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• For the Certificate and MA, bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• For DMH, a master’s degree in medicine, medically related field or in the humanities from an accredited institution
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Medical & Health Humanities

Humanizing medicine and care by fostering moral practices and institutions is the mission of the low-residency Medical & Health Humanities program at Drew University. Created almost three decades ago, our certificate, master’s and professional doctorate were a first of its kind and continue to innovate and serve local, national, and internationally based care contexts. These degrees meet the growing need for advanced training in health humanities, care ethics, health policy, contemplative care, and narrative medicine. Robustly interdisciplinary, the program encourages explorations of issues and concerns that give expression to the human being as an entangled being, part of complex moral, natural, and socio-political ecologies that impact our health and well-being.

The curriculum integrates academic inquiry and professional experience to prepare students for careers throughout the healthcare industry, community care settings and beyond. Professionals serve as clinical or public health ethics consultants, moral case facilitators, policymakers, applied and humanities researchers, administrators, leaders of initiatives that foster health and well-being, or work as care professionals in education, health care and social care settings.

Program Requirements

Certificate in medical humanities (15 credits).

Requires the completion of five courses. Four of the courses (Medical and Health Humanities Seminar, Medical Humanities Practicum, Biomedical Ethics, and Introduction to Narrative Medicine) are mandatory. The remaining course may be taken as an elective.

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Master of Arts in Medical Humanities, Health & Society (30 credits)

Requires the completion of nine courses plus thesis, or if on the non-thesis track, a total of eleven courses. Five courses are required. The remaining courses are taken as seminar electives.

Doctor of Medical & Health Humanities (45 credits)

Requires the completion of twelve courses. Seven courses are required. The remaining five courses are taken as seminar electives. All Doctor of Medical and Health Humanities students must prepare and successfully defend a nine-credit doctoral dissertation of 150-220 pages.

Flexible, Low-Residency Program

Our unique low-residency program, accredited by Middle States, consists of on-campus and fully online course options, allowing a diverse group of students to be on our Madison campus once or twice a year, and attend all coursework remotely via video conference during synchronous sessions, fostering a sense of exchange, learning, and community.

Our program is committed to diversity and inclusivity and can be completed on a full- or part-time basis, providing flexibility to accommodate your schedule. Designed with working professionals in mind, courses are offered in the late afternoon and early evening. Our courses allow for online, synchronous learning, making Drew an excellent choice for distance-based students.

Addressing Today’s Urgent Concerns

There is an ever-growing demand for professionals who understand the ethical, political, historical, cultural, and practical aspects of care practices and who can influence the debate on good medicine and care in society, to ultimately foster a caring society. Drew’s program in Medical and Health Humanities engages today’s urgent concerns, such as

• the quality and experience of care in consulting rooms, hospital wards, residential care facilities, and local homes.
• the relationship between health care as scientific knowledge and evidence-based medicine and the intangible needs and qualitative experience of professionals, patients and their families.
• the contributions of the creative arts, ethical theory, and socio-political analysis to humanizing medicine and increasing wellbeing and healing for the individual and society.

Program Partners

The Medical & Health Humanities program is conducted in partnership with Atlantic Health Systems and one of New Jersey’s top hospitals, Morristown Medical Center. In addition we have partnerships with a vast number of educational programs and health care institutions both locally and internationally. This results in opportunities to assist you in developing your internship or practicum at hospitals and non-profits—always tailored to your professional goals—to be completed in your local area. Our University library and research support are always available to Drew students no matter where they live. You can work with Drew’s national and internationally renowned faculty through unique courses and independent study, while receiving personalized support to reach your educational goals.

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After graduating from Drew as a math and computer science double major, Hunt enrolled in a doctoral program in statistics at the University of Michigan. He earned his MA and PhD and joined the Department of Mathematics at William & Mary where he has been an assistant professor for the last four years.

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Course Overview

Start dates: 1st October, 1st January, 1st April, 1st July.

Our MPhil/PhD programme in the School of Social Sciences offers the opportunity to study with world-leading academics, researching issues related to health and illness.

This course explores the concepts and methods of history, literature and the visual arts to the analysis of health and healthcare. Disability history is a particular area of expertise, with an oral history of people affected by the drug, thalidomide, currently underway. Students are exploring a variety of areas within these fields ranging from narratives of childbirth to images of disability in the post-war English language literature of Wales.

Entry Requirements

Qualifications MPhil:  Applicants for MPhil must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University). See -  Postgraduate European Entry Requirements  and our Country Specific Postgraduate Entry Requirements.

PhD : Applicants for PhD must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level and a master’s degree. Alternatively, applicants with a UK first class honours degree (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University) not holding a master’s degree, will be considered on an individual basis. See - Postgraduate European Entry Requirements  and our Country Specific Postgraduate Entry Requirements.

English Language IELTS 6.5 Overall (with no individual component below 6.5) or Swansea University recognised equivalent.  Full details of our English Language policy, including certificate time validity, can be found here.

As well as academic qualifications, Admissions decisions may be based on other factors, including (but not limited to): the standard of the research synopsis/proposal, performance at interview, intensity of competition for limited places, and relevant professional experience.

Reference Requirement

As standard, two references are required before we can progress applications to the College/School research programme Admissions Tutor for consideration.

Applications received without two references attached are placed on hold, pending receipt of the outstanding reference(s). Please note that any protracted delay in receiving the outstanding reference(s) may result in the need to defer your application to a later potential start point/entry month, than what you initially listed as your preferred start option.

You may wish to consider contacting your referee(s) to assist in the process of obtaining the outstanding reference(s) or alternatively, hold submission of application until references are sourced. Please note that it is not the responsibility of the University Admissions Office to obtain missing reference(s) after our initial email is sent to your nominated referee(s), requesting a reference(s) on your behalf.

The reference can take the form of a letter on official headed paper, or via the University’s standard reference form. Click this link to download the university reference form .

