Transform your career with the Data Science for Health and Social Care (Online Learning) programme, where cutting-edge data science skills meet health and social care challenges. Our curriculum is designed to teach you the critical data science skills necessary for modern health and social care environments. You will gain knowledge of the fundamentals of data science, developing skills that will enable you to interpret, analyze, and interrogate data to make decisions in the health and social care sector.

The MSc Primary Care Ophthalmology is developed in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) as part of the Scottish Government's directive to empower and enhance the shift of balance of care for cataract, glaucoma, medical retina, emergency and ophthalmic triage from secondary to primary care.

This three-year, part-time, fully online programme is jointly offered by the University of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The Surgical Sciences (Online Learning) MSc programme offers you the unique opportunity to have direct contact with international students, tutors and experts in the different surgical specialities from across the world, widening your understanding of evidence-based surgical and academic surgery practice.

The different global crises that the world is facing are interconnected, and many are determined by the way that we have used the earth’s resources, and prioritised development and growth. ‘Planetary Health’ is a new field of study which examines these factors and their consequences, and looks at ways in which redesigning, connecting and leveraging the interdependent health, environment and economic systems could offer new global solutions. The challenge is how we can do this in a socially, economically and environmentally empathetic manner. This interdisciplinary MSc programme has been developed with expertise from across the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science and the College of Science and Engineering.

One Health (Online Learning) MSc, PgDip (ICL), PgCert (ICL), and PgProfDev sits at the interface between human, animal and ecosystem health. As such, it is a fast-evolving subject area, well suited to preparing professionals looking to tackle the wide range of intractable and highly complex health challenges of the 21st century. This programme is delivered fully online, making the most of the University’s pioneering, award-winning online learning environments.

The Epidemiology (Online Learning) MSc, PgCert, PgDip Transform your passion for population health into actionable expertise with the University of Edinburgh's MSc Epidemiology programme. This programme is designed to give you the foundational knowledge and analytical skills necessary for a career in epidemiology. Through learning and applying epidemiological concepts, along with practical statistical training, including the use of R software, this programme prepares the epidemiological leaders of tomorrow.

This postgraduate programme in Global Health and Infectious Diseases aims to address the challenges posed by infectious diseases by developing your expertise in surveillance, prevention, and control of infectious diseases. You will explore and address local and global health challenges related to infectious diseases and their impact on public health.

The Food Safety (Online Learning) MSc, PgDip (ICL), PgCert (ICL), PgProfDev Based in the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (R(D)SVS), the MSc is uniquely positioned to draw expertise from the world-class staff based in the vet school, Roslin Institute and the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security. Globally, poor food safety affects 600 million people and results in 420,000 deaths in a year (World Health Organisation report; Estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases, 2015).

This Infectious Diseases MScR program is organized by Edinburgh Infectious Diseases (EID), which is hosted by the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine and the College of Science and Engineering. It provides an introduction to research methodology for biologists, medics, and veterinarians. The training also provides an entry into PhD studies.

Our MSc by Research in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Repair is a one-year, full-time, on-campus master's program. The Centre is part of the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Regeneration and Repair (IRR). Our scientists and clinicians study stem cells, disease, and tissue repair to advance human health.

This Human Anatomy MSc program offers a rare opportunity to learn anatomy from dissection and experience in teaching human anatomy. This is an ideal stepping-stone to a career in anatomy teaching and research. With this highly regarded qualification, you will gain major transferable skills through an intensive on-campus dissection course and develop teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Clinical Anatomy is a core component of undergraduate medical degree programs and programs allied to medicine such as radiography and physiotherapy. However, the relative amount of anatomy taught in these programs is considerably less than in years gone by, and there are limited opportunities across the UK (and further afield) for medical and dental students, including those enrolled in the Clinical Anatomy MSc, to gain an in-depth knowledge of human anatomy beyond their core programs.

Conservation Medicine (Online Learning) MVetSci, PgDip (ICL), PgCert (ICL), PgProfDev is an established field that continues to evolve as we develop our ability to study the complex relationships and interactions between animal health, human health and ecosystem health. It emerged in the 1990s as a response to the need for a more holistic and interdisciplinary approach to the conservation of biodiversity. In particular, the importance of health in many conservation issues was widely recognised.

This Reproductive Sciences MScR program aims to introduce you to modern, up-to-date molecular and cellular biological research. You will study in a stimulating, challenging, and vibrant research atmosphere, at the interface between basic science and clinical patient care.

Our online Clinical Education MSc, PgDip, PgCert (Online Learning) programme takes advantage of our world-renowned expertise to enhance your abilities to teach and assess students in a clinical environment. Our aim is to help you reflect upon, and share thoughts about, your practice while increasing your understanding of applying educational theories and evidence from the literature. As a result, you will learn the knowledge and skills you need to deliver, develop and research high-quality clinical education in your own discipline.