Health Humanities and Arts MScR
Awards: MScR
Study modes: Full-time, Part-time
Funding opportunities
Programme website: Health Humanities and Arts
Who this programme is for
This full-time and part-time campus-based programme is designed for professionals and recent graduates in humanities, medical, health, social care and policy fields as well as staff in the voluntary sector and creative practitioners.
About our programme
The programme offers a unique perspective within the embryonic interdisciplinary field of health humanities.
You will have the opportunity to undertake a programme that brings arts and humanities knowledge and practices to bear upon health and wellbeing in relation to, for example:
- patient empowerment
- self-reflection in health professionals and policymakers
- the impact upon bodily markers of health
You will explore how performing and fine arts, film, literature and other art forms offer creative and intellectually stimulating ways of (re)conceptualising and (re)presenting health, illness and disability, and are especially good at enriching knowledge of individual and community experiences of health and illness while also challenging structural issues in society.
Innovative, experiential and collaborative approaches will encourage ‘hands-on’ learning, acknowledging and encouraging the expression of personal experiences in the co-construction of Health Humanities and Arts knowledge.
Programme content
Primarily campus-based, you will be able to attend a limited number of online learning courses subject to availability.
The content of the programme will include:
- a core course on Humanities and Arts-Informed Research Methods in the Social Sciences
- a range of related existing courses within the School and University
- a dissertation in which students will have scope to develop creative, humanities or arts-inflected research and collaborative approaches to matters of health and well-being
You will also form part of the University of Edinburgh’s new cutting-edge research Centre for Creative-Relational Inquiry, which brings together a dynamic interdisciplinary network of researchers and practitioners.
The programme comprises:
- one compulsory course (20 credits)
- a dissertation (80 credits)
- 80 credits from a wide range of options
Under the guidance of the Programme Director and your supervisor, you will have the freedom to design your own programme by selecting available option courses from across the University of Edinburgh.
Your choices will be based on your particular expertise, research interests and career prospects.
Find out more about compulsory and optional courses
We link to the latest information available. Please note that this may be for a previous academic year and should be considered indicative.
| Award | Title | Duration | Study mode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MScR | 1 Year | Full-time | Programme structure 2022/23 | |
| MScR | 2 Years | Part-time | Programme structure 2022/23 |
The programme will equip you with knowledge and understanding of:
- theoretical understandings of health and well-being
- approaches linking the creative and the artistic with health and well-being
- debates about research and research evidence in the field of social science research
- transferable interpersonal, conceptual and analytical skills, including critical thinking, self-evaluation and research
Graduates can use this programme’s training and experience to enhance their career in a related profession such as health care, social work, nursing or education.
Increasingly, employers are seeking masters qualifications from applicants for practitioner and management roles and graduates are well positioned for these opportunities.
A wide range of career opportunities and specialities are open to graduates of the MSc Health Humanities & Arts including:
- health policy
- health management
- science and medical journalism
- bioethics
- medical sociology
- medical anthropology
- health advocacy
- art history
- heritage
These entry requirements are for the 2022/23 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2023/24 academic year will be published on 3 October 2022.
A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent.
If you do not meet the academic entry requirements, we may still consider your application if you have relevant work experience and submit a Personal Statement demonstrating a high level of motivation, and indicating why you wish to take this particular study route.
International qualifications
Check whether your international qualifications meet our general entry requirements:
English language requirements
You must demonstrate a level of English language competency at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies, regardless of your nationality or country of residence.
English language tests
We accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified*:
- IELTS Academic: total 7.0 with at least 6.5 in each component.
- TOEFL-iBT (including Home Edition): total 100 with at least 23 in each component. We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.
- C1 Advanced (CAE) / C2 Proficiency (CPE): total 185 with at least 176 in each component.
- Trinity ISE: ISE III with passes in all four components.
- PTE Academic: total 70 with at least 62 in each component.
Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.
(*Revised 17 November 2021 to add accepted PTE Academic qualifications.)
Degrees taught and assessed in English
We also accept an undergraduate or postgraduate degree that has been taught and assessed in English in a majority English speaking country, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration:
We also accept a degree that has been taught and assessed in English from a university on our list of approved universities in non-majority English speaking countries.
If you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, then your degree must be no more than three and a half years old at the beginning of your programme of study.
Find out more about our language requirements:
| Award | Title | Duration | Study mode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MScR | 1 Year | Full-time | Tuition fees | |
| MScR | 2 Years | Part-time | Tuition fees |
UK government postgraduate loans
If you live in the UK, you may be able to apply for a postgraduate loan from one of the UK’s governments.
The type and amount of financial support you are eligible for will depend on:
- your programme
- the duration of your studies
- your tuition fee status
Programmes studied on a part-time intermittent basis are not eligible.
Other funding opportunities
Search for scholarships and funding opportunities:
- Postgraduate Research Admissions Administrator
- Phone: +44 (0)131 651 5144
- Contact: PGRAdmissions.Health@ed.ac.uk
- The University of Edinburgh
- School of Health in Social Science
- Medical School, Teviot Place
- Central Campus
- Edinburgh
- EH8 9AG
- Programme: Health Humanities and Arts
- School: Health in Social Science
- College: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Applying
Select your programme and preferred start date to begin your application.
MSc by Research Health Humanities and Arts - 1 Year (Full-time)
MSc by Research Health Humanities and Arts - 2 Years (Part-time)
The School of Health in Social Science operates a gathered field approach to PGR applications - this means that all complete applications which satisfy our minimum entry requirements will be held until the nearest deadline and an admissions panel will meet to consider all applications received together after that date.
The application deadlines and dates for decision are listed in the table below. In order to ensure full consideration of your application we ask that you submit your complete application including all supporting documentation by these dates.
More information about what will be considered a complete application and how to apply can be found on our School website:
| Application deadlines | Places awarded* |
|---|---|
| 1 | 22 November | mid-January |
| 2 | 21 March | mid-May |
| 3 | 13 June | late July |
You must submit two references with your application.
Before applying please ensure that you have read and followed the guidance for application to postgraduate research programmes with the School of Health in Social Science.
Find out more about the general application process for postgraduate programmes:
Further information
- Postgraduate Research Admissions Administrator
- Phone: +44 (0)131 651 5144
- Contact: PGRAdmissions.Health@ed.ac.uk
- The University of Edinburgh
- School of Health in Social Science
- Medical School, Teviot Place
- Central Campus
- Edinburgh
- EH8 9AG
- Programme: Health Humanities and Arts
- School: Health in Social Science
- College: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences