Master's Studentships in Humanities and Social Science

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Enabling researchers to undertake humanities or social science Master's courses in any area of health.

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This scheme enables researchers to undertake humanities or social science Master's courses in any area of health.

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Who can apply

You can apply to one of the Master's programmes that we fund if you want to develop humanities or social science research skills and train in an area of health. 

You can apply before you graduate, but you must have obtained your degree (or equivalent) before taking up the award.

Find out more about eligibility by going to the websites of the programmes we've funded (see the 'How to apply' section on this page).

Who can't apply

You can't apply to carry out activities that involve the transfer of grant funds into mainland China.

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A Master’s Award is for one year. Support includes:

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You'll get a stipend based on our studentship stipend scale:

  • £16,000 if you're based outside London
  • £18,000 if you're based in London
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We usually provide funds at the level charged to UK/EU students, rather than the overseas student rate (with the exception of applicants who are from low- and middle-income countries).

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Please don't apply to Wellcome. Instead, you should apply directly to one of the programmes below that we've funded:

Birkbeck, University of London

MA Medical Humanities: Bodies, Cultures and Ideas
 

University of Bristol

LLM in Health, Law, and Society

MSc in Healthcare Ethics and Law
 

University of Cambridge

MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society
 

King's College London

Global Health MSc


The London School of Economics and Political Science

MSc in Health and International Development 
 

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

MSc in Public Health (humanities and social science ‘pathway’)
 

University of Manchester

MSc History of Science, Technology and Medicine


Newcastle University

MA in the History of Medicine 
 

University of Southampton

MSc in Global Health


University of Strathclyde

MSc in Health History


University of Warwick

MA in the History of Medicine 
 

University of York

MA in Medical History and Humanities

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See our other postgraduate training schemes.

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Studentship stipend and fees covered

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1 year

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Open
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MSHSS
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Not accepted
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