Alternatively, referees can email a reference from their employment email account, please note that references received via private email accounts, (i.e. Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail) cannot be accepted.

References can be submitted to [email protected] .

How you are Supervised

Research degrees typically last from three years (full-time study) to six years (part-time) for a PhD, or two years (full-time) to six years (part-time) for an MPhil.

Key features include:

An environment in which you can develop and enhance transferable skills such as problem solving, independent thinking, project management, and critical thinking.

The support of two academic supervisors throughout your studies.

The availability of structured training, interdisciplinary seminars, dedicated research facilities and software from both the school and University.

Support from a dynamic community of research staff and students each pursuing their own lines of research.

Assessment by means of a thesis of up to 100,000 words which must demonstrate the student’s capacity to pursue original research and should represent a distinct and significant contribution to the subject. This is then followed by an oral examination of the thesis (viva).

Welsh Provision

Tuition fees, ph.d. 3 year full time.

Ph.D. 6 Year Part Time

M.Phil 2 Year Full Time

M.phil 4 year part time.

Tuition fees for years of study after your first year are subject to an increase of 3%.

You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page .

Note: The 2025/2026 UK fee is indicative pending confirmation from UKRI.

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page .

International students and part-time study: It may be possible for some students to study part-time under the Student Visa route. However, this is dependent on factors relating to the course and your individual situation. It may also be possible to study with us if you are already in the UK under a different visa category (e.g. Tier 1 or 2, PBS Dependant, ILR etc.). Please visit the University information on Visas and Immigration for further guidance and support.

Current students: You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page .

Funding and Scholarships

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study.

Government funding is now available for Welsh, English and EU students starting eligible postgraduate research programmes at Swansea University. To find out more, please visit our postgraduate loans page.

To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Academi Hywel Teifi at Swansea University and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol offer a number of generous scholarships and bursaries for students who wish to study through the medium of Welsh or bilingually. For further information about the opportunities available to you, visit the Academi Hywel Teifi Scholarships and Bursaries page.

Additional Costs

Access to your own digital device/the appropriate IT kit will be essential during your time studying at Swansea University. Access to wifi in your accommodation will also be essential to allow you to fully engage with your programme. See our dedicated webpages for further guidance on suitable devices to purchase, and for a full guide on getting your device set up .

You may face additional costs while at university, including (but not limited to):

• Travel to and from campus
• Printing, photocopying, binding, stationery and equipment costs (e.g. USB sticks)
• Purchase of books or texts
• Gowns for graduation ceremonies

How to Apply

Please apply through the universities central application system.

Suggested Application Timings

In order to allow sufficient time for consideration of your application by an academic, for potential offer conditions to be met and travel / relocation, we recommend that applications are made before the dates outlined below. Please note that applications can still be submitted outside of the suggested dates below but there is the potential that your application/potential offer may need to be moved to the next appropriate intake window.

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EU students - visa and immigration information is available and will be regularly updated on our information for EU students page.

PhD Programme Specification

This Programme Specification refers to the current academic year and provides indicative content for information. The University will seek to deliver each course in accordance with the descriptions set out in the relevant course web pages at the time of application. However, there may be situations in which it is desirable or necessary for the University to make changes in course provision , either before or after enrolment.

Programme Summary 

This PhD in Health Humanities at Swansea will enable you to undertake a substantial project led by your own interests. It is a highly respected qualification which can present a career in academia or a wider scope for employment in fields such as education, government or the private sector. A thesis of 100,000 words will be submitted for assessment demonstrating original research with a substantive contribution to the subject area. The PhD is examined following an oral examination of the thesis (a viva voce examination or viva voce). You will acquire research skills for high-level work and skills and training programmes are available on campus for further support. There will be an opportunity to deliver presentations to research students and staff at departmental seminars and conferences. There may also be opportunities to develop your teaching skills through undergraduate tutorials, demonstrations and seminars.

Programme Aims

This PhD programme will provide doctoral researchers with:

• The opportunity to conduct high quality postgraduate research in a world leading research environment.
• Key skills needed to undertake advanced academic and non-academic research including qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
• Advanced critical thinking, intellectual curiosity and independent judgement.

Programme Structure

The programme comprises three key elements:

• Entry and confirmation of candidature
• Main body of research
• Thesis and viva voce

The programme comprises of the undertaking of an original research project of 3 years duration full time (6 years duration part time). Doctoral researchers may pursue the programme either full time or part time by pursuing research at the University at an external place of employment or with/at a University approved partner.

Doctoral researchers for the PhD in Health Humanities are examined in two parts.

The first part is a thesis which is an original body of work representing the methods and results of the research project. The maximum word limit is 100,000 for the main text. The word limit does not include appendices (if any), essential footnotes, introductory parts and statements or the bibliography and index.

The second part is an oral examination (viva voce).

Doctoral Researcher Supervision and Support

Doctoral researchers will be supervised by a supervisory team. Where appropriate, staff from Colleges/Schools other than the ‘home’ College/School (other Colleges/Schools) within the University will contribute to cognate research areas. There may also be supervisors from an industrial partner.

The Primary/First Supervisor will normally be the main contact throughout the doctoral research journey and will have overall responsibility for academic supervision. The academic input of the Secondary Supervisor will vary from case to case. The principal role of the Secondary Supervisor is often as a first port of call if the Primary/First Supervisor becomes unavailable. The supervisory team may also include a supervisor from industry or a specific area of professional practice to support the research. External supervisors may also be drawn from other Universities.

The primary supervisor will provide pastoral support. If necessary the primary supervisor will refer the  doctoral researcher to other sources of support (e.g. Wellbeing, Disability, Money Advice, IT, Library, Students’ Union, Academic Services, Student Support Services, Careers Centre). 

