MSc in Public Health
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
Request info
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
Request info
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
Request info
Application deadline
Request info
Earliest start date
Oct 2024
Introduction
MSc in Public Health
This programme provides students with the knowledge and skills to contribute to the improved health of populations and particular groups within them through the promotion of health and prevention of diseases; the development and evaluation of care practices; and the investigation and control of environmental threats to health. Students are instructed in the development, use and critical evaluation of conceptual models, evidence, methods of analysis, and practical interventions.
The course provides students with the knowledge and skills to address diverse public health issues in low, middle and high income settings. The varied curriculum allows students to opt for a broad range of knowledge or to concentrate on specialised areas. The programme offers five alternative streams; the general Public Health stream and four specialist streams: Environment and Health; Health Economics; Health Promotion and Health Services Management.
Students on this programme come from diverse backgrounds. Many are health professionals working at a service or policy level, while others wish to obtain public health skills that they can apply to their work in development, community services, government, research or teaching.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the institute website for more information.
Curriculum
Structure
Module selection
- Master’s Degree: 11 modules plus a project report OR 14 modules:
- General, Environment & Health, Health Promotion or Health Services Management streams:
- 4 compulsory core PHM1 modules
- 1 stream-specific PHM1 module
- 1 further core PHM1 module
- 1 stream-specific PHM2 module
- 7 elective modules (at least three from the PHM2 selection group) or 4 elective modules (at least 1 from the PHM2 selection group) plus a project report
- Health Economics stream:
- 4 compulsory core PHM1 modules
- 2 further core PHM1 modules
- 2 stream-specific PHM2 modules
- 6 elective modules (at least two from the PHM2 selection group) or 3 elective modules plus a project report
Core PHM1 modules (PG Certificate, PG Diploma and MSc)
- PHM101 Basic Epidemiology
- PHM102 Basic Statistics for Public Health and Policy
- PHM103 Introduction to Health Economics
- PHM104 Principles of Social Research
PHM1 further core modules (PG Certificate, PG Diploma and MSc)
- PHM105 Issues in Public Health (*Gen)
- PHM106 Environment, Health & Sustainable Development (*E&H)
- PHM107 Foundations for Health Promotion (*HP)
- PHM108 Health Services (*HSM)
- PHM109 Health Policy, Process & Power
PHM2 elective modules (PG Diploma and MSc)
- PHM201 Health Decision Science
- PHM203 Economic Analysis for Health Policy (*HE)
- PHM204 Economic Evaluation (*HE)
- PHM205 Environmental Epidemiology
- PHM206 Environmental Health Policy (*E&H)
- PHM207 Health Care Evaluation
- PHM209 Globalisation & Health
- PHM210 Managing Health Services
- PHM211 Medical Anthropology in Public Health
- PHM212 Organisational Management (*HSM)
- PHM213 Principles and Practice of Health Promotion (*HP)
- PHM214 Conflict and Health
- PHM215 History and Health
- PHM216 Sexual Health
- PHM218 Applied Communicable Disease Control
- PHM219 Evaluation of Public Health Interventions
Other elective modules (PG Diploma and MSc)
- EPM202 Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- GHM201 Health Systems
- GHM202 Global Mental Health
- IDM201 Bacterial Infections
- IDM202 Nutrition and Infection
- IDM203 Parasitology
- IDM205 Healthcare-associated Infection
- IDM213 Immunology of Infection and Vaccines
- IDM215 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
- IDM301 Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases
- IDM501 HIV
- IDM502 Tuberculosis
- IDM503 Malaria
- PHM305 Project Report (MSc only)
*Compulsory module for indicated stream:
- E&H - Environment & Health stream
- HE - Health Economics stream
- HP - Health Promotion stream
- HSM - Health Services Management stream
- Gen - General stream
Project report (MSc only)
All MSc students have the option to apply to undertake a project report (PHM305), which is equivalent to three elective 15 credit modules.
Career Opportunities
Successful completion of the program may serve as preparation for students who wish to progress to a higher research degree in public health or medicine.