Women & Children's Health MSc
Provided by King's College London GKT School of Medical Education
About the course
The MSc Women and Children’s Health comprises three required taught modules and a research project module. ‘Fundamentals of Women and Children’s Health’ covers health and disease from the periconception period to birth and early childhood. Research led lectures will cover topics such as infertility, pre- pregnancy health, placentation, preeclampsia, immunology of pregnancy and autoimmune disease, metabolic disease in pregnancy, parturition and dysfunctional labour, miscarriage and preterm birth, lactation and infant nutrition, the developing brain and prematurity, childhood diet and dental health, premature infant and the neonatal lung, gut microbiome, obesity, childhood allergy, epigenetics and lifelong health, nutrition, and global health and perinatal mental health. The other required taught modules cover Research Methods and Applied Statistics; Scientific and Clinical Research skills, and a research project. The research project module is an intensive six month required research project within a lab, or clinical or data analytical research group. Students can also select 1-2 optional taught module(s) to tailor the course to their developing interests, examples include Perinatal Mental Health, Birth Defects, Assisted Conception, Biomedical Diagnostics, The Essential Knowledge of Obstetric Medicine, and Global Women and Children’s Health. There are also modules run by the Department of Population Health Sciences that may be of interest (spaces limited). The course fosters the intellectual skills of students through: - Critical assimilation and appraisal of the research literature pertaining to Women and Children’s Health. - Production of original pieces of written work that explain, review and evaluate primary research literature and using this evaluation to develop ideas and hypotheses. - Understanding research governance and demonstrate compliance with research regulations. - Understanding and applying scientific and clinical study design and statistical analysis principles. - Thinking critically about their own work/research to input into the synthesis and design of future hypotheses and experiments. - Using subject knowledge and understanding to explore and solve familiar and unfamiliar problems. - Collecting, interpreting, and analysing data investigations with a critical understanding of the appropriate contexts for their use through the study of primary research articles and the student’s own data.
Base campuses
St Thomas’ Campus
Located near Waterloo Campus and home of continuing medical and dental teaching, as well as a museum dedicated to Florence Nightingale.
Waterloo Campus
Waterloo campus is home of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery and facilities for other faculties
Guy’s Campus
The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, and the Institute of Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience are based at the riverside Guy's Campus, next to the Shard.
Please note that locations are determined by where each module is taught and may vary depending on the modules you study.
Regulating bodies
King's is regulated by the Office for Students
Teaching methods - what to expect
A typical week would have approximately 10-15 hours teaching with the remaining hours dedicated to self-guided learning. In the final semester, research projects are full time with hours dedicated to practical and data collection, data analysis and writing. You will study via a combination of lectures, journal clubs, group discussions, workshops and independent study.
Peer feedback, in course assignments such as data handling, research project and project report write-up, journal club, presentations and essays. All will be actively encouraged throughout the research project.
Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
Assessment
- Coursework
- Exams
- Unseen written examinations
- Essays
We will assess you through a combination of coursework, seen/unseen written exams, essays, problem directed learning exercises, case studies, data-handling, creation of clinical study materials such as patient information sheets and consent forms, research proposal, oral presentations, and a final research project report.
The study time and assessment methods detailed above are typical and give you a good indication of what to expect. However, they may change if the course modules change.
The study time and assessment methods detailed above are typical and give you a good indication of what to expect. However, they are subject to change.
Structure
Required modules
Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.You are required to take the following modules:
Optional modules
In addition, you are required to take 30 credits from a range of optional modules which may typically include:
There are also modules run by the Department of Population Health Sciences that may be of interest (spaces limited).
King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.
Please note that modules with a practical component will be capped due to educational requirements, which may mean that we cannot guarantee a place to all students who elect to study this module.
Tuition Fees
UK:
Full time: £16,950 per year (2025/26)
International:
Full time: £35,800 per year (2025/26)
These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.
Deposit
If you receive an offer for this programme, you will be required to pay a non-refundable deposit to secure your place. Deposit payments are credited towards the total tuition fee payment.
The Home deposit is £500. The International deposit is £2000.
- If you receive an offer before March, payment is due by 20 March.
- If you receive an offer between 1 March and 20 May, payment is due within one month of receiving the offer.
- If you receive an offer between 21 May and 15 July, payment is due within two weeks of receiving the offer.
- If you receive an offer between 16 July and 10 August, payment is due within one week of receiving the offer.
- If you receive an offer from 11 August onwards, payment is due within three days of receiving the offer.
If you are a current undergraduate King’s student in receipt of the King's Living Bursary this academic year, you are not required to pay a deposit to secure your place on the programme. Please note, this will not change the total fees payable for your chosen programme.
Please visit our web pages on fees and funding for more information.
Additional Costs
In addition to your tuition costs, you can also expect to pay for:
- Books if you choose to buy your own copies
- Clothing for optional course related events and competitions
- Library fees and fines
- Laptop
- Personal photocopies
- Printing course handouts
- Society membership fees
- Stationery
- Travel costs for travel around London and between campuses.
- Graduation costs
Funding
To find out more about bursaries, scholarships, grants, tuition fees, living expenses, student loans, and other financial help available at King's please visit the Fees and Funding section .
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| 01 Sep 2025 | Distance learning | Book now |