Programme Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this programme, doctoral researchers should be able to:

Knowledge & Understanding

• Demonstrate the systematic acquisition and understanding of a substantial body of knowledge which is at the forefront of research through the development of a written thesis.
• Create, interpret, analyse and develop new knowledge through original research or other advanced scholarship. 
• Disseminate new knowledge gained through original research or other advanced scholarship via high quality peer reviewed publications within the discipline.
• Apply research skills and subject theory to the practice of research.
• Apply process and standards of a range of the methodologies through which research is conducted and knowledge acquired and revised. 

Attitudes and values

• Conceptualise, design and implement a project aimed at the generation of new knowledge or applications within Health Humanities.
• Make informed judgements on complex issues in the field of Health Humanities, often in the absence of complete data and defend those judgements to an appropriate audience.
• Apply sound ethical principles to research, with due regard for the integrity of persons and in accordance with professional codes of conduct.
• Demonstrate self-awareness of individual and cultural diversity, and the reciprocal impact in social interaction between self and others when conducting research involving people.

Research Skills

• Respond appropriately to unforeseen problems in project design by making suitable amendments.
• Communicate complex research findings clearly, effectively and in an engaging manner to both specialist (including the academic community), and non-specialist audiences using a variety of appropriate media and events, including conference presentations, seminars and workshops.
• Correctly select, interpret and apply relevant techniques for research and advanced academic enquiry.
• Develop the networks and foundations for on-going research and development within the discipline.
• Implement  advanced research skills to a substantial degree of independence.
• Locate information and apply it to research practice.

Skills and Competencies

• Display the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment, including the exercise of personal responsibility and largely autonomous initiative in complex and unpredictable situations, in professional or equivalent environments.

Progression Monitoring

Progress will be monitored in accordance with Swansea University regulations. During the course of the programme, the Doctoral researcher is expected to meet regularly with their supervisors, and at most meetings it is likely that the doctoral researcher’s progress will be monitored in an informal manner in addition to attendance checks. Details of the meetings should ideally be recorded on the on-line system. A minimum of four formal supervision meetings is required each year, two of which will be reported to the Postgraduate Progression and Awards Board. During these supervisory meetings the doctoral researcher’s progress is discussed and formally recorded on the on-line system.  

Learning Development  

The University offers training and development for Doctoral Researchers and supervisors.

Swansea University’s Postgraduate Research Training Framework is structured into sections, to enable doctoral researchers to navigate and determine appropriate courses aligned to both their interest and their candidature stage. 

There is a training framework including for example areas of Managing Information and Data, Presentation and Public Engagement, Leadership and working with others, Safety Integrity and Ethics, Impact and Commercialisation and Teaching and Demonstrating. There is also range of support in areas such as training needs, literature searching, conducting research, writing up research, teaching, applying for grants and awards, communicating research and future careers.

A range of research seminars and skills development sessions are provided within the School of Health and Social Care and across the University. These are scheduled to keep the doctoral researcher in touch with a broader range of material than their own research topic, to stimulate ideas in discussion with others, and to give them opportunities to such as defending their own thesis orally, and to identify potential criticisms. Additionally, the School of Health and Social Care is developing a research culture that aligns with the University vision and will link with key initiatives delivered under the auspices of the University’s Academies, for example embedding the HEA fellowship for postgraduate research students.

Research Environment

Swansea University’s research environment combines innovation and excellent facilities to provide a home for multidisciplinary research to flourish. Our research environment encompasses all aspects of the research lifecycle, with internal grants and support for external funding and enabling impact/effect that research has beyond academia. 

Swansea University is very proud of our reputation for excellent research, and for the calibre, dedication, professionalism, collaboration and engagement of our research community. We understand that integrity must be an essential characteristic of all aspects of research, and that as a University entrusted with undertaking research we must clearly and consistently demonstrate that the confidence placed in our research community is rightly deserved. The University therefore ensures that everyone engaged in research is trained to the very highest standards of research integrity and conducts themselves and their research in a way that respects the dignity, rights, and welfare of participants, and minimises risks to participants, researchers, third parties, and the University itself. 

In the School of Health and Social Care we are strongly focused on the translation of our research into real-life benefits for users, carers and professionals across the range of health and social care services. In doing so our staffs has long established links with a range of international networks and similar university departments in Europe and around the world, and are committed to building productive relationships with front-line policymakers and practitioners. Some senior researchers have also been embedded within the NHS to ensure healthcare and service provision is developed and informed by high quality robust research.                                                                                                               

Alongside this we play an integral role in the Welsh Government’s research infrastructure, through the Centre for Ageing & Dementia Research, Wales School for Social Care Research and the Welsh Health Economic Support Service, increasing the volume of research taking place within Wales. While some of our PhD programmes form part of the ESRC Doctoral Training Centre for Wales, a pan-Wales collaboration to train top-level social scientists. Our funding also comes from a wide range of prestigious funders such as the Research Councils, European research programmes, Government, Ministry of Defence, professional bodies, private sector and charitable organisations, with the College securing £7.37m of funding across the last three years.

Supporting our staff and students in their research is a range of facilities including  our Health and Wellbeing Academy, which provides healthcare services to the local community, a range of clinical and audiology suites and state-of-the-art research facilities. These include a high density EEG suite, a fully-fitted sleep laboratory, a social observation suite, eye-tracking, psychophysiological, tDCS and conditioning labs, a lifespan lab and baby room, and over 20 all-purpose research rooms.

Career Opportunities

Having a PhD demonstrates that graduates can work effectively in a team, formulate, explore and communicate complex ideas and manage advanced tasks. Jobs in academia (eg postdoctoral research, lecturing), education, government, management, the public or private sector are possible. Examples include administrators, counsellors, marketing specialists, and researchers.

The Postgraduate Research Office Skills Development Team offer support and a training framework for example in creating a researcher profile based upon publications and setting up your own business. The Swansea Employability Academy assists students in future career opportunities, improving CVs, job applications and interview skills.

