Psychology with Health Sciences

Psychology and health sciences is a combination that reflects the increasingly recognised connection between mental and physical wellbeing and the social conditions in which people live. Psychology provides a rigorous framework for understanding human behaviour, mental processes, and the factors that influence health decisions and outcomes. Health sciences bring in the biological, sociological, and public health perspectives needed to understand how health is distributed and maintained across populations.

Together they equip you to think carefully about health and illness from multiple angles, combining individual and population-level perspectives.

At Abertay University, this four-year full-time programme includes a year abroad, giving you the opportunity to study psychology and health in an international context. Abertay has a strong research profile in applied psychology and health-related fields, and the programme is designed with both academic rigour and practical relevance in mind. You will study core psychological topics such as cognitive, developmental, social, and biological psychology alongside health-specific content including health behaviour, public health, chronic illness, and health promotion.

The year abroad enriches your understanding of how different countries approach health and healthcare, and adds an international dimension to your CV that employers in a global sector value. The typical entry tariff of 152 points reflects the academic demands of a programme that combines two scientifically grounded disciplines.

Graduates are well placed for careers in health research, health psychology practice, public health, health promotion, NHS administration, and the voluntary sector. Many go on to postgraduate study in health psychology, clinical psychology, counselling, public health, or health services research, which are the main routes to professional registration as a practitioner psychologist or allied health professional. Achieving chartered health psychologist status requires further postgraduate training and supervised practice, and a good undergraduate degree in psychology is the essential first step on that path.

Others move into research, policy, or education roles within health and wellbeing organisations.