Mental health courses
Ignite curiosity, promote awareness and debate preconceptions about mental health.
Our mental health programmes are designed to help you develop an understanding of the biological, psychological and sociological effects that shape our mental health.
Study with us and you'll develop the skills and knowledge necessary to work with people in healthcare, education, and social settings, using evidence to inform your practice. Our teaching and research staff bring expertise from mental health nursing, psychology, psychiatry, education, law, and social policy to their teaching and supervision.
Postgraduate courses
- MNurs Nursing (Mental Health)
- MSc Nursing (Mental Health)
- MSc Mental Health Research
- MSc Mental Health and Wellbeing in Education
- MSc Psychology of Mental Health
- MSc Neuroscience of Mental Health
Undergraduate courses
Watch a recording of a session that staff from our departments of Education, Health Sciences and Psychology, and Hull York Medical School ran to provide more information about our postgraduate mental health courses.
1st in the Russell Group
for 'Assessment and Feedback' of universities included in the National Student Survey 2024 for mental health nursing
1st in the Russell Group for 'Organisation and Management'
of universities included in the National Student Survey 2024 for psychology (non-specific)
World Top 100
The Department of Education is ranked =60th in the World (QS World Rankings by Subject, 2024)
Join our community
Our mental health programmes are delivered across a various departments, including:
- The Department of Education
- The Department of Health Sciences
- Hull York Medical School
- The Department of Psychology
When you start studying one of our mental health programmes you'll be able to join our student community of practice. We meet regularly throughout the year, providing an opportunity for you to network with staff and students from other disciplines and external partners, and share your thoughts and experiences.
For more details, please contact rose.havelock@york.ac.uk.
Get a taste of studying mental health
Join our free online course to get a feel for what studying mental health at university is really like.
This three-week course will introduce you to key principles and practices of behavioural activation. You will explore how this approach has been shown to be successful in reducing levels of depression in a wide range of people in a wide variety of situations.