MPhil Programme Specification

Programme Summary

This MPhil in Health Humanities at Swansea will enable you to undertake a substantial project led by your own interests. It is a highly respected qualification which can present a career in academia or a wider scope for employment in fields such as education, government or the private sector. A thesis of 60,000 words will be submitted for assessment demonstrating original research with a substantive contribution to the subject area. The Masters is examined following an oral examination of the thesis (a viva voce examination or viva). You will acquire research skills for high-level work and skills and training programmes are available on campus for further support. There will be an opportunity to deliver presentations to research students and staff at departmental seminars and conferences. 

This Masters programme will provide students with:

• Thesis and viva voce examination

The programme comprises of the undertaking of an original research project of 2 years duration full time (4 years duration part time). Students may pursue the programme either full time or part time by pursuing research at the University at an external place of employment or with/at a University approved partner.

Students for the Masters in Health Humanities are examined in two parts.

The first part is a thesis which is an original body of work representing the methods and results of the research project. The maximum word limit is 60,000 for the main text. The word limit does not include appendices (if any), essential footnotes, introductory parts and statements or the bibliography and index.

The second part is an oral examination ( viva voce ).

Supervision and Support 

Students will be supervised by a supervisory team. Where appropriate, staff from Colleges/Schools other than the ‘home’ College/School (other Colleges/Schools) within the University will contribute to cognate research areas. There may also be supervisors from an industrial partner.

The Primary/First Supervisor will normally be the main contact throughout the student journey and will have overall responsibility for academic supervision. The academic input of the Secondary Supervisor will vary from case to case. The principal role of the Secondary Supervisor is often as a first port of call if the Primary/First Supervisor becomes unavailable. The supervisory team may also include a supervisor from industry or a specific area of professional practice to support the research. External supervisors may also be drawn from other Universities.

The primary supervisor will provide pastoral support. If necessary the primary supervisor will refer the student to other sources of support (e.g. Wellbeing, Disability, Money Advice, IT, Library, Students’ Union, Academic Services, Student Support Services, Careers Centre).

• Demonstrate the systematic acquisition and understanding of a substantial body of knowledge through the development of a written thesis.
• Create, interpret, analyse and develop new knowledge through original research or other advanced scholarship.  
• Apply process and standards of a range of the methodologies through which research is conducted and knowledge acquired and revised.
• Make informed judgements on complex issues in the field of Health Humanities often in the absence of complete data and defend those judgements to an appropriate audience. 
• Communicate complex research findings clearly, effectively and in an engaging manner to both specialist (including the academic community), and non-specialist audiences using a variety of appropriate media.
• Correctly select, interpret and apply relevant techniques for research and academic enquiry.
• Develop the foundations for on-going research and development within the discipline.
• Implement independent research skills.
• Display the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment, including the exercise of personal responsibility and initiative in complex situations.

Progress will be monitored in accordance with Swansea University regulations. During the course of the programme, the student is expected to meet regularly with their supervisors, and at most meetings it is likely that the student’s progress will be monitored in an informal manner in addition to attendance checks. Details of the meetings should ideally be recorded on the on-line system. A minimum of four formal supervision meetings is required each year, two of which will be reported to the Postgraduate Progression and Awards Board. During these supervisory meetings the student’s progress is discussed and formally recorded on the on-line system. 

Swansea University’s Postgraduate Research Training Framework is structured into sections, to enable students to navigate and determine appropriate courses aligned to both their interest and their candidature stage. 

A range of research seminars and skills development sessions are provided within the School of Health and Social Care and across the University. These are scheduled to keep the student in touch with a broader range of material than their own research topic, to stimulate ideas in discussion with others, and to give them opportunities to such as defending their own thesis orally, and to identify potential criticisms. Additionally, the School of Health and Social Care is developing a research culture that will align with the University vision and will link with key initiatives delivered under the auspices of the University’s Academies, for example embedding the HEA fellowship for postgraduate research students

Research Environment  

Swansea University’s Research Environment combines innovation and excellent facilities to provide a home for multidisciplinary research to flourish. Our research environment encompasses all aspects of the research lifecycle, with internal grants and support for external funding and enabling impact/effect that research has beyond academia. 

Swansea University is very proud of our reputation for excellent research, and for the calibre, dedication, professionalism, collaboration and engagement of our research community. We understand that integrity must be an essential characteristic of all aspects of research, and that as a University entrusted with undertaking research we must clearly and consistently demonstrate that the confidence placed in our research community is rightly deserved. The University therefore ensures that everyone engaged in research is trained to the very highest standards of research integrity and conducts themselves and their research in a way that respects the dignity, rights, and welfare of participants, and minimises risks to participants, researchers, third parties, and the University itself.

School of Health and Social Care

In the School of Health and Social Care we are strongly focused on the translation of our research into real-life benefits for users, carers and professionals across the range of health and social care services. In doing so our staff have long established links with a range of international networks and similar university departments in Europe and around the world, and are committed to building productive relationships with front-line policymakers and practitioners. Some senior researchers have also been embedded within the NHS to ensure healthcare and service provision is developed and informed by high quality robust research.                                                                                                         

Having a Master of Philosophy degree shows that you can communicate your ideas and manage tasks. Jobs in academia, education, government, management, the public or private sector are possible. 

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The UVA Center for Health Humanities & Ethics  is a diverse interprofessional community of scholars, teachers, and practitioners whose interests in the human dimensions of illness, health, and health care bridge clinical and social sciences, arts and humanities, ethics and law, philosophy and religion.

Our mission is to demonstrate the complementary nature of our disciplines while furthering their productive integration and application in the classroom and clinic, at the bedside, and in the community.

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The UVA Center for Health Humanities and Ethics is a diverse interprofessional community of scholars, teachers, and practitioners whose interests in the human dimensions of illness, health, and health care bridge clinical and social sciences, arts and humanities, ethics and law, philosophy and religion.

