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Code | Title | Credits |
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Foundations of Health Care Ethics | ||
HCE 6010 | Methods in Philosophical Ethic | 3 |
HCE 6020 | Methods in Religious Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6040 | Interdisciplinary Research in Health Care Ethics | 3 |
Foundations Elective | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Philosophical Foundations | ||
Foundations of Catholic Morality | ||
Ethical Issues in Public Health | ||
Context of Health Care | ||
HCE 6110 | Intro-Medicine for Ethicists | 1 |
HCE 6120 | Bioethics and the Law | 2 |
HCE 6130 | Clinical Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6140 | Research Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6150 | Practicum, Health Care Ethics | 3 |
Disciplinary Lens | ||
The Disciplinary Lens courses are elective courses that provide students the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of a primary disciplinary lens (e.g. philosophy, theology, empirical methods, anthropology/sociology), through which topics and arguments in the field might be examined and constructed. The disciplinary lens courses should ideally correspond to the student’s intended dissertation method and should ordinarily be clustered in the same discipline. These courses are electives and students are encouraged to take courses in outside departments, with the approval of the PhD Program Director. Up to 9 credit hours of advanced standing from previous graduate coursework may be applied to these 12 credit hours, with the approval of the PhD Program Director. | 12 | |
Bioethics Content | ||
The Bioethics Content courses are elective courses that provide students exposure to a variety of health care ethics-related topics, thinkers and practices. Ideally, at least some of the Bioethics Content courses should correspond to the student’s intended dissertation topic. These courses are electives and students are encouraged to take courses in outside departments, with the approval of the PhD Program Director. Up to 9 credit hours of advanced standing from previous graduate coursework may be applied to these 12 credit hours, with the approval of the PhD Program Director. | 12 | |
Dissertation Research | 12 | |
Dissertation Research (taken over multiple semesters) | ||
Students may select one of the following optional concentrations: | ||
Total Credits | 60 |
Research tools.
These competencies are essential for success in health care ethics. Students may develop these competencies through different mechanisms.
The comprehensive examinations occur after completing all coursework and practica.
The student will work closely with the dissertation chair to select a dissertation topic and plan the dissertation proposal in a timely manner. In the dissertation proposal, the student must present substantial evidence of the ability to develop and sustain an extended normative project on a bioethics topic. Once the chair is satisfied with the proposal, it will be sent to the two faculty readers for their comments. It is at this stage that the readers are expected to influence the general outline of the dissertation. The student will then address the comments of the readers and submit a revised proposal to the chair. This process may be repeated until the chair, readers and student are satisfied with the proposal.
Ordinarily, doctoral candidates in the Ph.D. program in health care ethics will follow the traditional guidelines for dissertations. However, when appropriate, a student’s dissertation committee may permit the student to write a dissertation using a nontraditional format, the body of which consists of at least three thematically related original article-length manuscripts, at least two of which must be accepted for publication. As is always the case, all dissertation content must receive final approval by the student’s dissertation committee. The mere fact that a manuscript has been published or accepted for publication does not guarantee that it can be used toward a nontraditional dissertation. Ordinarily, if a faculty member serves as a co-author on one of the publications, this faculty member would not serve as the student’s dissertation chair. The nontraditional dissertation format requires that:
Upon completion of the dissertation, students publicly present and defend their dissertation before their dissertation committee, CHCE faculty and doctoral students.
Students must maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.50 in all graduate/professional courses.
