Introduction to the Creative Health PG Dip

The Creative Health Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip) is a pioneering program that addresses the growing interest in the emerging field of Creative Health. This program focuses on health equity, lived experience, community assets, research-led practice, non-clinical interventions, and experiential learning. The PG Dip aims to create a new generation of socially engaged scholars and practitioners to meet the needs of a changing health, social care, and voluntary third sector.

About the Program

The Creative Health PG Dip is the first of its kind in the world and is taught at University College London (UCL). The program is designed for candidates who are passionate about creating a more socially inclusive society where arts, culture, and the natural environment are central to supporting personalized care, tackling health inequity, and improving the patient experience.

Entry Requirements

Normally, a minimum of an upper second-class UK Bachelor's degree or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in psychology, medicine/biomedicine, nursing, and other allied health professions, sciences, arts, liberal arts, design-related humanities, and social sciences is required. Professional experience in the fields of arts, culture, and health, or social prescribing, is desirable. An applicant whose qualifications vary from UCL standards may be admitted if evidence of an adequate academic background and work experience in an appropriate field can be shown.

English Language Requirements

The English language level for this course is Level 4. UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are available for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL.

Equivalent Qualifications

Country-specific information, including details of when UCL representatives are visiting your part of the world, can be obtained from the International Students website. International applicants can find out the equivalent qualification for their country by selecting from a list of countries.

Program Structure

The Creative Health PG Dip will primarily operate from the UCL East Campus in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The program will offer a range of blended, research, and practice-led teaching, including compulsory lectures, seminars, and practical workshops in conjunction with community partners.

Modules

Full-time students are required to take 120 credits in the following compulsory Level 7 modules:

• BASC0030 Arts, Nature and Wellbeing: Non-Clinical Interventions in Health
• BASC0051 Lived Experience in Policy, Practice and Research
• BASC0052 Research Methods in Arts and Sciences
• BASC0053 Approaches to Interdisciplinarity
• BASC0054 Creative Health Independent Research Project (30 credits)
• BASC0083 The Creative Health Lab
  • 1 x 15-credit optional module

Optional Modules

• Art in the Public Sphere
• Health and Wellbeing in Cities: Theory and Practice
• Designing Inclusive Places
• Feminism and the Medical Self
• Urban Health
• Health Inequalities over the Lifecourse
• Legal and Ethical Aspects of Women's Health
• Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Health
• Community Wellbeing, Health Inequalities and the role of Social Prescribing
• Foundations of Citizen Science
• Sustainability and Decision-Making
• Inclusive Design and Environments
• Innovation for a Fairer World
• Find your Future
• Homeless and Inclusion Health
• Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
• East London Lab
• Ethnicity, Migration and Health
• Exploring Power, Inclusion and Exclusion with Local Communities

Teaching and Learning

The program is taught with an emphasis on collaborative and co-operative learning to ensure that students enter the workforce capable of joining projects and programs where working in teams is important. Assessment will include written coursework and essays, reflexive diary keeping, oral presentations, digital outputs, and conference organization.

Employability

Graduates are likely to progress into a career in the wider area of creative health research or practice, including arts health/public health professionals. The attributes graduates can expect to develop through the course include detailed knowledge of the depth and breadth of arts and health research and practice, communication and engagement skills, critical skills in interdisciplinary thinking, confidence in developing and evaluating creative health activities, and skills in developing and sustaining community partnerships.

Fees and Funding

Fees for this course are as follows:

• UK students: Ł11,200 (2026/27)
• International students: Ł23,600 (2026/27) Additional costs include travel between campuses and field trips. Funding opportunities are available, and students can visit the Scholarships and Funding website for more information.

Accessibility

The department will endeavor to make reasonable adjustments for students with disabilities. Details of the accessibility of UCL buildings can be obtained from AccessAble, and further information can be obtained from the UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services team.

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