The program is completed in a calendar year (full-time) or in up to 3 years (part-time). The completion of the program requires the successful attendance of courses (equivalent to 180 credits) and a dissertation. Essential laboratories and material are used during the courses, including video projectors, PCs, and CD players. All students can access the online platform INTRANET where teaching materials, grades and announcements on all courses are posted.

All materials from the lectures, as well as the slides from the presentation and relevant references, are uploaded to the CityU E-Learning platform, giving thus the opportunity to students to access them even if they were unable to attend the class. 

Students also have the option to conduct their instructor, through email, and schedule a meeting for up to 1 teaching hour, for each module.

• Lectures: This is the main teaching method in Health Psychology. All module leaders and lecturers make their lecture notes available on City Unity’s virtual learning environment called Moodle and students are able to download material as necessary, though Moodle should not be seen as a substitute for attending. Lectures provide an opportunity to deliver a broad overview of a topic and to initiate further research and study by students for tutorials, seminars and private study.
• Directed Reading: Students are expected to undertake significant directed reading in all aspects of the program. All Cardiff Met students, including those studying at a partner institution, have access to the University’s electronic resources. Guidelines on accessing these resources are available at: http://tsr.cardiffmet.ac.uk/Learning/Library/eleclib/Pages/default.aspx
• Tutorial sessions: are used to reinforce material presented by the other methods and to clear up possible misconceptions. Tutorials enable students to develop their understanding of the subject gained via the lecture and preparatory readings. Tutorials also provide an environment in which a student is able to clarify queries and raise questions about the subject. It is also likely that a student will be asked to prepare presentations and he/she will receive decisive feedback on assessed activities.
• Case studies: present realistic examples and by studying, researching and discussing them students are expected to gain insights into problems that they might encounter in their professional career.
• Group seminars: Are used to critically discuss topics and issues investigated in the virtual learning classes
• Workshops: Computer labs and statistical programs are used in the field of statistics
• Supervision:  The supervisors and the student will form a research team working together in a student-led relationship, which will involve one to one sessions with individual supervisors for the dissertation.

Assessment: The modules are assessed through assignments and presentations.

The MSc Health Psychology graduates can work in a wide range of areas, such as:

• In hospitals and clinics, in collaboration with other health professionals 
• In neurologic and psychiatric clinics (with appropriate training after the MSc)
• In the educational system, developing and conducting school-based interventions to promote children’s health
• In occupational settings, as consultants to develop and conduct programmes in order to promote employee’s health and productivity
• In rehabilitation centres 
• With athletes, e.g. coaching 
• In designing governmental action plans to promote public health/ prevent illness 
• In health communication, adhering to the E.U. guidelines
• In research centres, using the high quality research skills they have gained during the MSc
• In private practice, providing a wide range of services (e.g. chronic illness management, stress/ anxiety management, chronic pain management, counselling, behaviour change, grief/ loss coping skills, psychological support etc.)

For Psychology graduates who wish to acquire BPS stage 1, it is mandatory to attend 85% of the courses.

The content for all courses per module and the presentations made during the course as well as corresponding bibliography are posted on the online platform allowing every student to study even if he/she is not present in the classroom.

Students have also the opportunity to contact their professor/instructor through e-mail and ask for supervision calling for an appointment for up to one hour per course. This is not permitted for the statistics course, since it requires the student’s presence in workshops, unless the student already has a sound knowledge of statistical analysis.

 To enroll in the program, prospective students must meet the following requirements:

1. Certificate of university degree
2. Proof of English language proficiency
3. In special individual cases it may be necessary to conduct an interview or attend specific courses or pass exams or have your previous studies and work experience evaluated

If the requirements for English proficiency are not met, intensive English courses are provided at City Unity College, depending on the level of each prospective student.

Under Law 4393/12, European University degrees obtained by attending programs in recognized / accredited Colleges are professionally recognized by the ATEEN department of the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs.