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The MSc in Mental Health, Ethics & Law, offered through two globally renowned institutions, delivers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary education combining mental health studies with ethical and legal perspectives. This program prepares graduates to take leading roles in healthcare, mental health legislation, or policy development. Participants benefit from studying alongside peers from diverse academic and professional backgrounds in London's thriving legal and psychiatric community. Instruction primarily occurs at King's College London's Strand Campus, with select modules taught at the Waterloo Campus or the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience on Denmark Hill. Certain optional modules are available exclusively online, as noted in the course listings.Program HighlightsComprehensive examination of critical mental health topics through clinical, philosophical, and legal lenses.Collaboratively delivered by the UK's pioneering Centre of Medical Law & Ethics and Europe's foremost research and teaching hub for psychiatry, psychology, and neuroscience: the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience.Central London location provides strong connections to national and international policymakers, legal experts, and clinical practitioners.
A minimum 2:1 undergraduate Bachelor’s (honours) degree
If you have a lower degree classification, or a degree in an unrelated subject, your application may be considered if you can demonstrate significant relevant work experience, or offer a related graduate qualification (such as a Masters or PGDip).
We expect a minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. law, medicine, philosophy, psychology, theology, social science, one of the life sciences, or nursing studies). 
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A qualification appropriate to the programme in medicine; or a professional mental health qualification.
IELTS (Academic): 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in each skill. TOEFL iBT: 100 overall with a minimum of 25 in writing and 23  in each of the other skills.