Master of Public Health (Global Health Pathway)

About this course

Our new Global Public Health pathway offers a critical, in-depth overview of public health challenges that transcend national and species boundaries through a critical analysis of their epidemiological, socio-economic, cultural, and political determinants. Students are provided with the conceptual and applied skills to critically analyse and evaluate the interconnected and dynamic nature of global public health issues.​

Careers and employability

​The Global Health pathway will particularly appeal to students who wish to develop public health or related careers in global settings such as working for the World Health Organisation, global health NGOs (for example CARE, Save the Children, World Vision, Medecins Sans Frontieres), or national level heath and public health bodies.

​Core modules of the MPH are mapped against the approved training programmes for Health Education North West (HENW). They’re responsible for the commissioning and management of training and education for: NHS speciality registrars in public health, working towards a Certificate of Completion of Training and students who wish to go on to complete Membership of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine (MFPHM) Part A.

​The programme provides a strong foundation for putting public health principles into practice in a variety of settings, including research, practice and policy.