/ Postgraduate Taught /
Start date:
September 2025
Duration:
1 year (full-time)
2 years full time with professional experience year
Number of credits:
MSc: 180 credits
PGDip: 120 credits
PGCert: 60 credits
Interested in a career that helps communities, promotes health, and offers global employment opportunities in industry, government, and NGOs? Develop the knowledge and skills to tackle global health challenges and promote wellbeing, prevent ill-health, and prolong life.
Did you know
This course aligns with the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) Public Health Practitioner Standards, supporting your journey toward registration as a public health practitioner via the retrospective portfolio route.
Modules
This is a new course launching in 2025. Module details will be updated shortly. Please contact us with any questions.
Core modules include:
- Principles and Practice of Public Health
- Clinical Futures – looking ahead to new solutions.
- Health Research Methods
- Research Project
- Postgraduate Professional Experience Year - Our year-long professional placement to jump start your career in public health.
This course offers you the chance to undertake one optional placement module upon completion of the core programme. You may undertake a year-long (CMP020P300) or a three month (CMP020P055) industrial placement.
The Placement module is taken by students in year two once they have completed the core programme of the course. Students beginning in January will have the option to undertake their placement during the Summer term when there is no teaching activity.
Placement modules recognise the importance of professional experience for pursuing bespoke careers and so provide MSc students with the opportunity to apply learned concepts and toolkits into practice of their fields of specialism.
You will learn on-the-job, highlight improvements in an organisation’s practices and contribute to chosen business projects. The placement can either be full-time or part-time to a minimum of 3 working days (21-24 hours).
The placement will be ideally tailored to your interests and aspiration but will ultimately meet the needs of employers. Roles may vary, but the emphasis should be on securing a placement within promising growth areas of your discipline. You should seek employment that will apply and develop existing and new skills within the workplace.
Placement Preparation Workshops will introduce you to the soft skills, the pitch and research skills needed to recruit and systematically prepare for a bespoke placement in a leading business organisation.
Professional Experience Year
This course also offers the option of a Professional Experience Year. This programme combines dynamic career modules with flexible placement opportunities. After completing your first year of study, you'll then complete a full year of Professional Experience training as part of your degree. This will give you real career experience. This unique opportunity offers you distinct paths to build your expertise. If your chosen degree offers a full-time professional placement, you can opt for that pathway. Alternatively, you can complete our Professional Experience Year and still build the professional skills you need for your future.
Skills
London’s unique history and vibrant present make it an ideal place to study public health.
This programme is designed to give you the skills in promoting and improving health and well-being at individual, community, and societal levels. You will gain expertise in:
- Evidence-based Public Health: Develop strategies to promote wellbeing and improve public health at local, national, and global levels.
- Intervention Design: Create and evaluate impactful interventions that encourage positive behaviour changes and enhance community health.
- Multidisciplinary Integration: Apply insights from epidemiology, life sciences, business, and policy to address complex health challenges.
- Research Proficiency: Conduct in-depth research to understand public health issues and inform future initiatives.
- Leadership Development: Prepare for roles in health, education, or government, helping to shape policies and practices that improve public health outcomes.
London is the birthplace of public health and offers an unparalleled learning environment. Pioneered during the Victorian era to address urban challenges, public health practices in London provide valuable insights for modern times.
You’ll have access to leading research institutions, world-renowned hospitals, and a variety of public health employers in both the public and private sectors.
These create opportunities for internships, networking, and exposure to cutting-edge public health practices, making London the perfect place to launch or enhance your career in public health.
Learning
Be part of a dynamic public health curriculum designed to address today’s pressing global health challenges.
This programme offers a blend of theoretical study, hands-on practice, and research-focused learning.
- Flexible Learning: A blended approach combines in-person teaching with online asynchronous elements, ensuring accessibility for all learning styles.
- Research-Led Teaching: Lectures from expert academics and guest speakers introduce key concepts, methodologies, and contemporary issues in public health.
- Practical Sessions: Gain hands-on experience by applying theoretical knowledge in real-world settings.
- Interactive Seminars and Workshops: Solve complex public health problems through case studies, group discussions, and collaborative projects.
- E-Learning Support: Access online lectures, tutorials, and discussion forums, complemented by independent study resources.
Our research-active faculty ensures that you can engage in real-world applications of their knowledge through practical sessions and projects. You’ll also have the opportunity to present your work at a student conference attended by employers and industry professionals to gain insights and connections.
The programme includes collaboration with experienced academics and professionals across disciplines, further enhancing the impact and scope of your research.
A postgraduate professional experience year is also available, bridging the gap between academic and professional success.
Assessment
The programme employs continuous assessment to evaluate your progress and ensure a deep understanding of public health.
Assessment methods include:
- Critical analysis reports
- Presentations
- Paper critiques
- Written assignments
- A final research project
Assessments emphasise critical thinking, ethical practices, and teamwork through group projects and peer learning, preparing you to address real-world public health challenges.
Careers
This programme is designed with employability at its core, preparing you for diverse roles in public health, research, academia, and industry.
Aligned with UKPHR Public Health Practitioner Standards, it provides the knowledge, skills, and experience needed for professional registration and successful careers.
You will emerge career-ready, equipped with advanced project management skills and a strong foundation in public health.
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Applying
Full-time UK postgraduate students apply through our direct application system.
Course subject to curriculum review and validation.
We welcome applications from students studying T Levels.
For all courses we also accept a wide range of other qualifications and experience. Contact us to find out more.
When we consider applications to study with us, we form a complete view of your achievements to date, and future potential, and can offer flexibility in entry requirements. Find out more about our Contextual Offer scheme.
Specific entry requirements
At least 2.2 honours UK degree or international equivalent (overall 60% or above in life and health sciences related international UG degrees).
General entry requirements
September 2025 entry tuition fees
Year one fees
To be confirmed.
We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our 2024 financial support pages for UK students.
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
International undergraduate students apply through our direct application system.
Course subject to curriculum review and validation.
We welcome applications from students studying T Levels.
For all courses we also accept a wide range of other qualifications and experience. Contact us to find out more.
When we consider applications to study with us, we form a complete view of your achievements to date, and future potential, and can offer flexibility in entry requirements. Find out more about our Contextual Offer scheme.
Specific entry requirements
At least 2.2 honours UK degree or international equivalent (overall 60% or above in life and health sciences related international UG degrees).
International students need to attend a short interview to ascertain their suitability and their commitment for this programme.
General entry requirements
September 2025 entry tuition fees
Year one fees
To be confirmed.
We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our 2024 financial support pages for international students.
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
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