Code | Title | Credits |
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HCE 6130 | Clinical Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6540 | Advanced Clinical Ethics Practicum | 3 |
Elective | Additional Course in Clinical Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6150 | Practicum, Health Care Ethics (Students will complete portions of their practicum in the area of clinical ethics) | 3 |
HCE 6980 | Graduate Reading Course | 3 |
Dissertation on a Clinical Ethics Topic | 12 | |
Dissertation Research | ||
Total Credits | 27 |
Code | Title | Credits |
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HCE 6020 | Methods in Religious Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6310 | Health Care Ethics: Catholic Tradition | 3 |
Elective | Additional Course in Health Care & Catholic Tradition (usually taken outside of HCE) | 3 |
HCE 6980 | Graduate Reading Course | 3 |
HCE 6150 | Practicum, Health Care Ethics | 3 |
Dissertation on Health Care Ethics in the Catholic Tradition | 12 | |
Dissertation Research | ||
Total Credits | 27 |
Code | Title | Credits |
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HCE 6040 | Interdisciplinary Research in Health Care Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6520 | Quantitative Research in Descriptive Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6150 | Practicum, Health Care Ethics (Students will focus on the population the student intends to research in their dissertation) | 3 |
Qualitative Methods Elective | ||
Two (preferably three) graduate-level level qualitative methods courses, usually outside HCE. The third course can be either a methods course or a course covering the content area of the student's empirical research. | 6 | |
Total Credits | 15 |
Code | Title | Credits |
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HCE 6140 | Research Ethics | 3 |
Elective in Research Methodology | ||
Concentration students would be required to take a class in research methodology or would be required to demonstrate advanced standing in this area. This will be treated as one of the Topics and Scholars electives required as part of the PhD program. | 3 | |
Elective | Additional Course in Research Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6980 | Graduate Reading Course | 3 |
HCE 6150 | Practicum, Health Care Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6990 | Dissertation Research (with focus on research ethics) | 3 |
Total Credits | 18 |
Roadmaps are recommended semester-by-semester plans of study for programs and assume full-time enrollment unless otherwise noted.
Courses and milestones designated as critical (marked with !) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation. Transfer credit may change the roadmap.
This roadmap should not be used in the place of regular academic advising appointments. All students are encouraged to meet with their advisor/mentor each semester. Requirements, course availability and sequencing are subject to change.
Year One | ||
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Fall | Credits | |
HCE 6050 | Philosophical Foundations | 3 |
HCE 6040 | Interdisciplinary Research in Health Care Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6110 | Intro-Medicine for Ethicists | 1 |
Library Database Skills | 0 | |
Credits | 7 | |
Spring | ||
HCE 6130 | Clinical Ethics | 3 |
LAW 8005 | Bioethics and the Law | 2 |
HCE 6150 | Practicum, Health Care Ethics | 1 |
Elective | 6xxx-level HCE course or course in a related discipline approved by the PhD Program Director | 3 |
Credits | 9 | |
Year Two | ||
Fall | ||
HCE 6010 | Methods in Philosophical Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6020 | Methods in Religious Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6150 | Practicum, Health Care Ethics | 1 |
Elective | 6xxx-level HCE course or course in a related discipline approved by the PhD Program Director | 3 |
Credits | 10 | |
Spring | ||
HCE 6140 | Research Ethics | 3 |
HCE 6150 | Practicum, Health Care Ethics | 1 |
Elective | 6xxx-level HCE course or course in a related discipline approved by the PhD Program Director | 3 |
HCE 6980 | Graduate Independent Study in Health Care Ethics | 3 |
Credits | 10 | |
Year Three | ||
Fall | ||
Comprehensive Exam (Written exam and oral exam) | 0 | |
HCE 6990 | Dissertation Research | 6 |
Credits | 6 | |
Spring | ||
HCE 6990 | Dissertation Research | 6 |
Credits | 6 | |
Year Four | ||
Fall | ||
HCE 6990 | Dissertation Research | 0 |
Credits | 0 | |
Spring | ||
HCE 6990 | Dissertation Research | 0 |
Credits | 0 | |
Year Five | ||
Fall | ||
HCE 6990 | Dissertation Research | 0 |
Credits | 0 | |
Spring | ||
HCE 6990 | Dissertation Research | 0 |
Credits | 0 | |
Total Credits | 48 |
Take either course depending on interest and career goals. May take both, with the second acting as an elective.
Take the “Consuming Empirical Literature” exam the first day of class.
Take the “Medical Terminology” exam the first day of class.
An introduction to graduate-level database and library search skills, taught by library faculty.
Complete the clinical shadowing eligibility requirements prior to beginning of class.
For additional information about our program, please contact:
Harold Braswell, Ph.D. Graduate program coordinator, health care ethics [email protected]
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The PhD BmEL is run jointly by the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Medicine and is the first and only program of this kind in Switzerland. It is aimed at lawyers, doctors, and other qualified participants who are interested in research in the areas of medical and health-care law as well as biomedical ethics.