The Center for Health Humanities and Ethics offers ethics and humanities education for medical students, residents, and faculty in many different formats and venues. In addition, Center faculty teach graduate and undergraduate courses in biomedical ethics and humanities across a number of UVA schools and programs. Many of these courses are cross-listed in different disciplines to foster interdisciplinary and interprofessional education.

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Health Humanities MA

London, Bloomsbury

Health and illness in society is one of the key concerns that underpins our modern existence. The Health Humanities MA enables you to gain a detailed understanding of how methods from the humanities can influence biomedicine, clinical practice and the politics of healthcare. An interdisciplinary degree taught at UCL, you’ll graduate ready to apply your expertise to careers in the medical field, science organisations, academic research, and more.

UK tuition fees (2024/25)

Overseas tuition fees (2024/25), programme starts, applications accepted.

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Normally a minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

The English language level for this programme is: Level 4

UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL. The courses will develop your academic English and academic skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

Equivalent qualifications

Country-specific information, including details of when UCL representatives are visiting your part of the world, can be obtained from the International Students website .

International applicants can find out the equivalent qualification for their country by selecting from the list below. Please note that the equivalency will correspond to the broad UK degree classification stated on this page (e.g. upper second-class). Where a specific overall percentage is required in the UK qualification, the international equivalency will be higher than that stated below. Please contact Graduate Admissions should you require further advice.

About this degree

The programme enables students to approach issues relating to health and illness from both a historical and contemporary perspective and from a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, history, philosophy, sociology, science and technology studies, global health, literature and film studies. Students will also learn to work in an interdisciplinary manner.

Who this course is for

The programme is suitable for students who wish to gain a training and qualification in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches in the health humanities as a foundation for higher research and professional work, and for graduates from other fields or careers wishing to supplement their existing knowledge and experience.

What this course will give you

The Health Humanities MA is based in UCL's Health Humanities Centre , which draws together world-leading researchers from different disciplines including medicine and health in history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and cultural and film studies. With 83% of SELCS-CMII research activity being graded 4* ‘world leading’ and 3* ‘internationally excellent’ in the REF 2021.

Leading clinicians at UCL's acclaimed Medical School and Division of Psychiatry, who are engaged in humanities and social science research, are also actively involved with the centre.

UCL Health Humanities Centre forms part of the UCL Institute of Advanced Studies , which showcases and fosters multidisciplinary research within the humanities and the social sciences, with an active programme of events and visiting international scholars.

The foundation of your career

This MA provides an exceptional foundation for those hoping to undertake PhD research and pursue an academic career, ranging from interdisciplinary work in the health humanities to a broad spectrum of more specialised disciplines, such as medicine, the philosophy of medicine, history of medicine, medical sociology or medical anthropology, among others. 

Our graduates go on to work in varied roles across the public, private and charitable sectors. The programme is also suitable preparation for a range of careers including science and medical journalism, bioethics, healthcare policy, consultancy, education, NGOs and museum and heritage.

Employability

The MA Health Humanities programme provides students with opportunities to work in an interdisciplinary manner, and to engage in debate and develop presentation skills. Students will gain experience of writing essays and training in conducting original research and applying the appropriate methodology.

Our graduates are highly valued by employers for their interdisciplinary skills and linguistic and cultural knowledge. There are many additional activities available, both within the UCL Health Humanities Centre and the UCL Institute of Advanced Studies, along with the wider community including UCL Careers, to help students develop employability skills.

You will have the opportunity to meet with researchers working on health related topics in the humanities and social sciences as well as in health related fields. Our location offers students access to special collections at UCL and other world-class libraries nearby such as Senate House and the British Library. These resources, besides their collections of books, articles, videos, sound recordings and non-public online resources, offer a wide range of seminars, lecture series and other opportunities to exchange ideas.

Other libraries and research centres within walking distance of campus include the British Museum, Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies and the Institute of Historical Research.

Teaching and learning

The course will enable students to:

1. Gain knowledge and understanding of the field of Health Humanities 2. Communicate complex ideas effectively, orally and in writing 3. Develop analytical skills to use subject-specific theories and approaches, evaluate their validity and reach coherent and original conclusions 4. Develop theoretical skills relating to critical thinking, integrating new concepts and ideas into existing knowledge 5. Understand how to approach a literary, theoretical or qualitative research project in the health humanities

Teaching sessions are interactive, with a limited amount of lecturer presentation and an emphasis on student participation and critical discussion.

Students are assessed by a variety of methods, which may include coursework, presentations, written essays and the research dissertation.

For a full-time postgraduate course, we recommend around 20-25 hours of independent study per week. Contact hours may vary depending on module choices, but full-time students will have approximately 8-10 contact hours each week during term time, spent in lectures and seminars.

For a part-time postgraduate course, contact hours would usually be 4-6 hours per week across 2-3 days and we recommend around 10-12 hours of independent study per week.

Those undertaking language modules may have additional contact hours. There is minimal teaching during Term 3, as students focus on the dissertation and assessments.

A Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits), two core modules (60 credits) and two electives (60 credits) is also offered.

The Health Humanities Route comprises three core modules on Illness Madness and Approaching the Health Humanities: Skills and Methods optional modules and a dissertation. During the academic year, you will take these compulsory modules which are designed to work as a postgraduate-level foundation and provide you with the specific skills and knowledge to research and write essays.

During Term 2, in addition to your taught modules, you will start formulating your dissertation proposal. All students undertake this independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of 10-12,000 words. You will develop your dissertation outline and structure with support from your supervisor. You will give a presentation to your peers and tutors on your dissertation to help cement your argument and subject area to cover. This is a non-assessed compulsory element of the MA. You will then spend the summer researching and writing your 12,000 word dissertation (or 18,000 word dissertation, if you are on the research track) on a topic to be determined in discussion with your academic supervisor.

In Year 1, you will take compulsory modules, which are designed to provide you with the specific skills to research, write essays and the dissertation. These modules set the foundation for the whole MA, preparing you for further learning and for your dissertation.

