Mental Health and Psychology
Why study mental health and psychology
Our academic staff are actively engaged in world-leading mental health research that has a real impact on people's health and wellbeing. Join us and benefit from research-informed teaching, led by experts and clinical practitioners, which means that you graduate with the skills, knowledge and experience to grow your career in the mental health sector.
Our specialist programmes will deepen your understanding of key topics, enhance your skills and help you start or develop your career in the mental health sector in the UK or worldwide.
- Study in person at our London campus or study flexibly at a time and pace that best fits your home and work commitments with our online programmes
- Begin or further deepen your understanding of specialist mental health topics
- Receive expert tuition from our world-leading team of research and clinically active lecturers
- Choose to start your studies in January (selected programmes only) or September
Top 100in the world for Life Sciences & Medicine
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026
We are a member of the Russell Group of leading UK universities
8thin the world for research citations in medicine
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026
Inspiring study options
Choose from a range of masters and postgraduate diplomas available to study in London or online:
I think I definitely have more than the foundation laid out for my future career in mental health and I really am looking forward to working especially in mental health clinics and psychiatric hospitals in my home country to try and better the mental health system there because it is quite bad at the moment.— Amelia Gronwald, MSc Mental Health: Psychological Therapies
More reasons to study at Queen Mary
Queen Mary University of London is where previously unthinkable ideas are applied to the challenges facing the real world. We do this by being the most inclusive university of its kind, anywhere.
- We are one of 24 leading UK universities represented by the Russell Group.
- According to the Graduates Outcomes Survey 2021, 90 per cent of postgraduate and PhD graduates are in employment or further study within six months of graduating.
- We are the most inclusive Russell Group University, and runner-up for UK University of the Year (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021).
- At Queen Mary, you get the safety and security of campus life, while living in one of the most exciting parts of London.