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The PhD in Medical Ethics and Law provides research training in core concepts and theories in the moral and political philosophy of current issues in biomedicine and health. The programme offers training in areas of the law that address these issues within national and international frameworks. We welcome applications concerning issues in reproductive ethics, environmental ethics, research ethics, clinical ethics and the donation of human body parts.
Academic requirements.
2:1 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in a relevant subject.
We may also consider non-standard applicants, please contact us for information.
If you have studied outside of the UK, we would advise you to check our list of international qualifications before submitting your application.
As part of your application you will also need to provide a viable research proposal. Guidance for writing a research proposal can be found on our writing a research proposal webpage.
We may ask you to provide a recognised English language qualification, dependent upon your nationality and where you have studied previously.
We normally require an IELTS (Academic) Test with an overall score of at least 6.5, and a minimum of 5.5 in each element of the test. We also consider other English language qualifications .
If your score is below our requirements, you may be eligible for one of our pre-sessional English language programmes .
Contact: Admissions Team +44 (0) 1524 592032 or email [email protected]
Delivered in partnership with INTO Lancaster University, our one-year tailored pre-master’s pathways are designed to improve your subject knowledge and English language skills to the level required by a range of Lancaster University master’s degrees. Visit the INTO Lancaster University website for more details and a list of eligible degrees you can progress onto.
We set our fees on an annual basis and the 2025/26 entry fees have not yet been set.
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For students starting in 2024, the fee is £40 for undergraduates and research students and £15 for students on one-year courses. Fees for students starting in 2025 have not yet been set.
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Master of health care innovation, undergraduate bioethics minor, master of science in medical ethics (msme), health care innovation certificate, continuing education, anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion, staff, faculty, and postdoctoral opportunities, harsha thirumurthy appointed as next division chief of health policy.
Effective July 1, 2024, Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy will step into the role of Division Chief of Health Policy
Effective July 1, 2024, Dr. Emily Largent will step into the role of Division Chief of Medical Ethics.
This event on January 31, 2024 was co-hosted between MEHP and the Law School. You can now watch the recording of the event.
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Hp seminar - elisa maffioli, phd | "convenient access and invitations: increasing covid-19 vaccination in kenya", health policy research seminar: jetson jeder-luis, phd, assistant professor of markets, public policy, and law, boston university, hybrid -research ethics and policy series (reps): "book talk- we the scientists: how a daring team of parents and doctors forged a new path for medicine" - amy dockser marcus, advancing trust in science: institutional obligations to promote research integrity, health policy research seminar: corinne low, phd, associate professor of business economics and public policy, university of penn, health policy research seminar: kelly yang, phd, ma, acting assistant professor of business economics and public policy, indiana university, health policy research seminar: ashwin nathan, md, ms, assistant professor of medicine, university of penn, hybrid -research ethics and policy series (reps): "pediatric vaccine research" - paul a. offit, md, hp/ldi research seminar: edward okeke, phd, md, senior economist; professor of policy analysis, pardee rand graduate school.
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The Clinical Ethics Fellowship in the Center of Biomedical Ethics is a two-year, full-time program designed to prepare graduates to become leaders in bioethics in health care settings, academic institutions, and professional or government agencies. Established in 2015, this non-ACGME fellowship is committed to addressing ethical concerns through clinical ethics consultation, policy development, education and research. This fellowship will be appointed through the Stanford Graduate Medical Education (GME) office.
Fellows will devote 65% of their time in clinical work, 15% in didactic training and teaching, and 20% of their time in research.
Some common fellowship activities include:
The first year will of the fellowship be devoted to developing basic knowledge while observing clinical encounters to begin to learn skills, and conducting research.
Second-year fellows will have the opportunity to conduct the ethics consultation service. Second-year fellows will be on-call for both “curbside” consults as well as full consults (review and analysis of patient files, discussions with primary team, organize and facilitate family meetings and team meetings as needed, etc.), and complete consult reports, medical chart notes, and any necessary follow up on their own. Fellows will also be expected to help organize and participate in educational initiatives for hospital staff.
All SCBE fellows are required to attend the weekly SCBE Seminars as part of their educational and professional development. Interested parties can attend our invited speakers seminars , which occur once per month.
