidence base in nursing. Read more

The University of Edinburgh has been providing undergraduate nursing education for more than 60 years. This programme represents a new, two-year route for those who wish to become an Adult nurse but who already possess an undergraduate degree. Read more

Each year, mental health problems such as anxiety and depression will affect 1 in 4 people, including 1 in 10 children, at an anticipated global cost of $6T by 2030. Read more

The programme provides detailed coverage of all core aspects of psychology:  developmental social cognitive biological psychology individual difference It also includes conceptual and theoretical perspectives in psychology, and psychological research methods and data analysis. Read more