MSc. Drug Use and Addiction

The overall purpose is to provide an innovative and applied programme of postgraduate education on drug use and drug policy for people working or planning to work in the drugs field.

The programme has four aims:

1. to meet the regional and national demand for academic training of professionals working with drug users, thus providing them with an accredited qualification to assist entry into the field or to assist progress in their career
2. to provide an MSc. programme covering drug use and drug policy across the globe and history, thus extending the broad package of high-quality specialist postgraduate programmes within the School of Psychology and Faculty of Science
3. to provide a multi-disciplinary programme of academic study concerning drug issues which recognises the diverse backgrounds of potential candidates (eg. social work, criminal justice, health, academic) - rather than focusing too heavily on particular approaches or models
4. to provide students with research skills – the knowledge and ability to design, conduct, analyse and report scientific investigations of drug issues - so that their factual knowledge about drugs is founded in their capacities to critically evaluate research, and to formulate and assess their own questions about drug issues

In addition to its multi-disciplinary approach, the programme is distinguished by its broader foundation in three guiding principles: a focus on the philosophy of harm reduction, consideration of the international dimension of drug use, and an applied research orientation.

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