MSc PG Cert PG Dip Gerontology

1st class or 2:1 undergraduate degree (or the equivalent from an overseas university).

We may consider candidates with a lower second class degree or with professional qualifications from a recognised institution if they can:

• show relevant work experience and/or relevant professional qualifications,
• demonstrate that they are highly motivated
• provide referees from their university or employment strongly supporting their admission onto a masters level programme.

In these circumstances we will usually admit a student to our certificate or diploma programmes, possibly with a view to the student transferring to the master’s programme if they successfully pass their first two examined subjects. Relevant professional qualifications will be taken into account. Holders of the Diploma in Geriatric Medicine (DGM), Royal College of Physicians are exempt from 60 credits, and may therefore fast track and omit one-third of the MSc.

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/fees-and-funding/tuition-fees

Students have gone on to pursue a range of careers including consultant positions in geriatric medicine and psychiatry, work as specialist health care practitioners focusing on older people, positions in Government and the public sector, policy positions in public and voluntary organisations, analytical posts, and research and academic posts in universities around the world. Many of our past graduates now work in strategic positions influencing the lives of older people in medicine, social care and policy or within local government, voluntary organisations, or non-governmental organisations.

 Population Ageing and Policy is a core module which comprises coursework and an exam which must be taken and passed as part of the programme by all students.

The compulsory modules comprise coursework and an exam which must be taken as part of the programme by Masters and PG Diploma students.

• Ageing, Health and Society
• Designing Quantitative Research for Social Science & Health
• Designing Qualitative Research for Social Science & Health
• Quantitative Data Analysis.

The optional modules include:

• Ageing in a Global Context
• Data Manipulation and Management
• Researching Vulnerable Populations
• Biology of Ageing (level six, through the Department of Physiology).

Please note that not all modules will be available in any given year.