Study our postgraduate degree programme in Global Health Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Our online learning programme includes subjects in animal health, biodiversity, conservation, forensics, infectious diseases, sanitation and water issues.
These entry requirements are for the 2026-27 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2027-28 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2026.
A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent. A biomedical, medical, public health, veterinary or relevant bioscience topic is particularly suitable for this degree programme.
We may also consider your application if your degree is in an unrelated discipline but you have relevant work experience; please contact us to check before you apply. You may be admitted to Certificate level only in the first instance.
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Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Land Use and Food Security
BIME11011
10 credits
Invasive Non-Native Species
BIME11012
10 credits
The Use of Artificial Reproductive Technologies in Threatened Species
BIME11018
10 credits
The Modern Zoo
BIME11019
10 credits
The Marine Environment
BIME11020
10 credits
Conservation Genetics
BIME11025
10 credits
Climate Change: Policy and Practice
BIME11027
10 credits
Ecosystem Resilience and Extreme Events
BIME11137
10 credits
Conservation and Conflict
BIME11145
10 credits
Wildlife Trade
BIME11148
10 credits
Public Health Systems in High, Low and Middle Income Countries
BIME11163
10 credits
Led by locals: power and participation in conservation
BIME11193
10 credits
Project Management of Development Aid
BIME11194
10 credits
Neglected tropical diseases
EMND11004
10 credits
Emerging Infectious Diseases
EMND11006
10 credits
Travel medicine and infectious diseases
EMND11008
10 credits
Water and sanitation
EMND11021
10 credits
Sexually transmitted infections
EMND11023
10 credits
Newborn and Child Health
EMND11028
10 credits
Zoonotic diseases in a global setting
EMND11029
10 credits
Technical Advances in Diagnostics
EMND11033
10 credits
Zoonotic disease
INAH11004
10 credits
Control of economically important parasites
INAH11006
10 credits
Wildlife animal health and environment
INAH11008
10 credits
Project planning and decision support for animal disease control
INAH11013
10 credits
Introduction to GIS and spatial data analysis
INAH11017
10 credits
Pastoralism and Herd Health
INAH11021
10 credits
Surveillance and control of transboundary diseases affecting international trade
INAH11023
20 credits
An introduction to transboundary diseases and their impact on trade and wildlife populations
INAH11024
10 credits
Socioeconomic Principles for One Health
INAH11025
20 credits
An introduction to vaccinology
INAH11026
10 credits
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