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The fellow's full bio can be found here .
Fellowship program co-director.
Thomas A. Raffin Professor in Medicine and Biomedical Ethics
Director of the Center
Member of the Stanford Hospital Ethics Committee
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Director for Clinical Ethics and Education
Co-Chair of the Stanford Hospital Ethics Committee
Co-Chair of the Lucille Packard Children's Hospital Ethics Committee
Fellowship program coordinator.
Ethics Consult & Fellowship Coordinator for the Center
Applicants should possess an advanced degree in an academic or professional discipline with preference given to candidates with terminal degrees in bioethics, philosophy, medicine, behavioral sciences, law, social sciences, nursing, social work, religious studies, and other fields related to the practice of clinical and academic bioethics. Exceptional candidates with masters-level degrees may be considered. Candidates with a Ph.D. in philosophy are strongly encouraged to apply.
Candidates are also expected to possess strong interpersonal skills, the ability to work independently and collaboratively, excellent oral and written communication skills, conflict resolution, organizational skills, as well as presentation and teaching skills.
Questions? Contact Fellowship Coordinator, Emma Villarreal ([email protected]).
The Clinical Ethics Fellowship is currently accepting applications for a July 2024 start date. Rolling review of applications until January 2024.
For a video tour and further information about Stanford's fellowship offerings, please visit the Stanford GME homepage .
For other postdoctoral positions at Stanford, please visit https://postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective-postdocs .
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For consideration in internal funding competitions, you must submit your completed application by 1 December 2023.
If you are applying for or have secured external funding (for example, from an employer or government) or are self-funding, you must submit your application before the below deadline to be considered. You will not be able to apply after this date has passed.
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There are a range of scholarships, studentships and awards available to support both UK and overseas postgraduate researchers, details of which can be found via the links below.
To apply University of Manchester funding, you must indicate in your application the competitions for which you wish to be considered. The deadline for most internal competitions, including School of Social Sciences studentships is 1 December 2023.
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For more information about funding, visit our funding page to browse for scholarships, studentships and awards you may be eligible for.
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Other international entry requirements.
We accept a range of qualifications from different countries. For these and general requirements including English language see entry requirements from your country.
The University requires you to reside within a commutable distance from Manchester during your time as a registered student, unless you are on approved fieldwork/a formal placement or are on a period of Submission pending. This is to ensure that you are able to meet attendance expectations and participate in wider research activities within your discipline area and/or School.
How to apply, advice to applicants.
Before you start your application, you should:
When you submit your application, you must include each of the below required documents:
As part of the offer making process, applicants will be required to undertake an interview assessment. This may be in the form of an in-person interview or video call.
The interview is designed to assess your knowledge and understanding of the broad topic area, the viability of your proposed research and its intellectual contribution, alongside the fit of your project with the supervisory team. You also may be asked to identify and address any potential ethical considerations in relation to your proposed research, and discuss how best to progress your ideas in line with University of Manchester ethics guidance.
The interview panel will consist at minimum of your proposed primary supervisor and an independent interviewer.
In your new application you should demonstrate how your application has improved. We may draw upon all information from your previous applications or any previous registrations at the University as a student when assessing your suitability for your chosen programme.
Programme description.
National, regional, and local governments, organisations, and authorities are beginning to realise that they need highly trained people in healthcare ethics and law. This means now is a good time to aim for the highest academic qualifications in the field.
Traditional graduate studies for a research degree do not offer the ethical and legal knowledge or the comprehensive training needed for cutting-edge research into bioethics and medical jurisprudence. A more structured approach is called for.
This programme is designed to provide a solid skills basis for independent research. It will guide you steadily towards the completion of a structured doctoral thesis, which is based on publishable journal articles and book chapters. The programme itself is unique in its combination of group sessions in research methods and presentation events. They are designed to ensure a genuine sense of community among researchers, and friendly but consistent supervision by world-class scholars in the field.
The topics and themes which are covered during the group sessions in Year 1 address the diverse challenges of doctoral research in health law and ethics, for example:
Through this programme, you’ll be a member of the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy , a centre at the forefront of research in this area both nationally and internationally.
