Medical Humanities (Online)

The Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Humanities is delivered wholly online through a range of lectures, workshops and scaffolded learning assignments.

At least one of the following:

• A 2:1 undergraduate degree
• Active enrolment on an intercalated UG/PG medical degree programme
• At least three years work in a professional environment with relevance to health and/or medicine (e.g. clinical, NGO, policy, care work, etc)

A 500-word personal statement which should include the following:

• An outline of your interest in an interdisciplinary Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Humanities
• What skills and knowledge you would bring to the course
• What skills and knowledge you would hope to acquire

Two professional and/or academic references from people who are familiar with your work, commenting on your suitability for the programme.

English language requirements

Full Time Fees

The tuition fees shown are for one complete academic year of study, are set according to the academic year of entry, and remain the same throughout the duration of the programme for that cohort (unless otherwise stated).

Please also check costs for colleges and accommodation.

Our graduates are highly valued by employers. They progress into a diverse range of careers and sectors, including arts and theatre management, broadcasting, publishing and journalism, business, accounting, marketing and advertising, teaching, higher education, law, third sector and government positions.

For further information on career options please visit our web pages.

There is an array of career options possible that include professions in national, international and local government agencies, sustainability management, policy research, corporate responsibility and sustainability, environmental journalism and writing, environmental tourism, environmentally-oriented NGOs and charities and conservation work. The MA in Environmental Humanities also offers enhanced suitability for business graduate programmes in sustainability.

An optional module in Durham University Business School on strategic leadership offers opportunities for those wishing to develop their organizational leadership skills.

Employers often value Masters graduates in arts and humanities for their understanding and ability to communicate, flexibility, as well as their analytical and synthetic competence.

Study literary forms ranging from creative writing to romantic and Victorian literature. The Department of English Studies is one of the largest and most respected English departments in the UK. It provides an inclusive environment that values curiosity, intellectual rigour, imagination and individual response.

For more information see our department webpages.

Rankings

• World Top 50 in the QS World University Subject Rankings 2022
• 3rd in The Complete University Guide and in The Guardian University Guide 2023
• Top 10 in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023

Staff

For a current list of staff, please see the English Studies web pages.

Research Excellence Framework

• 90% of our research activity was judged to be 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent' in (REF 2021)

Facilities

The Department is housed in a Grade II listed building, Hallgarth House and in Elvet Riverside. Both buildings are close to the University’s Bill Bryson Library and the special collections in the Palace Green Library. The Department has strong links with the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, the Institute for Medical Humanities, the Centre for Poetry and Poetics, which oversees the archive of the distinguished Northumbrian modernist poet, Basil Bunting, and the Institute of Advanced Study.

Durham students run their own English Society, which provides many opportunities for theatre visits, especially to the Royal Shakespeare Company season in Newcastle every year. There is also a strong tradition of student drama and music within the Department and the University as a whole.

This programme is led from the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, bringing in modules from that Faculty but also building on modules from other Faculties that will serve the wider suite of programmes. We are proud that our Faculty of Arts & Humanities is recognised as a world leading Faculty, and our work is intended to enrich, shape and transform lives. We nurture thoughtful, critical and engaged citizens for a rapidly changing and complex world.

For more information on our Faculty and the Departments within it, see our webpages: Faculty of Arts and Humanities - Durham University

Rankings

Arts & Humanities subjects ranked 33^rd in the World top 50 in the Times Higher Education Rankings by Subject 2023

• English Department – 3^rd in the Complete University Guide 2023 and Guardian University Guide 2023
• History Department – 3^rd in the Complete University Guide 2023
• Philosophy Department – 8^th in the Complete University Guide 2023
• Geography Department - 3^rd in the Complete University Guide 2023
• Anthropology Department – 4^th in the Complete University Guide 2023

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