Find out about the Wolfson Institute and what our specialist mental health and psychology related degrees can offer you
Most of your teaching will be delivered by academic staff from the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health, one of five centres within the world-famous Wolfson Institute of Population Health (WIPH), and a world leader in research on cultural, social and environmental aspects of public mental health research, as well as health services research to improve the care of patients. The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry’s research outputs and research impact performance were assessed as internationally excellent in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. Research staff from WIPH were returned in Clinical Medicine (UoA1) and Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care (UoA2).
Teaching is largely based at our Whitechapel campus in the East End of London, the main home for our medicine and dentistry students and next to The Royal London Hospital. Here you'll find a range of facilities including study spaces, students' union, library, cafes and restaurants, and some of our accommodation for medical and dental students.
As part of Queen Mary University of London's Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, you’ll benefit from our fantastic locations in both east and central London, which mean that you will develop your clinical skills and knowledge within a diverse local community.
We’re proud to work closely with linked NHS hospital trusts including Barts Health, Homerton, Newham, Whipps Cross and Queens’ (Romford).
At the Institute, we bring research, teaching and practice together, to create an exceptionally wide-ranging, inspiring clinical environment in which you’ll study.
You can also study a number of programmes online with access to our online portal with video and audio recordings of all lectures and other online resources including journals, books and databases. You’ll participate in online group tutorials for role play and interactive discussion. You will also be able to access our campus facilities if you decide to visit at any point during your programme.
This is an innovative and unique MSc jointly run by the Centre for Psychiatry and the Department of Drama at Queen Mary, which offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of mental health and creative arts, with a particular focus on theatre and performance.
We aim to develop best practice for more effective collaborations among arts practitioners, healthcare practitioners and patients to best serve the interests of all within the mental health and social care systems.
You will learn about the application of creative arts to research, practice, education, advocacy and activism in mental health, and study the ways in which mental health experiences are represented in the arts and popular culture. You’ll also have the opportunity to develop your own area of experience through optional placements, arts practice and research.
The teaching for this programme is based at our Mile End campus in east London, which is home to the School of English and Drama.
Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), this MSc will help you develop the skills you’ll need to work safely, ethically and effectively with offenders who pose a risk to others.
You will gain an understanding of forensic psychology and mental health care through teaching by experts at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health and the East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT), a recognised centre of excellence providing forensic care to a complex and diverse population.
During your placement you will apply this learning in a forensic setting, working as part of a multidisciplinary team and in partnership with other organisations, such as those in the criminal justice system, probation services and local authorities.
We offer you a distinctive psychosocial focus, a key component of current Ministry of Justice and Department of Health policy. This approach helps you to reflect on your own experiences and practice in a way that develops your skills as a clinician, researcher or leader, as well as providing a framework for safe and therapeutic work with offenders.
Our MSc and postgraduate diploma programmes will give you a sophisticated understanding of the impact of socio-cultural factors in mental health, mental illness and mental health care, with a specific focus on the role of culture in the diagnosis of mental illness and in the delivery of different psychological and psychiatric therapeutic approaches. You’ll understand the cultural contexts of mental health problems, learn about the innovative ways care is delivered cross-culturally and gain experience of working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
You’ll organise and complete a supervised placement with a mental health service or organisation that provides support to a diverse range of people (e.g. the NHS, a third sector organisation or a global mental health and development agency).
You can choose to study these programmes on campus or online as a full-time or part-time student to enable you to fit study around your other commitments. For the postgraduate diploma, you will undertake six taught modules, and for the MSc, you will also complete a 10,000-15,000 word dissertation.
The MRes programme is aimed at students who want to progress to further doctoral research training through the ESRC-funded London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP) and provides an excellent preparation for a career in research and clinical practice.
It will provide you with an understanding of the impact of socio-cultural factors on mental health, illness and healthcare, and help you gain the expertise to assess mental health problems, understand their origins and how to help recovery.
You will also learn about qualitative and quantitative research methods in social sciences, undertake an original research project and develop your written and oral communication skills.
You will complete four compulsory modules and a 10,000-15,000 word dissertation.These programmes do not equip you to be registered as a psychotherapist in the UK; you would need additional advanced training to do so. However, they do prepare you for such training.
On this programme, you will critically examine different approaches to understanding mental disorders. You’ll gain an understanding of different therapies, assess which might work for different types of disorder, and develop confidence in their use.
You’ll learn about psychological therapies including individual cognitive behavioural therapies, cognitive analytic therapies, psychodynamic therapies, as well as group and family therapies.
Your placement will give you experience of supervised practice and develop your ability to work with emotional, behavioural and psychological distress.
You’ll also develop your research skills and complete a research project.
You can choose to study these programmes on campus or online as a full-time or part-time student to enable you to fit study around your other commitments.
For the postgraduate diploma, you will complete two compulsory modules. For the MSc, you will undertake an additional module and a supervised 10,000-15,000 word dissertation.
This MSc is an academic programme and does not lead to clinical accreditation.
You will complete four compulsory modules and a 10,000-15,000 word dissertation.
This programme is jointly taught by experts in global public health, and mental health. This means that you benefit from specialist expertise across multiple disciplines and will be taught by practitioners and academics with substantial experience in their fields.
You will have the opportunity to consider mental health issues within the wider context of global public health and culture.
You will study five modules covering key topics in global public health and mental health.
You will also complete a 10,000 word dissertation.
The programme combines training in the central principles of the economic analysis of mental health data, together with the key evidence bases for current mental health treatments and their clinical applications across contexts and cultures.
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