The Centre has three decades of experience in campus-based and distance-learning programmes, and a lively and productive research environment.
Humanities Doctoral Academy
Our Humanities Doctoral Academy combines the strengths of our four schools to bring expertise, knowledge, support and high-quality services for postgraduate researchers.
We are a community of academic leaders and postgraduate researchers across all levels in the Faculty of Humanities. The Doctoral Academy Hub houses our specialist professional service teams who support postgraduate researchers throughout the programme journey. This includes admissions, registration, student experience, progression, examination, and graduation. We collaborate closely with other University directorates including Manchester Doctoral College, Researcher Development team, and the corresponding Doctoral Academies in the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. Together we provide the best experience and support for your studies and research.
Equality, diversity and inclusion is fundamental to the success of The University of Manchester, and is at the heart of all of our activities.
We know that diversity strengthens our research community, leading to enhanced research creativity, productivity and quality, and societal and economic impact.
We actively encourage applicants from diverse career paths and backgrounds and from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation and transgender status.
All appointments are made on merit.
The University of Manchester and our external partners are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Study success will be assessed by the structured doctoral thesis.
All the taught elements serve the preparation of the doctoral thesis, which develops knowledge of bioethics and medical jurisprudence methods and approaches. The development of your research skills are monitored and supported by supervisors. Although the outputs for the doctoral thesis are somewhat different to the conventional PhD, the report and the articles that make up the thesis are assessed according to the general rules in the University.
You will have a supervisory team which normally consists of two supervisors with expertise in both philosophical bioethics and medical jurisprudence that you will meet regularly.
The first year consists of a series of research methods workshops, attendance at presentation events and monthly supervision meetings with two supervisors. Year 1 concludes with the production of a report, which outlines the contextual legal and philosophical issues that underpin your research questions and a draft outline of your first research paper.
Years 2 and 3 continue with supervision meetings and attendance at presentation events. Work produced during this time is devoted to research which leads to at least three publishable journal articles or book chapters and a structured doctoral thesis. The progress of the research will be closely monitored in research methods sessions, presentations, and supervisory meetings. The results of the research will be presented in research seminars and national and international conferences and meetings. To this end, our scholars are provided with a generous financial allowance to enable attendance and presentation at external events.
If you have any questions about the PhD in Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence please contact our Recruitment and Admissions team.
In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence was assessed as part of The University of Manchester's 'Law' submission.
82% of our research was judged to be in the highest two categories (4*) 'world-leading' or (3*) 'internationally excellent'.
Our research impact was also judged to be strong, with 100% judged to be (4*) 'world-leading' or (3*) 'internationally excellent'.
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This program and my supervisors have pushed me to approach my project in a critical and nuanced way. I have thoroughly enjoyed the workshops and trainings made available through the program and across the wider University. Meaghan Storey / Melbourne Dual Award PhD Scholar
At The University of Manchester Law department, School of Social Sciences, you are supported by the first-class resources you would expect of a top law school.
Manchester is home to one of the UK's five National Research Libraries - one of the best-resourced academic libraries in the UK and widely recognised as one of the world's greatest research libraries.
Find out more about libraries and study spaces for postgraduate research students at Manchester.
Career opportunities.
A PhD in Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence can lead to careers in academic and clinical research, as well as enhance a career in medicine and other healthcare and legal professions.
The University has its own dedicated Careers Service that you would have full access to as a PGR and for two years after you graduate.
At Manchester you will have access to a number of opportunities to help support you with your goals for the future.
Awards: LLM
Study modes: Part-time
Funding opportunities
Programme website: Medical Law and Ethics (Online Learning)
The University of Edinburgh's world-class LLM in Medical Law and Ethics helped me grow tremendously as a lawyer and personally. Daniel Schönberger LLM in Medical Law and Ethics by online learning, 2018
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This programme draws on the expertise and tradition of Edinburgh to deliver an internationally-focused, interdisciplinary programme that combines flexible learning with the most up-to-date teaching on all of the important issues affecting medicine, law and ethics today.
Medical law is a fascinating field of study as advances in medical research and new technologies shift the boundaries of medicine. New health issues are emerging and patient rights are increasingly taking centre stage. New and complex medico-legal dilemmas arise in clinical practice, in the realities of human health, and in the relationships between patients and healthcare professionals.
