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Population Health Sciences at The University of Edinburgh - UCAS

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2026 - 2027
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Open days

17Dec
The University of Edinburgh - Introduction to Postgraduate Study
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Course summary

Our PhD or MScR in Population Health Sciences programme offers you the opportunity to work with world-leading researchers who are active in a wide range of disciplines across public health, primary care and biomedical research, including:

  • non-communicable disease epidemiology
  • health informatics
  • genetic epidemiology
  • health promotion
  • health services research
  • medical statistics
  • molecular epidemiology
  • medical sociology
  • health psychology
  • science and Technology Studies (STS)
  • public health policy & behavioural research
  • global health
Our researchers also cover a wide range of topics, including:
  • allergic and respiratory disease
  • clinical trial and statistics methodology
  • process evaluations
  • eHealth
  • ethnicity and health
  • tobacco control
  • prevention of vaping in children
  • genetic epidemiology of complex diseases
  • palliative care and cancer
  • critical care
  • resuscitation, including out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
  • families and relationships
  • lived experience of health and illness
  • diabetes and cardiovascular disease
  • multimorbidity
  • mental health
  • understanding and addressing health inequalities
  • ageing/later life
Our PhD and MScR programme encourages and supports you to develop an interdisciplinary approach to your research, and to foster collaborations with researchers working across the different centres within the Usher Institute, which include the:
  • Centre for Population Health Sciences
  • Centre for Medical Informatics,
  • Centre for Global Health
  • Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society
You will be given opportunities to develop collaborations with biomedical scientists, epidemiologists, social scientists and clinical researchers and to engage with colleagues working within disciplines, such as bioinformatics and machine learning. The Usher Institute has strong links with other centres within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, as well as many cross-college and inter-institutional collaborations. You will therefore be joining a truly multidisciplinary and collaborative community.

Modules

See our website for detailed programme information.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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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

Tuition fees vary between degree programmes. Find the specific fees for your chosen programme on our website.
Population Health Sciences at The University of Edinburgh - UCAS