Psychology: Health and Medical Psychology

The programme is taught through lectures, seminars, research projects and your thesis. Every year, as part of the course 'Health Promotion and Disease Prevention' students organise the Healthy Faculty Days. Here they develop and implement an health intervention programme for staff and students at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

We offer a very diverse programme that takes you through all the indispensable elements of Health and Medical Psychology.
The major aim of the Health and Medical Psychology specialisation is to provide you with the theoretical background and professional skills required for health and medical psychology research and interventions. Health and Medical Psychology looks at how health, illness, and recovery are affected by biopsychosocial factors, such as physiological stress system responsiveness, cognitions, emotions, and behaviours, and social bonds.