PGDip Public Health (International)

This programme provides public health professionals with an understanding of the health needs of populations and how to intervene effectively to strengthen health services and systems and improve health in an international context.

Make an impact

Through our course you’ll gain a detailed insight into innovative solutions to address modern gobal health challenges. Through studying with our expert staff, you can benefit from their real world knowledge and experience, positioning you to join the global community of professionals working to improve the provision of healthcare around the world.

Course highlights

You’ll learn to:

• Analyse issues in health policy and health services using epidemiological and statistical tools to critically review evidence.
• Develop the most essential skills needed to improve existing (and build new) health services programmes and management systems.
• Evaluate different strategies for disease control to select the most effective and feasible programmes.
• Discuss ethical issues, and adopt and justify an appropriate ethical stance.

You’ll benefit from an international learning environment, with fellow-professionals from a range of countries and areas of expertise.

More information

The programme is delivered by Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, based in the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences.

On this programme you have the opportunity (dependent on travel restrictions – please see our Course terms and conditions) to take part in a study visit to Geneva, attending workshops and meetings with various health-related UN and other international organizations. In the past these have included: World Health Organisation; UNAIDS; UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR); United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR); International Labour Organization; International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies (IFRC); Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF); GAVI Alliance.

The Postgraduate Diploma of Public Health (International) is for you if you are a health professional with diverse experience in national health systems. For example you may be a district and provincial medical officer, disease control, reproductive and child health and other programme officer, health service manager, community nurse, health educationalist or general medical practitioner.

You can also study this subject at Master of Public Health (International) (12 months with dissertation based on secondary data); or Postgraduate Certificate level (4 months).

Watch our recent international student webinar recording for Sep 2021/22 entry

Watch a recording of our recent School of Medicine webinar which highlights our MSc public Health (International) and MSc International Health postgraduate courses to prospective students from around the world. The Programme Leaders – Dr Mayeh Omar and Dr Stephen Pearson provide a useful overview of both courses; the modules and course structures; the difference between both courses; and the entry criteria.

The webinar covers the following postgraduate courses:

MPH Public Health (International)
MSc International Health