In Year 2, you will take optional modules to develop your broader understanding of health and illness and to develop key concepts learnt in Year 1. You will also formulate and develop your dissertation outline and structure with support from your supervisor. You will give a presentation to your peers and tutors on your dissertation proposal to help cement your argument and subject areas to cover. This is a non-assessed compulsory element of your MA. You will then spend the summer of Year 2 researching and writing your 12,000 word dissertation (or 18,000 word dissertation, if you are on the research track) on a topic to be determined in discussion with your supervisor.

In Year 1 and Year 2, you will take compulsory modules, which are designed to work as a postgraduate-level foundation module and to provide you with the specific skills to research and write essays and the dissertation. These modules set the foundation for the whole MA, preparing you for further learning and for your dissertation.

From Year 1 onwards, you will take optional modules to develop your broader understanding of health and illness, from historical and contemporary perspectives and to develop key concepts learnt in Year 1 and 2.

From Year 2 onwards, you will also formulate and develop your dissertation outline and structure with support from your supervisor. You will give a presentation to your peers and tutors on your dissertation proposal to help cement your argument and subject areas to cover. This is a non-assessed compulsory element of your MA. You will then spend the rest of your time researching and writing your 12,000 word dissertation (or 18,000 word dissertation, if you are on the research track) on a topic to be determined in discussion with your supervisor.

Compulsory modules

Optional modules.

Please note that the list of modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability are subject to change. Modules that are in use for the current academic year are linked for further information. Where no link is present, further information is not yet available.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits. Upon successful completion of 180 credits, you will be awarded an MA in Health Humanities. Upon successful completion of 120 credits, you will be awarded a PG Dip in Health Humanities.

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Details of the accessibility of UCL buildings can be obtained from AccessAble accessable.co.uk . Further information can also be obtained from the UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services team .

Fees and funding

Fees for this course.

Pathways include: Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Health (TMAPHISPEH01) Programme also available on a modular (flexible) basis .

The tuition fees shown are for the year indicated above. Fees for subsequent years may increase or otherwise vary. Where the programme is offered on a flexible/modular basis, fees are charged pro-rata to the appropriate full-time Master's fee taken in an academic session. Further information on fee status, fee increases and the fee schedule can be viewed on the UCL Students website: ucl.ac.uk/students/fees .

Additional costs

All full time students are required to pay a fee deposit of £1,000 for this programme. All part-time students are required to pay a fee deposit of £500.

Additional costs may include expenses such as books, stationery, printing or photocopying, or conference registration fees and associated travel costs.

The department strives to keep additional costs low. Books and journal articles are usually available via the UCL library as hard copies or via e-journal subscriptions.

For more information on additional costs for prospective students please go to our estimated cost of essential expenditure at Accommodation and living costs .

Funding your studies

Various external sources of funding for postgraduate study are listed on the gov.uk site .

For a comprehensive list of the funding opportunities available at UCL, including funding relevant to your nationality, please visit the Scholarships and Funding website .

ANS Dutch Studies Bursary

Deadline: 1 November Value: £1,250 (1yr) Criteria Based on financial need Eligibility: UK, EU, Overseas

Students are advised to apply as early as possible due to competition for places. Those applying for scholarship funding (particularly overseas applicants) should take note of application deadlines.

There is an application processing fee for this programme of £90 for online applications and £115 for paper applications. Further information can be found at Application fees .

When we access your application we would like to learn:

• why you want to study Health Humanities at graduate level
• why you want to study Health Humanities at UCL
• what particularly attracts you to the chosen programme
• how your academic and professional background meets the demands of this challenging programme
• where you would like to go professionally with your degree

Together with essential academic requirements, the personal statement is your opportunity to illustrate whether your reasons for applying to this programme match what the programme will deliver.

Please note that you may submit applications for a maximum of two graduate programmes (or one application for the Law LLM) in any application cycle.

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HEALTH HUMANITIES AND THE MEDICAL ARTS PROGRAM

The Health Humanities and Medical Arts Program (HHMA) is a home for faculty and students interested in the questions and themes at the heart of the intersection between humanities and medicine.

What is the meaning of health, life, death and suffering? Does caring for the patient mean more than treating the mechanisms of disease? How does empathy lead to better health outcomes and equity for patients and can it be taught?

The center of the program is the relationship between the healthcare professional and the patient, as it protects and promotes the flourishing of the whole person. Engaging the disciplines of philosophy, literature, religion, visual arts, social theory communication, and history, faculty and students have opportunities for scholarly dialogue, fellowship and research focused on the skills necessary for providing holistic, empathetic and equitable healthcare.

WHY HEALTH HUMANITIES?

Interdisciplinary curriculum.

The minor is interdisciplinary, allowing students to study medicine, illness prevention and human well-being and flourishment, through the lens of several academic disciplines.

Skills for healthcare success

Develop skills necessary for a variety of healthcare careers, including the ability to analyze illness, suffering and trauma, as well as deliver culturally competent healthcare. Students will gain practice in critical thinking, observational analysis, compassionate communication, values based decision-making and empathetic imagination.

Career preparation

A demonstrated academic focus in health humanities strengthens medical and graduate school applications and prepares students for employment in the healthcare fields.

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Health + Humanities Connection. Reflection. Caring.

