The University Master's Program in Aging constitutes an offer to the members of all the Degrees or Degrees for their academic and research training in different areas (health, educational, sociocultural, ethical-legal and management) involved in the study of human aging. Subject of great interest, given the progressive increase in the elderly population as well as the increasingly frequent displacement of care corresponding to the field of professionals. Hence, multidisciplinary knowledge is essential to provide a solution to the fundamental needs of this population; demand that will continue to grow in the immediate future since our Region constitutes a place of choice for the tourism of the third age as well as a stable residence for many elderly foreign citizens, and for the considerable deficits of attention structures that make the initiatives very significant community service provision, as well as the generation of programs to achieve a healthy old age, avoiding the uprooting of the elderly person from their environment and reducing their possible institutionalization.

‘Health, Ageing and Society’ is the new name for the Master’s Vitality and Ageing. We are ready for change – are you?! The name reflects the broad contents of the study and it better reflects what the programme stands for. Approximately 150 students have graduated since the start of the programme in 2016. Will you be next?! In the coming months, we will be updating our website. We have already added some new videos and the new yearbook (2022-‘23). Also, copies of the three main course books will be available soon. We hope you enjoy reading and watching, and hope to see you at one of our information activities! 

This program is offered primarily online, however, during the first semester, students will attend a hands-on skills demonstration and simulation weekend on campus. During those three eight-hour sessions, students will navigate different acute care stations and scenarios with access to critical care materials to practice and demonstrate competencies in caring for acute care patients.

The EC2U Joint Master’s Degree “LIFELINE – Lifelong Well-being and Healthy Ageing” is a 2-year Master’s Degree (4 semesters, 30 ECTS each, 120 ECTS in total) that provides students with the knowledge, skills, professional and research competences necessary to the specialists of interdisciplinary approaches concerning lifelong well-being and healthy ageing. This degree is in line with professional practice within national and European public institutions and private companies and will form high-level experts in the bio-psychosocial fields related to well-being and ageing.

This doctoral program offers a space for advanced training in the field of studies on demographic aging and longevity through the scientific perspective of the Social Sciences. In this sense, it is configured as a cycle of studies that aggregates different disciplinary areas, seeking to capitalize on their similarities, but also their differences, in an approach focused on complementarities, which are assumed to be fundamental for understanding a multidimensional phenomenon such as demographic aging and longevity.

In Therapeutic Physical Activity for People with Chronic Pathology, Aging, or Disability with Physiotherapists specialized in work in care centers, public or private, that develop or want to start rehabilitation programs based on the practice of therapeutic physical exercise. Physiotherapists specialize in working in health centers and gyms that include chronic patients in their training programs.

Do you want to contribute to the sustainability of an ageing society and the well-being of an ageing population? Then this is your master’s programme.

The general objective of this masters is to provide professionals with the specific training and education to efficiently develop their managerial labor of active aging and promotion of health. Students receive training from teachers from a variety of fields (Psychology, Nursing, Public Health, Sociology, Engineering) providing a multidisciplinary perspective to aging and the Health professionals who specialize in it.

Taught by internationally renowned leaders in ageing, our online MSc Gerontology and Global Ageing will give you a world-class education in social gerontology and ageing studies.

Ageing and dementia are critical areas of study and healthcare, addressing the complex needs of an increasingly ageing global population. There are more than 900,000 people with dementia in the UK and 44 million worldwide, posing a major challenge for treatment and care.

These qualification addresses work primarily in residential facilities under direct or regular supervision within clearly defined organization guidelines and service plans.

The Centre for Stress and Age-Related Disease comprises internationally-recognised researchers working on multidisciplinary projects at the biology-chemistry interface. Our work seeks to understand the role played by stress in the initiation and progression of age-related disease and to improve health and wellbeing in older people. Our work focuses on three main areas of research: Chemical Biology Cell Biology Translational Science

This qualification reflects the role of workers in the community and/or residential setting who follow an individualised plan to provide person-centred support to people who may require support due to ageing, disability or some other reason.

The doctoral program in the Biology of Aging is designed for students who want to become leaders in biogerontology. The focus is on molecular, cellular, and regenerative medicine as well as the integrative biology of aging.

This program is ideal for developing a career in the aged and community care industry. It reflects the role of workers in the community and/or residential setting who follow an individualised plan to provide person-centred support to people who may require support due to an ageing, disability or some other reason.