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Global Public Health (online) at Queen Mary University of London - UCAS

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2024 - 2025
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Course summary

With a focus on the social, political, economic and ecological determinants of health, our fully online MSc/PGDip/PGCert in Global Public Health will deepen your understanding of global health policy issues and help you become an astute health professional with a global perspective.

  • Study flexibly at a time and pace that best fits your home and work commitments
  • Begin or further deepen your understanding of global health issues
  • Develop core competencies to establish or further a career in the global health sector, working in or with governments, non-government actors such as charities or philanthropies, and international organisations.
  • Receive expert tuition from our world-leading team of research-active lecturers who come with extensive experience in Global Public Health. Be fully supported by our dedicated administrators and student experience team.
  • Choose to start your studies in January or September 2025
What you'll study Our Global Public Health programmes offers a high-quality and interactive online learning experience. It is a wide-ranging post-graduate programme that explores social, political, economic and ecological determinants of health, with a focus on health policy analysis. The determinants of health and their consequences for health improvement and health inequalities are an essential part of the work of public health practitioners when dealing with health issues at the population level. Governments, researchers, and the public are increasingly aware of health inequity and the need for health systems to provide and promote health for all. This MSc programme will appeal to anyone with an interest in the health and wellbeing of societies within and across countries. It has direct relevance to anyone working in a health or policy setting, and to anyone with a general interest in the social and political sciences. Structure The MSc is a three-year, part-time, fully online postgraduate programme. It comprises of eight x 15 credits taught modules and one x 60 credits supervised Global Public Health Dissertation module. The Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) is a two-year, part-time, fully online programme including eight x 15 credits taught modules and the Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) is a shorter 1 year programme, which includes four x 15 credits taught modules.

Modules

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Assessment method

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How to apply

International applicants

Please see: www.qmul.ac.uk/international-students

Entry requirements

A 2.1 honours degree or above at undergraduate level (or international equivalent) in a relevant subject, such as Medicine, Nursing, the health sciences or the social sciences.. Applicants with a 2:2 degree (or international equivalent) and relevant experience in the field will be considered on an individual basis.

English language requirements

All applicants to Queen Mary must show they meet a minimum academic English language standard for admission and to be successful on the course. Please refer to the website below for details on our English Language requirements by course and acceptable alternative qualifications. You will also find important information regarding UKVI's English requirements if you are applying as an international student and will require Tier 4 immigration permission to enter the UK.

Queen Mary University of London: English Language Requirements

http://www.qmul.ac.uk/international/englishlanguagerequirements

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Students enrolling on a postgraduate degree programme are charged tuition fees each year by Queen Mary. The rate you will be charged depends on whether you are assessed as a Home/EU or Overseas student. You can find tuition fees for each course on the course finder pages on our website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/ Further details about postgraduate taught tuition fees can also be found on our website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/tuitionfees/

Sponsorship information

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Global Public Health (online) at Queen Mary University of London - UCAS