Why health and humanities? Over the past half a century, we've undergone a deep shift in how we experience being ill and caring for those who are ill. Medical treatment today involves more sophisticated tests and diagnoses, substantially more prescriptions, and greater focus on invasive and extreme treatments. As a result, people are living longer. Yet many patients, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners feel a decreased sense of well-being. Why have all the measurable medical advances we've made resulted in this sense of loss? And how can the humanities help? Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners choose their careers because they want to do meaningful work. For patients and their families, illness—especially chronic disease, terminal disease, and the end-of-life—are emotionally as well as physically profound experiences. But much of the practice of medicine today feels like a series of technical procedures, devoid of human caring, without opportunity for connection or reflection. That's why the humanities, which are the way we make meaning of the world and our experiences in it, should be integrated into medical education and healthcare delivery. What do the humanities do? Using approaches and content from the humanities (literature, art, history, philosophy, anthropology, and related fields) improves our understanding of health, sickness, and treatment. Incorporating humanities approaches and content can change the way we practice medicine. It transforms our experiences as patients and caregivers. And it increases our well-being. Read about how the humanities transformed one physician's understanding of his own terminal illness, and what that could mean for saving doctors and patients. The Hidden Dying of Doctors: What Humanities Can Teach Medicine, and Why We All Need Medicine to Learn It

Dr. Lois Leveen designs and facilitates single and multi-session workshops and seminars for delivery within medical practices and healthcare systems, in academic settings, and in museums, libraries, and other public venues.

An expert in how adults learn, Dr. Leveen has deep experience in curriculum design. She consults with institutions and nonprofits to help them create effective, engaging training, professional development, emotional wellness programs, and opportunities for deepening interpersonal interactions, She is skilled at designing learning to suit a range of audiences, including healthcare staff, volunteers, patients, families, the public, or some combination of these groups.

Dr. Leveen is also available as a one-on-one writing coach or to lead writing groups for medical professionals interested in writing memoir, essays, fiction, or poetry.

Read more about this work in The Permanente Journal , a peer-reviewed medical journal. Finding Purpose: Honing the Practice of Making Meaning in Medicine

Lois Leveen, PhD was a 2017 Kienle Scholar in Medical Humanities at Penn State College of Medicine. She recently led workshops or presented research at the International Conference on Physician Health, co-sponsored by the American Medical Association (AMA), British Medical Association (BMA), and the Canadian Medical Association (CMA); the Health Humanities Consortium Conference; the Northwest Narrative Medicine Collaborative; and the MedX Conference at Stanford. Dr. Leveen is a novelist, poet, scholar, and teacher. She holds degrees from Harvard University, the University of Southern California, and UCLA.  Her work in the public humanities focuses on how content and approaches from literary studies, history, the visual arts, and related fields can foster greater reflection for individuals and deeper bonds of community among practitioners, patients, and families. She has been published in/on The New York Times , the Atlantic , the Chicago Tribune , the Wall Street Journal , the Los Angeles Review of Books , the Huffington Post , NPR, and C-SPAN. A former faculty member at UCLA and Reed College, she is a frequent guest speaker and workshop leader at museums, libraries, high schools, colleges and universities, and teacher training programs across North America.

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Health Humanities Reader

• Edited by: Therese Jones , Delese Wear and Lester D. Friedman
• With contributions by: Arthur W. Frank , David H. Flood , Rhonda L. Soricelli , Lisa Keränen , Michael Sappol , Shelley Wall , Martha Stoddard Holmes , Joseph N. Straus , Martin F. Norden , Lisa I. Iezzoni , Felicia Cohn , Martha Montello , John Lantos , Amy Haddad , Rebecca Garden , Mark Clark , Howard Brody , Rebecca J. Hester , Jack Coulehan , Rosemarie Tong , Sander L. Gilman , Bernice Hausman , Gretchen A. Case , Allen Peterkin , Alice Dreger , Marjorie Levine-Clark , Susan M. Squier , Rafael Campo , Sayantani DasGupta , Jonathan M. Metzl , Daniel Goldberg , Maren Grainger-Monsen , Thomas R. Cole , Benjamin Saxton , E. Ann Kaplan , Jerald Winakur , Bradley Lewis , Anne Hudson Jones , Michael Rowe , Ian Williams , Tod Chambers , Raymond C. Barfield , Lucy Selman , Jeffrey P. Bishop , Audrey Shafer , Catherine Belling , Paul Root Wolpe , Allison B. Kavey , Jeff Nisker , Julie M. Aultman , Michael Blackie , Erin Gentry Lamb , Alan Bleakley and Jay Baruch
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• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Copyright year: 2014
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• Keywords: health humanities ; medical humanities ; interdisciplinary scholarship ; humanistic inquiry ; bioethics ; human rights ; healthcare ; technology ; medical practice ; Health Humanities Reader ; Therese Jones ; Delese Wear ; Lester D. Friedman ; scholars ; educators ; artists ; clinicians ; original essays ; diversity ; disability studies ; history ; literature ; nursing ; religion ; narrative medicine ; philosophy ; medicine ; social sciences ; critical acumen ; ethical insight ; accessibility ; broad scope ; healthcare professional ; health and illness ; interdisciplinary approach ; humanities in medicine ; healthcare education ; medical ethics ; healthcare policy ; healthcare practice ; patient care ; cultural perspectives ; healthcare humanities ; healthcare research ; healthcare literature ; healthcare philosophy ; healthcare ethics ; healthcare technology ; healthcare communication ; healthcare diversity ; healthcare professionalism ; healthcare narrative ; healthcare history ; healthcare sociology ; healthcare psychology ; healthcare spirituality ; healthcare arts.
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About the PhD in Health Policy and Management Program

The PhD in Health Policy and Management is a full-time doctoral program that trains its students to conduct original investigator-initiated research through a combination of coursework and research mentoring. The curriculum includes core coursework that is common across the four concentrations and courses specific to each individual concentration. Applicants to the PhD in Health Policy and Management apply directly to one of four concentrations. All four options have the same deadline, structure, and funding.

Concentration Areas

This concentration is designed for students interested in conducting independent research on ethical issues in public health policy, research and practice such as domestic and international research ethics, learning health systems, emerging biomedical technologies, ethics and public health genetics, national and global food policy, access to care and health care priority setting. By the end of their training, students are equipped to function as independent researchers, conducting empirical research related to bioethics, public health and health policy, as well as prepared to provide practical and normative recommendations regarding ethics and public health policy.

