Manchester Metropolitan University
MPH in Global Public Health
Manchester, United Kingdom
Master degree
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2027
TUITION FEES
EUR 20,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* EU and non-EU international students full-time fee
Key Summary
About: The MPH in Global Public Health at Manchester Metropolitan University gives a foundation in public health and global health analysis, policy, systems, and practice. Designed for health professionals, it covers SDG-aligned areas—reproductive and child health, infectious and noncommunicable diseases, injuries, UHC, environmental risks and outbreaks. You’ll gain skills in epidemiology, planning, management, evaluation, prevention, protection and health promotion.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue roles across public health, epidemiology and health systems in government / public services, academia, NGOs and voluntary sector. Typical jobs include public health analyst, health policy advisor, communicable disease control officer and director of public health.
Public Health is a growing concern with issues such as obesity and other complex conditions requiring a need for education and specialist training across the health sector.
The MPH Global Public Health offers a foundation in public health training and exposure to global health analysis, policies, systems, and practices.
We’ve designed this course for health professionals looking to develop a career in public health and epidemiology.
You’ll focus on global public health issues guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015:
- Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health
- Infectious diseases
- Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health
- Injuries and violence
- Universal health coverage (UHC) and health systems
- Environmental risks
- Health risks and disease outbreaks
You’ll develop an in-depth understanding of the health challenges facing populations and nations in an increasingly globalised world. We aim to equip you with skills for planning, managing, and evaluating health services for disease prevention, health protection, and health promotion.
Graduates from this MPH should develop a workforce with strong management, leadership, and critical thinking skills.
Features and benefits
- Learn vital skills - Equips you with skills for planning, managing, and evaluating health services for disease prevention, health protection, and health promotion.
- Prepare for examinations - Covers many of the areas necessary for sitting Part A of the Faculty of Public Health examination.
- Expert academics - Our teaching team consists of professors, readers, and senior lecturers in epidemiology, public health, sociology, health promotion, and mental health.
Course information
On this course you’ll examine and reflect upon the challenges of preventing disease, tackling health inequalities and analysing outcomes in an increasingly globalised world.
The course is arranged as five core taught modules (180 credits).
You’ll learn from a breadth of modules, from epidemiology, contemporary issues, and policy, power & leadership in global public health. We aim to ensure that all modules explicitly reflect that many public health challenges faced today are global health problems. This means, all core taught modules include specific content and data examples covering both global and regional situations, with emphasis on the seven WHO health-related SDG thematic areas.
You’ll critically analyse topics from disease prevention and health promotion to the cultural and historical conditions shaping public health policies and practice.
Dissertation topics could include an area of public health relevant to your work and career plans, systematic or narrative literature reviews, or secondary data analysis.
The course will be delivered through a variety of teaching methods including lectures, seminars, workshops and computer-based activities as well as collaborative group work using virtual environments. We use our online learning environment (Moodle) to support our teaching activities and ensure electronic access to all teaching materials.
You’ll be assessed via a range of methods including essays, examinations, reviews of policy documents, and oral presentations.
Students will be expected to attend timetabled days.
Year 1
On this course you'll study the following core units:
Core modules
- Contemporary issues in global public health
- Evidence based global public health and health promotion
- Epidemiology and statistics for public health
- Policy, power, and leadership in global public health
- Dissertation
This course provides a foundation to develop a wide range of professional careers in public health and epidemiology.
Public health focuses on populations and communities, as opposed to individuals, leading to potential careers in public or government services, academia, research, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) and the voluntary sector. Although a number of common themes are covered in this course, you may specialise in roles ranging from health services research, public health analysts, health policy advisors, communicable disease control or directors of public health.
Study
- Full-time 15% lectures, seminars or similar; 0% placement; 85% independent study
Assessment
- Full-time 84% coursework; 0% practical; 16% examination