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Study Details: MSc one year full time; half-time or split study over two years.
Dive deeper into the world of public health, elevating your expertise to become a trailblazing leader in the field. Address critical healthcare challenges, from malaria to sexual health, and find groundbreaking solutions for underserved communities in low- and middle-income countries.
Studying our MSc Public Health for Global Practice, you’ll learn from a diverse range of specialists in health economics, statistics, epidemiology, social science, and health policies. Then explore how these can be applied to low- and middle- income settings. Considering health services from a multidisciplinary perspective, you’ll engage with complex health and development challenges and design and manage interventions to improve the outcomes. Your new skills will help you make a lasting impact in the most marginalised groups in the world.
You’ll be taught by a team of social scientists, epidemiologists, maternal and birth health specialists, among many other experts, and benefit from 1:1 tailored advice and guidance over the course of the year. With a maximum of 40 international students in each cohort, who have very diverse backgrounds and experiences, you will also build on your professional knowledge as you hear first-hand experiences from other students.
We host a student seminar series in which you’ll look at key issues that shape the current global and health agenda, including weekly sessions where we discuss ideas and topics as a group. Our strong alumni network will be available to offer further support during the course and beyond.
With a wide range of modules available, you’ll begin by covering standard topics such as health systems and social research. You’ll then shape your studies with our elective modules, to suit your learning needs and career aims. Perhaps you’ll look at a public health module like design and disease control programmes? Or maybe you’re interested in a topic like nutrition or sexual health? Or how about a skills-based module like statistics or economic evaluation?
Your research project towards the end of the degree will give you an additional chance to examine a public health problem of your choice in more depth.
A student must normally satisfy the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine general entrance requirements and the additional programme specific entrance requirements as follows:
The normal minimum entrance qualification for registration at the School on a Master’s programme is at least one of the following:
Applications with an appropriate technical qualification, or equivalent qualification and experience from overseas, are also welcomed.
Additionally for the MSc Public Health for Global Practice, successful applicants are expected to have one year’s professional experience in public health in a low- or middle-income country.
Any prospective student who does not meet the above minimum entry requirement, but who has relevant professional experience, may still be eligible for admission. Qualifications and experience will be assessed from the application.
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Students take the following compulsory AB1 modules, which are assessed formatively during the term and form the basis of one of the final exam papers in the summer:
About LSHTM The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. A postgraduate-onl...
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