Global Ageing, Health and Policy (Intercalated BSc)

While global aging represents a triumph of medical, social, and economic advances over disease, it also presents tremendous challenges. Establishing a suitable welfare and long-term care system has become a pressing policy concern for governments around the world.

King’s Institute of Gerontology is a world leading research and education centre on ageing and older people. The iBSc in Global Ageing, Health and Policy will enrich your medical education by offering you a comprehensive perspective of how ageing affects individuals, families and governments, and how healthcare and social policies can contribute to healthy ageing worldwide.

The course is taught by world-renowned experts on the clinical and social dimensions of ageing, as well as the health and social care policies affecting ageing societies globally.

This one-year programme comprises two 30-credit taught modules, two 15-credit taught modules and a 30-credit dissertation. Optional modules include principles of epidemiology and the biology of ageing.

Under the direct supervision of a member of staff at the Institute of Gerontology, the dissertation will help you develop the capacity to conduct research through critical and systematic enquiry related to global ageing, health and policy. In earlier years, dissertations focused on a wide range of areas including health policy, long-term care for older people, the implications of ageing for work and families, and disability and pension policy for older age.