The two-year MPhil course offers coordinated training in both social and biological anthropological approaches to health and illness, emphasizing on methods. It provides the necessary basis for future anthropological research and an excellent cross-cultural grounding for those aiming to pursue a career in anthropology, global health or other health-related fields. During the first year of the MPhil students would follow the same course of instruction as MSc students through to the June examinations, which serve as qualifying (rather than final) exams for MPhil students to progress to the second year.