Health Psychology University of Galway

Overview

The  Health Psychology programme at University of Galway is designed for individuals with a strong first degree in Psychology who wish to develop the knowledge, skills and expertise to progress to a range of career options where Psychology is applied to health. 

The MSc (Health Psychology) is a one-year full-time or two-year part-time programme of academic study in the discipline of health psychology.  

Health Psychology is concerned with the application of psychological theory, research, and practice to the promotion and maintenance of health; the identification and amelioration of psychological factors contributing to physical illness and the improvement of the health care system and formulation of health policy. 

The overall aims of the Programme are: 

• To equip graduates with a comprehensive knowledge base in health psychology, at postgraduate level
• To train students to conduct high quality research in the area of health psychology
• To train students in a wide range of transferrable skills, including communication skills, group work, evidence synthesis, critical review, and professional and ethical conduct. 
• To prepare students to undertake future professional training in health psychology and other areas of psychology, such as clinical psychology. 

Careers

Our graduates enter a wide range of jobs and future training opportunities.  

Some decide to pursue a career in research. Our course is widely regarded as providing excellent training in research methods and practice, and our graduates are highly sought after for research positions and opportunities. Graduates have gone on to further research at PhD level and have acquired positions as lecturers and researchers in third level institutions, and leading behavioural scientists in health policy sectors. 

Others are more interested in applied options and may progress to further training, such as the Structured PhD in Health Psychology Practice, Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology.