Course summary
Warwick Medical School offers a Master's in Public Health, an interdisciplinary degree, drawing upon expertise across a wide range of subject areas, to explore the complexity of public health issues in the UK and internationally. Course overview Public health spans a broad range of issues and subject areas and is suitable if you are looking to explore complex health challenges on a global scale. Our course has a choice of pathways to enable you to pursue the area of public health you find most relevant and interesting. Pathways include: global health, health services and an academic route centred on health economics, epidemiology and research methods. Alternatively, you can select options from different pathways. At the end of the Master’s, you will have the opportunity to complete either a dissertation or professional project on a topic of your choice. Previous projects have focused on a broad array of topics, including childhood obesity, flu vaccination uptake within care home staff and models of primary care for homeless patients. Skills from this degree
- Analytical skills
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Statistical skills
Modules
Core modules
- Postgraduate Induction and Your Professional Development
- Epidemiology and Statistics
- Disease Prevention and Health Protection
- Health Improvement and Management for Public Health
- Social Determinants of Health
- Dissertation or Professional Project (for the Master’s)
- Health Screening
- Design, Analysis and Interpretation Epidemiology Research
- International Health Policy
- Introduction to Health Economics (for non-economists)
- Qualitative Research Methods in Health
- Introduction to Leadership and Management in Health Service Organisations
- Understanding Research and Critical Appraisal in Healthcare
- Global Health
- Pathways to the Public Health Workplace
- Public Mental Health and Wellbeing
Assessment method
There is a range of assessment styles, reflecting what is needed when working in public health, such as statistical reports, briefing papers, press releases, action plans, reflections, portfolios, verbal presentations (group and individual) and poster presentations.
Entry requirements
Minimum requirements First degree (2:2) or equivalent qualification, in an appropriate subject. Those without formal qualifications should demonstrate relevant work experience and the ability to study at postgraduate level. English language requirements You can find out more about our English language requirements. This course requires the following: Band A International students will be required to show sufficient competence in English (IELTS 6.5 overall with 6.5 in the reading and writing components and no component below 6). International qualifications We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications.
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
Please visit the University of Warwick website for the tuition fees for postgraduate courses:
https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding/fees
Sponsorship information
We offer a variety of postgraduate funding options for study at the University of Warwick, from postgraduate loans, university scholarships, fee awards, to academic department bursaries. It's important that you apply for your postgraduate course first before you apply for a University of Warwick scholarship.
Provider information
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL