History of medicine courses

United Kingdom Institutes for the History of Medicine

  • Cambridge: Study in the History of Medicine at all levels
  • Canterbury (University of Kent):Centre for the History of Medicine, Ethics and Medical Humanities’ study and research at various levels
  • Durham: Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease
  • Exeter: Centre for Medical History
  • Glasgow: Centre for the History of Medicine
  • Glasgow: Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare
  • London: King’s College: Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
  • London: London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: Centre for History in Public Health
  • Manchester: Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
  • Newcastle upon Tyne: History of Medicine MA
  • Oxford University Science, medicine and technology – taught courses and research
  • Oxford Continuing education – short on line course in the History of Medicine.
    Focusing on the key turning points in the history of western medicine, this course offers insights into medicine’s past, asks what has shaped contemporary medicine and how do people study it.
  • Oxford: Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine
  • Warwick: Centre for the History of Medicine
  • Strathclyde MSc in Health History
  • Worshipful Society of Apothecaries – offers a one year diploma course and also short courses