The programme enables you to explore the international and interdisciplinary dimensions of medical law and ethics. You will have opportunities to examine healthcare policy and the regulation of medicine in different parts of the world. You will also evaluate responses to technology and debate possible futures for medical law.
Applications are welcomed from legal professionals and healthcare professionals, including doctors and nurses, and from all those with an interest in this area.
Our online learning programmes are delivered entirely online via a virtual learning environment. Learning and teaching happen ‘asynchronously’. This means that you have the flexibility to log in at times and in places convenient to you, contribute your views and respond to others, and still maintain a sense of community with your fellow students across time zones.
To be awarded LLM Medical Law and Ethics you must successfully complete six courses, five of which must be core courses, and a 10,000-word dissertation during your chosen duration of study.
During your studies you will also have the opportunity to study up to two courses from different subject areas such as information technology law or international commercial law.
Please note the available choice of courses in any given year may change.
We link to the latest information available. Please note that this may be for a previous academic year and should be considered indicative.
Award | Title | Duration | Study mode | |
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LLM | Medical Law and Ethics | 20 Months | Part-time | |
LLM | Medical Law and Ethics | 32 Months | Part-time |
Having studied the programme, you will emerge with an understanding of medico-legal issues not just in the legal context, but with a sound grounding in ethics, social and theoretical contexts.
This programme is suitable to prepare students for advanced research.
Graduates of our online distance learning programmes progress to a range of careers in Law and related legal fields, including work in local and international firms, government legal departments, other public institutions, international organisations and in academia.
The programmes are also an ideal platform for advanced research.
Entry requirements.
These entry requirements are for the 2024/25 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2025/26 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2024.
A minimum UK 2:1 honours degree from a UK university, or its international equivalent, in law.
We also consider candidates with a degree in a related discipline, such as medicine, which includes relevant prior study.
In evaluating your application for postgraduate study, greater emphasis may be placed upon results of prior learning in subjects relevant to the intended degree programme.
Entry to this programme is competitive. Meeting minimum requirements for consideration does not guarantee an offer of study.
Relevant work experience is not required but may increase your chances of acceptance.
Relevant professional qualifications will be considered.
Preference will be given to those with grades above the minimum requirements due to strong competition for places on this programme.
This degree is Band A.
Check whether your international qualifications meet our general entry requirements:
Regardless of your nationality or country of residence, you must demonstrate a level of English language competency at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies.
We accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified:
Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS , TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE , in which case it must be no more than two years old.
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Bioethics is a multidisciplinary field focused on ethical issues within healthcare, health policy, and the biomedical sciences. It includes work in medical ethics but extends more broadly to research ethics, public health ethics, global health ethics, as well as some aspects of environmental ethics and food ethics.
Medicine raises a number of questions that can benefit from philosophical inquiry. We strive to understand what health and health care are (medical epistemology) and what they ought to be (medical ethics). In doing so, we engage with scholars from multiple disciplines in health and medical humanities, with patients, and with other community members to advance ethics in health care. Medicine is governed to a large extent by health policies created in legislative bodies. That raises issues relevant to social and political philosophy, such as liberty, equity, and justice in relation to meeting health care needs. In addition, there are metaphysical issues, from whether an eight-cell human embryo is a person, to what counts as death.
Michigan State University’s Department of Philosophy has a large faculty with diverse interests and backgrounds. The curriculum covers the standard areas of Western philosophy and offers a wide range of seminars each year. The Department emphasizes teaching, and boasts several faculty who have won University teaching awards. Interdisciplinary interests (besides health care) represented among the faculty include Women’s and Gender Studies, Cognitive Science, Evolutionary Theory, Philosophy of Science, Agriculture, Cultural Studies, and Sociology. Programs of study are offered at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels.
The Center for Bioethics and Social Justice serves as a teaching, research, and public service unit for the Colleges of Human Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Nursing, and Veterinary Medicine, besides its ties to the Colleges of Arts and Letters, Natural Science, Social Science, and Agriculture and Natural Resources. Our Center faculty team teaches courses with health professionals and offers medical ethics consultations in local hospitals.
