master’s degrees in the humanities or social sciences in any field of health

This system allows researchers to undertake master’s degrees in the humanities or social sciences in any field of health.

Career stage:
Funding level:

Scholarship allowance and expenses covered

Duration of financing:

1 an

Key dates

See individual programs for dates (in the “How to Apply” section on this page).

Eligibility and relevance

Who can apply

You can apply to one of the master’s programs we fund if you want to develop research skills in the humanities or social sciences and train in a health field. 

You can apply before you graduate, but you must have graduated (or equivalent) before receiving the award.

To learn more about eligibility, visit the websites of the programs we have funded (see the “How to Apply” section on this page).

Who cannot apply

You may not request to conduct activities involving the transfer of grant funds to mainland China.

What we offer

A master’s scholarship is for one year. Support includes:

medjouel.com informs you that You will receive an allowance based on our scholarship allowance scale:

  • £16,000 if based outside London
  • £18,000 if you are based in London

We generally provide funds at the level charged to UK/EU students, rather than at the overseas student rate (with the exception of applicants from   low- and middle-income countries  ).

How to register

Please do not apply to Wellcome. Instead, you must apply directly to one of the programs below that we have funded:

Birkbeck, University of London

MA Medical Humanities: Bodies, Cultures and Ideas

University of Bristol

LLM in Health, Law and Society

MSc in Ethics and Health Law

University of Cambridge

MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society

King’s College London

MSc in Global Health

La London School of Economics and Political Science

MSc in Health and International Development 

La London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

MSc in Public Health   (Human and Social Sciences track)

University of Manchester

MSc History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Newcastle University

MA in History of Medicine 

University of Southampton

MSc in Global Health

University of Strathclyde

MSc in Health History

University of Warwick

MA in History of Medicine 

York University

MA in Medical History and Humanities

Contact

If you have a question, contact the relevant university program.

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