Overview
The Master of Science in International Addiction Studies (IPAS) course offers students cross‐cultural exposure to critical prevention and treatment practices, as well as research and policy issues in the field of addiction. This programme provides unique opportunities to study addiction in its broadest sense and examine key issues from an international perspective.
Key benefits
- A unique programme that focuses on the similar international trends in policy, global epidemiology of substance-related morbidity and mortality, and evidence-based treatment and prevention practices.
- Exclusive online access to lectures produced exclusively for the course by international experts in the addictions field.
- Course members are considered students of all three universities concurrently with access to all online resources available from each of the partners.
- You will receive personalised support from our dedicated module leaders throughout the course.
- Course graduates will receive a triple-badge diploma jointly conferred by the three teaching institutions.
Course essentials
The Master of Science in International Addiction Studies (IPAS) course is a unique collaboration of three of the world's leading research universities in the field of Addiction Science:
- The Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London
- Adelaide University
- Virginia Commonwealth University
This partnership offers three nested graduate programme options available to graduates around the globe via distance learning. You will have access to the latest information on topics ranging from the biological basis of addiction and treatment as well as prevention and policy. The course will help you to compare global perspectives and translate this knowledge into more effective prevention and treatment practices and evidence-based policies worldwide.
Applications should be submitted to Virginia Commonwealth University, as they are the host university.
Key Information
Course type:
Master's
Delivery mode:
Online
Study mode:
Full time / Part time / Distance Learning
Duration:
One year full-time, two years part-time, August to August
Credit value:
UK 180 / ECTS 90 for the Masters of Science Programme, UK 120 / ECTS 60 Credits for Post Graduate Diploma, UK 60 / ECTS 30 Credits for Post Graduate Certificate
Application status:
Closed
Start date:
September 2026