MSc in Medical Sociology An Introduction

The degree programme will be offered again in September 2010. Applicants can apply now for entry in September 2010.

Housed within the Department of Health and Social Care, set in 120 acres of parkland and a mere 19 miles (35 minutes) from central London, Royal Holloway's graduate programme in Medical Sociology houses an internationally known team of scholars devoted to cutting-edge research and intensive, personalized teaching and supervision.

From its beginnings in 1969 as the United Kingdom's first research and training programme in medical sociology, and a template for other university programs, Royal Holloway's MSc in Medical Sociology has trained some of the finest medical sociologists currently working within academia and health services delivery and research. From the experience of illness to the structure of health inequalities, the scholarship - and scholars - produced here have shaped medical sociology the world over.

Now in its fourth decade, this one-year full time (2-year part-time) programme provides students with full training in social research methods and an in-depth understanding of social aspects of medicine, health, health care organizations, and the body.