12 monthsProgramme duration
40,000 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Psychology
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
You will develop knowledge about the genetic and environmental causes of developmental psychopathology from pregnancy through to adulthood, the standard psychological therapies and treatments available, and research methods and statistics relevant to this field. The course will provide you with tools to understand both latest research findings and current treatments for mental health conditions across the lifespan.
Benefit from comprehensive coverage of the field exploring how biological (genetic), behavioural and cognitive processes, along with family and wider social forces, can affect development across the life course.
The course is ideal if you plan to work/are working in mental health of young people (for example, within academia, education, charities, the media and in policy development), plan to study for a PhD, or if you are looking to progress to a role in the psychological professions (such as assistant psychologist, clinical associate in psychology, mental health and well-being practitioner, clinical psychologist).
Placements are available in diverse settings, including mental health charities, within research teams and clinical services, and within the government.
Key benefits
Benefit from comprehensive coverage of the field exploring how biological (genetic), behavioural and cognitive processes, along with family and wider social forces, can affect development across the life course.
The course is ideal if you plan to work/are working in mental health of young people (for example, within academia, education, charities, the media and in policy development), plan to study for a PhD, or if you are looking to progress to a role in the psychological professions (such as assistant psychologist, clinical associate in psychology, mental health and well-being practitioner, clinical psychologist).
Placements are available in diverse settings, including mental health charities, within research teams and clinical services, and within the government.
Key benefits
- Learn how to characterise psychopathology across the life span.
- Learn how to characterise the most common mental health problems that typically onset across three life stages: childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
- Learn from contributing international clinical and research collaborators, experts within third sector organisations (e.g. charities) and experts by experience.
- Become familiar with the latest scientific results and debates surrounding the “nature and nurture” of psychological and psychopathological conditions.
- Become skilled in using state-of-the-art research methods skills, including those in behavioural and statistical genetics, and access world-renowned longitudinal data sets.
- Learn how to identify and describe behavioural traits in common disorders such as Autism and ADHD, and become familiar with main approaches in supporting those with these conditions.
- Learn from world-leading researchers and clinicians at the IoPPN, with 22 of the world’s most highly cited scientists in this field eg Louise Arseneault, Helen Fisher, Francesca Happé, Robert Plomin.
- Identify your strengths and gaps in career development and prioritize development needs.
- King’s is ranked 2nd in the world for psychology and psychiatry (US News, Best Global Universities 2023)
- High levels of student experience - The MSc achieved 84% overall satisfaction in the 2023/4 postgraduate taught experience student survey.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Psychology
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
You will develop knowledge about the genetic and environmental causes of developmental psychopathology from pregnancy through to adulthood, the standard psychological therapies and treatments available, and research methods and statistics relevant to this field. The course will provide you with tools to understand both latest research findings and current treatments for mental health conditions across the lifespan.
Benefit from comprehensive coverage of the field exploring how biological (genetic), behavioural and cognitive processes, along with family and wider social forces, can affect development across the life course.
The course is ideal if you plan to work/are working in mental health of young people (for example, within academia, education, charities, the media and in policy development), plan to study for a PhD, or if you are looking to progress to a role in the psychological professions (such as assistant psychologist, clinical associate in psychology, mental health and well-being practitioner, clinical psychologist).
Placements are available in diverse settings, including mental health charities, within research teams and clinical services, and within the government.
Key benefits
Benefit from comprehensive coverage of the field exploring how biological (genetic), behavioural and cognitive processes, along with family and wider social forces, can affect development across the life course.
The course is ideal if you plan to work/are working in mental health of young people (for example, within academia, education, charities, the media and in policy development), plan to study for a PhD, or if you are looking to progress to a role in the psychological professions (such as assistant psychologist, clinical associate in psychology, mental health and well-being practitioner, clinical psychologist).
Placements are available in diverse settings, including mental health charities, within research teams and clinical services, and within the government.
Key benefits
- Learn how to characterise psychopathology across the life span.
- Learn how to characterise the most common mental health problems that typically onset across three life stages: childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
- Learn from contributing international clinical and research collaborators, experts within third sector organisations (e.g. charities) and experts by experience.
- Become familiar with the latest scientific results and debates surrounding the “nature and nurture” of psychological and psychopathological conditions.
- Become skilled in using state-of-the-art research methods skills, including those in behavioural and statistical genetics, and access world-renowned longitudinal data sets.
- Learn how to identify and describe behavioural traits in common disorders such as Autism and ADHD, and become familiar with main approaches in supporting those with these conditions.
- Learn from world-leading researchers and clinicians at the IoPPN, with 22 of the world’s most highly cited scientists in this field eg Louise Arseneault, Helen Fisher, Francesca Happé, Robert Plomin.
- Identify your strengths and gaps in career development and prioritize development needs.
- King’s is ranked 2nd in the world for psychology and psychiatry (US News, Best Global Universities 2023)
- High levels of student experience - The MSc achieved 84% overall satisfaction in the 2023/4 postgraduate taught experience student survey.
Admission Requirements
185+
7+
3.5+
100+
69+
A high Upper second class degree (65% average) in either Psychology or related disciplines (behavioral or biological sciences) and medicine or professions allied to medicine.
1 Year
Sep
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
- Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance
Tuition fees
Domestic
16,950 GBP
International
40,000 GBP
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