Understand why our healthy new years’ resolutions always fizzle out despite our good intentions. Explore how our brains and bodies process stress and how psychology could help you fight off your next cold. Discover how to assess neuropsychological function.

Explore the relationship between stress, health, and performance across diverse environments, from corporate offices to space exploration. Understand how humans adapt and thrive in high-pressure settings and maintain longevity in highly demanding occupations.

Mastering the science of blood – exploring its characteristics and disorders, and understanding how it’s transfused – impacts far beyond the laboratory. We’ve designed our MSc Haematology and Transfusion Science degree to enable you to develop an advanced theoretical understanding and the practical techniques you’ll need to apply in a research or clinical context.

What is the role of empathy in the therapeutic process? How do you deliver tailored 1-2-1 support? In what ways does compassionate mind training support practitioner wellbeing? Develop your clinical skills (including assessment, formulation, intervention design and evaluation) and knowledge of theories related to promoting psychological wellbeing. Evaluate therapeutic methods and enhance your reflective practice. You’ll complete a service-based dissertation project focused upon developing and advancing care and practice in a particular area.

Designed for qualified physiotherapists, this course gives you the opportunity to develop your knowledge and professional practice across a range of practical and theory-based modules. The course focuses heavily upon evidence-informed practice and developing a clinician’s critical thinking at masters level. 

Examine the role of psychologists in legal settings, advances in the psychological understanding of offender behaviour, and assessment and rehabilitation. You’ll critically examine the role of psychology in various forensic settings, demonstrating how theory is applied to real-life situations.

Study MSc Public Health at an institutional member of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER). You’ll develop core public health skills including epidemiology, statistics, and research methods and gain knowledge in evidence-based public health, global health economics and 21st-century health challenges. Our master’s course aligns with the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework (2016). You’ll learn minutes from Manchester city centre, home to one of the UK’s largest NHS Trusts.

MSc Health and Global Environment has been designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to engage in the planning and decision-making to improve the health of populations at a global and national level. You’ll learn to better manage social, technological and organisational change and develop a critical and analytical ability to lead the response. This programme is delivered by a course team with exceptional research experience and extensive professional connections. You’ll study in our £65 million science, engineering and environment building in a prime location minutes from Manchester city centre.

Our MSc Biomedical Science degree is taught by internationally renowned academics with track records in world-leading research and focuses on exploring personalised medicine, targeted therapies and medicine. During the course, you’ll develop your skills in our state-of-the-art Bodmer laboratories. You’ll study minutes from Manchester city centre, one of the UK’s fastest growing regions for biosciences employment.

Our MSc Midwifery is for qualified midwives and will introduce you to contemporary midwife practice, enhance your professional credibility and develop your personal confidence for career advancement. You’ll use our state-of-the-art facilities including our simulation suites which allow you to practice your skills in a safe and controlled environment. You’ll learn minutes from Manchester city centre, home to one of the UK’s largest NHS trusts.

Our MSc Drug Design and Discovery is led by highly experienced, research-focused academics and integrates classical natural products-based drug discovery methods with the exploration of molecular target-based drug discovery and molecular modelling. During the course, you’ll develop your skills in our state-of-the-art Bodmer laboratories. You’ll study minutes from Manchester city centre, one of the UK’s fastest growing regions for biosciences employment.

MSc Media Psychology is the only dedicated postgraduate course in the UK focusing on the relationships between media and psychology. The course is taught at our MediaCity campus, one of the UK’s media and digital hubs. You’ll be surrounded by media giants like the BBC and ITV, plus lots of pioneering digital businesses, providing lots of opportunities to network with media professionals.