View more program information about the Concentration in Bioethics and Health Policy.

This concentration is designed for students interested in preventing leading public health problems through the development, analysis, implementation and evaluation of public health policies. Students affiliated with this concentration employ an interdisciplinary approach to their research in areas such as environmental and occupational health policy, injury prevention and control, social policy, and health and the practice of prevention.

View more program information about the Concentration in Health and Public Policy .

This concentration prepares doctoral students for conducting innovative and rigorous research on the economics of health and healthcare. The curriculum stresses a solid grounding in applied modern microeconomic theory, quantitative methods, and econometrics applications. Students take courses through the Department of Economics in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.

View more program information about the Concentration in Health Economics and Policy.

This concentration prepares doctoral students for conducting innovative and rigorous quantitative and qualitative research and evaluation in health services delivery. The curriculum includes exposure to a wide variety of research methods, content areas, and datasets. It also offers the opportunity for in-depth study in areas such as public health informatics, quality of care and patient-centered outcomes research, including a focus on older adults, and health care disparities.

View more program information about the Concentration in Health Services Research and Policy.

Curriculum for the PhD in Health Policy and Management

Browse an overview of the requirements for this PhD program in the JHU  Academic Catalogue  and explore all course offerings in the Bloomberg School  Course Directory .

What Can You Do With a Graduate Degree In Health Policy And Management?

Our graduates graduates pursue research careers in top-tier universities, research and policy-making organizations, the health care industry and government agencies. Visit the  Graduate Employment Outcomes Dashboard to learn about Bloomberg School graduates' employment status, sector, and salaries.

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For general admissions requirements, please visit the How to Apply page. All concentrations follow the same admission process. Please see below for full details on the scope of each concentration.

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For general information regarding tuition and fees, visit the Bloomberg School’s  Tuition and Fees  page.

Per the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the JHU PhD Union, the minimum guaranteed 2025-2026 academic year stipend is $50,000 for all PhD students with a 4% increase the following year. Tuition, fees, and medical benefits are provided, including health insurance premiums for PhD student’s children and spouses of international students, depending on visa type. The minimum stipend and tuition coverage is guaranteed for at least the first four years of a BSPH PhD program; specific amounts and the number of years supported, as well as work expectations related to that stipend will vary across departments and funding source. Please refer to the CBA to review specific benefits, compensation, and other terms.

Need-Based Relocation Grants Students who  are admitted to PhD programs at JHU starting in Fall 2023 or beyond can apply to receive a need-based grant to offset the costs of relocating to be able to attend JHU.   These grants provide funding to a portion of incoming students who, without this money, may otherwise not be able to afford to relocate to JHU for their PhD program. This is not a merit-based grant. Applications will be evaluated solely based on financial need.  View more information about the need-based relocation grants for PhD students .

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Master's in Health Humanities and Bioethics

​This is a full-time one year Master's in Science degree program.

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Health Humanities and Bioethics

One of the essential qualities of the clinician is interest in humanity, for the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.

- Francis W. Peabody, M.D., Boston City Hospital, 1927

Medicine is a science and an art. Caring for a patient is a professional and scientific practice; it is also a personal and profoundly human relationship for both the patient and the practitioner. The practitioner must be able to understand the science of diseases and treatments, and attend to each patient's personal experience of illness as it is informed by unique values, beliefs and feelings within broader socio-cultural contexts. Further, the practitioner must also be able to consider his/her own personal values, beliefs, feelings regarding the patient and the broader context of the health professions.

The field of Health Humanities and Bioethics uses the perspectives and tools of humanities and arts disciplines to study the human contexts of healthcare. In the biopsychosocial tradition of healthcare education at Rochester, the program provides foundational training in this field. Students study humanities to consider interpersonal perspectives and sociocultural contexts of patients and caregivers, and to develop skills that can be applied directly to the practice and teaching of healthcare.

The program is administered through the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. This is a full-time one year Master's in Science degree program (end of August – end of May) and is intended for students, trainees, professionals and scholars in:

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• Humanities and Social Science Disciplines - literature, history, visual arts, anthropology, performing arts, gender, cultural and religious studies who want to integrate aspects of medicine and patient care into their academic work and teaching.
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The master’s in Medical Humanities program provided me with the opportunity to be challenged and grow both as a scholar and individual. The interdisciplinary nature of the program and department allowed me to explore and think critically about different areas of healthcare and medicine from history to research methods. Reflecting on my year in the program, it gave me the time and space to experience the balance of clinical, professional, and academic work I wanted to build my career out of. The MS program provides exposure and reflection upon the possibilities within health humanities as a career field. The capstone project a part of the masters was a highlight of the program. I was able to combine different research methods with narrative medicine and the visual arts to produce a representation of the lived experience of the skin condition Vitiligo. Having the condition myself, the capstone project served as a year of navigating self-reflection and building self-awareness. Not only was I able to practice research skills, but also practice advocacy and have a project that was ready to be continued professionally.

- Alejandro Vera

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In April of 1970, both The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Science at Houston and The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston sponsored the symposium "Humanism in Medicine" that would help shape and give impetus to the new institute that would emerge at UTMB in 1973. This new institute would be dedicated to medicine and the humanities.

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Updated: February 29, 2024

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Below is a list of best universities in Moscow ranked based on their research performance in Public Health. A graph of 138K citations received by 14.2K academic papers made by 23 universities in Moscow was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Moscow State University

For Public Health

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

3. Moscow Medical Academy

4. RUDN University

5. Russian National Research Medical University

6. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

7. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

8. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

9. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

10. New Economic School

11. N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute

12. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

13. Moscow State Pedagogical University

14. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

15. Russian State University for the Humanities

16. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

17. State University of Management

18. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

19. Russian State Agricultural University

20. Russian State Social University

21. Moscow Aviation Institute

22. Moscow Polytech

23. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

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