Master of Science in Public Health

at University of Southampton - Highfield Campus United Kingdom

Overview

Learn how to prevent and manage communicable and non-communicable diseases around the world. This broad and practical Public Health Master’s focuses on vocational learning, to prepare you for work in real-world scenarios. You’ll be able to tailor this degree to your interests.

This master's will give you the skills for a career that makes a difference. Graduates have gone onto to public health careers for government and public bodies in the UK and abroad, including the Medical Research Council, Public Health England, local government, ministries of health, universities and charities.

Through this course you’ll learn how to:

  • Develop, plan and evaluate public health programmes
  • Initiate health behaviour change using social media, community engagement and advocacy
  • Apply quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques
  • Use the spss statistics software programme

You can personalise this course to your interests through optional modules and your dissertation. In previous years students have worked closely with real-world partners on dissertation projects, including the Ministry of Defence, Age UK and city councils.

Public health is an interdisciplinary profession, and this is reflected in your learning. Your lecturers are academics who are actively involved in research or are working in the sector. They’re experts from across the University, in Medicine, Health Geography, Demography, Social Science and Management.

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University of Southampton - Highfield Campus

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Master of Science in Public Health Assistant Fee

$21000

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Master of Science in Public Health Admissions Requirements

  • Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted for this program, students must have a Bachelor's Degree.

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30

Application Processing Days

Full Time On Campus

Program Intensity

Under Graduate

Program Level

12

Duration

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English Test Requirement

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100.0

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