Overview
The Health Humanities MPhil/PhD programme from University College London (UCL) offers individual research supervision from world-leading researchers and a commitment to individual attention for all students. Close to the British Library and the Wellcome Library, UCL Health Humanities Centre offers unique opportunities for graduate students.
The UCL Health Humanities Centre conducts world-leading interdisciplinary research on health and illness from the arts, humanities and social and historical disciplines. It benefits from UCL’s strengths in biomedicine.
We offer individual research supervision from world-leading researchers and a commitment to individual attention for all students. Close to the British Library and the Wellcome Library, UCL Health Humanities Centre offers unique opportunities for graduate students.
Career:
A PhD in Health Humanities provides the basis for academic careers in the health and medical humanities, as well as in a broad spectrum of more specialised disciplines, including bioethics, the philosophy of medicine, history of medicine, medical sociology or medical anthropology. It is also a suitable preparation for careers in science and medical journalism, bioethics, healthcare policy, NGOs, museum and heritage, among others.
Programme Structure
Research Areas:
- Interdisciplinary health humanities
- History of medicine and the psychological disciplines
- Empirical bioethics
- Public health ethics
- Philosophy of medicine
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
- Research degrees may start at any time of the year, but typically start in September.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
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Disciplines
Health Sciences Liberal Arts View 278 other PhDs in Health Sciences in United KingdomAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A minimum of an upper second-class UK Bachelor's degree or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.
Tuition Fee
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International
26200 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 26200 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
5860 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 5860 GBP per year during 36 months.
Part time fees:
- UK: £2,930
- Overseas: £13,100
Living costs for London
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