Why study Mental Health and Wellbeing?

Our MSc Mental Health and Wellbeing allows you to study mental health in a non-clinical capacity and provides you with the knowledge to work in a variety of roles in statutory and non- statutory, educational, health and social care environments.

It will give you the opportunity to progress onto more in-depth study of mental health and wellbeing at postgraduate level, to enable you to help support and address the mental health and wellbeing needs of society. The course will be delivered by a mix of inter-professional academics which will ensure a range of perspectives is covered, to provide variety and also to utilise as many areas of expertise as possible in order to deliver a unique learning experience.

The course will develop your skills so you can progress onto careers in areas such as postgraduate entry healthcare, mental health support, social prescribing, public health, health and mainstream education, campaigning and policy development, health-related charity work and increasingly, private sector organisations who are commissioned to improve particular aspects of health and wellbeing. You can also progress onto further specialist study or research, PhD study opportunities are available at Canterbury Christ Church University. The MSc Mental Health and Wellbeing adopts a strong ethos of widening participation, facilitating the engagement of a diverse profile of postgraduates within the health and wellbeing sector.