Global Ageing and Policy (Distance Learning) (MSc)

We are proud to be the only department dedicated to Gerontology in the UK. We offer distinctive face-to-face and distance learning programmes in gerontology, global ageing and social policy. Discover the challenges associated with ageing, and assessing academic and policy evidence on our MSc Global Ageing and Policy course. This distance learning master's degree will teach you how to carry out policy evaluation to improve older people's wellbeing, with a focus on ageing societies. This course is centred around gerontology - the study of ageing at the individual and societal levels. On this UK master’s degree you’ll study ageing over a lifetime, focusing on the challenges associated with ageing in specific regions of the world, including: China South-east Asia and South Asia sub-Saharan Africa You’ll examine the changes humans undergo as they age, as well as the impact of growing proportions of older people on social institutions, labour markets, welfare systems and families. The study

IELTS: overall 6.5; reading 6.0; writing 6.0; speaking 6.0; listening 6.0

International students: £26,200 per year

UK students: £10,400 per year

UK/Home: £10,400 per year

International: £26,200 per year

September 2026

Application deadlines UK students The deadline to apply for this course is midday UK time.

• Online only, Southampton, United Kingdom