Our MSc in Health Psychology is designed for students interested in a career in health psychology and has been accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS). On successful completion of a BPS-accredited MSc in Health Psychology, students who hold BPS Graduate Basis for Chartership can continue to Stage 2 training to become Chartered Psychologists with the BPS and to become registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as Registered Health Psychologists. You will learn from staff at the Manchester Centre for Health Psychology , covering topics such as: key theories in health psychology and how to apply them, current approaches to changing health-related behaviour at individual, population and regulatory levels, the interaction between psychological processes (cognitions, emotions, behaviour) and disease and illness, the ways in which social-cultural factors contribute to health, advanced research methods and analysis techniques in both quantitative and qualitative research, the role and scope of health psychology within academic and healthcare settings. You will also have the opportunity to attend seminars and a research conference showcasing new health psychology research at Manchester and have the opportunity to complete a work placement.