Health & Wellbeing and Psychology

Health and wellbeing combined with psychology is a degree that sits at the intersection of two disciplines with a shared and urgent concern: understanding what it means for people to be healthy, and what gets in the way. Health and wellbeing is a field that has moved well beyond the narrow clinical model of treating disease to encompass the social, psychological, environmental, and behavioural factors that shape health across populations. Psychology provides the empirical tools and theoretical frameworks to understand how people think, feel, and behave, and why those patterns affect their health.

At Liverpool Hope University, this three-year full-time degree develops graduates who understand the root causes of ill health and have the motivation and skills to promote health and wellbeing across diverse populations. You will engage with government initiatives and policies that prioritise prevention, with the social determinants of health and wellbeing, and with the psychological research that helps explain why health promotion programmes succeed or fail. The programme includes a sandwich year, a year abroad option, and work placements, all of which give you direct professional experience in health and wellbeing or psychology-related settings.

The typical entry tariff is 104 UCAS points.

Graduates of health and wellbeing with psychology programmes find careers in public health, health promotion, community health, occupational health, health coaching, mental health support, social work, and a wide range of health and social care roles. The combination of health sciences knowledge and psychological understanding is particularly valued in roles that require both an understanding of what drives health behaviour and the interpersonal skills to support change. Many graduates also pursue postgraduate study in public health, clinical psychology, counselling, or health promotion, building on the strong interdisciplinary foundation the degree provides.