The mission of the Center for Bioethics and Social Justice is to educate, research, and engage. The Center works to educate health professionals with the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to contribute to a world in which health practices are equitable, inclusive, and bolstered by conditions of social justice. It works on researching the nature of bioethics and enhancing its applications to the pursuit of equitable, inclusive, and just healthy societies, and on engaging researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and communities around shared interests in the attainment of a healthier and more just world. Its primary teaching commitment is to College of Human Medicine medical students at MSU, however, the Center also teaches graduate students, medical residents, and undergraduates.
The Center works closely with the Bioethics, Humanities and Society program (BHS) in Lyman Briggs College. Besides an undergraduate specialization in Health and Humanities, BHS regularly runs an overseas study program on health care policy and health care justice from a comparative perspective, based in London; concentration students may enroll in this course for doctoral credit.
Dr. Robyn Bluhm is an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Philosophy and Lyman Briggs College. Her research examines philosophical issues in neuroscience and medicine, with a particular focus on the relationship between ethical and epistemological questions in these areas. She has written extensively on the philosophy of evidence-based practice and on the use of functional neuroimaging in psychiatry. She is a co-editor of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics .
Dr. Megan Dean is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University. She works in Feminist Philosophy, Bioethics, and Science and Values, as well as 20th-century European Philosophy, especially Foucault and Phenomenology. Her current research is in the area of food ethics. While most food ethics concentrates on the impact of food production and consumption on human and non-human others, the environment, and health, Dean’s work highlights the importance of the activity of eating itself. Her work has appeared in journals including Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, Journal of Medical Ethics , and the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry.
Dr. Leonard Fleck , Professor, Ph.D., St. Louis University (Medical Ethics, Health Policy), has published over 160 articles and book chapters on a broad range of topics in health care ethics, especially issues related to health care justice, health care rationing, and health care policy. More recently he has published a number of articles on ethical issues related to emerging genetic technologies, in connection with his role as co-principal investigator for two three-year NIH ELSI grants. These grants explored the role of community dialogue (rational democratic deliberation) in addressing controversial issues of ethics and policy related to genetics and reproductive decision-making. He is the author of Just Caring: Health Care Rationing and Democratic Deliberation (Oxford University Press, 2009). He is a co-editor of the volume Fair Resource Allocation and Rationing at the Bedside (Oxford University Press, 2015). He has completed in 2021 another manuscript for Oxford University Press with expected publication in mid-2022 under the title Distributive Justice and Precision Medicine: Wicked Problems for Democratic Deliberation . He is completing another manuscript for Cambridge University Press with the working title The Liberalism Problem: Public Reason and Health Care Justice . Professor Fleck is a Hastings Center Fellow as well as a Fellow of the Brocher Foundation in Geneva Switzerland. He has presented at numerous national and international conferences. He is currently (2018-2023) serving as a consultant to a cancer biomarker project at the University of Bergen in Norway funded by a grant from the Norwegian government. He is past President of the Medical Ethics Resource Network of Michigan and served for three years as Chair of the Philosophy and Medicine Committee of the American Philosophical Association.
Dr. Fred Gifford , Professor, Ph.D., Pittsburgh. His research and teaching is in philosophy of biology and medicine, and in medical ethics, global health ethics and ethics and development. He has published articles on philosophy of biology, causation, and medical ethics. He has developed and teaches an online course in Global Health Ethics for the online Master’s program in Global Health at MSU’s Institute for Global Heath. He has also served as a member of the University’s review board on research on human subjects.
Dr. Sean A. Valles is a philosopher of health specializing in the ethical and evidentiary complexities of how social contexts—everything from one’s local food options to the presence or absence of exposure to violent policing practices—combine to create patterns of inequitable health disparities. His work includes studying the challenges of responsibly using race and ethnicity concepts in monitoring health disparities, scrutinizing the rhetoric of the COVID-19 pandemic as an ‘unprecedented’ problem that could not be prepared for, and examining how biomedicine meshes with public health and population health. He is the author of the 2018 book, Philosophy of Population Health: Philosophy for a New Public Health Era . He is also co-editor (with Quill R. Kukla) of the Oxford University Press book series “Bioethics for Social Justice.”
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