Master of Public Health, Postgraduate Taught - MPH - 2022/23 entry

This course aims to enable you to become a leader and change agent, developing the knowledge and skills needed to work within this new multi-disciplinary public health landscape.

You will advance your public health knowledge, skills and approach to teamwork, multi-agency collaboration and community partnerships throughout the modules on this course and critically evaluate strategies to improve public health outcomes. These skills are increasingly relevant for the public health workforce who may be located within a variety of settings including multilateral and international NGOs, local health authorities, National Public Health authorities, the voluntary or the private sector.

You will be taught by highly experienced tutors who come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds including, research and policy, health psychology, epidemiology, sociology of health, health policy, health economics and leadership. You will also experience guest lectures from visiting relevant professionals from organisations such as Public Health England, the Faculty of Public Health, the voluntary sector and local government.

Your peers on the course will be from various public health backgrounds, degree discipline, and cultural, national and international experiences.  These previous experiences, along with the knowledge gained through the programme, are used to inform real-world scenario discussions and enhance problem-solving abilities. 

Upon successful completion of this course you will have the skills and knowledge to perform a variety of public health related jobs, including:

• Public Health intelligence analyst.
• Public health practitioner
• Health promotion advisor
• Monitoring and Evaluation officer
• Health data analyst.
• Health trainer and training coordinator
• Field Epidemiologist
• Community development and community outreach worker
• Health information officer
• Youth worker
• Health researcher.

Bachelor Degree from a recognised university with a minimum grade of 60% / Good / 2.5 / C+

Even though you may have met the stated requirements, if your first language is not English, we may ask you to take an additional English Language Test when you arrive.

Based on the results of the test, you may be required to attend regular English classes to improve your level of competence. English classes are provided free of charge and are available to all non-UK students who wish to attain greater fluency in English.

Enhancing employability skills

The course will enhance your career prospects, enabling you to progress onto more senior public health roles at either operational, policy or commissioning level. The transferable nature of the course also means you could move into a management or research post.

Past graduates include a number of people now working in prominent roles regionally and nationally such as; National Mental Health Promotion Lead, Regional Commissioning Manager, Consultant in Public Health and Director of Public Health.

Get further information on the wide variety of careers available.

Awards and Credits

• Postgraduate Certificate Public Health awarded on the successful completion of 60 credits* at level 7. The duration of this award is one academic year

• Postgraduate Diploma Public Health awarded on the successful completion of 120 credits at level 7. The duration of this award is two academic years for part time students and one academic year for full time students.

• MPH Public Health awarded after the successful completion of the modules comprising the postgraduate diploma (120 credits at level 7) plus successful completion of the dissertation (60 credits at level 7). The length of this course is three academic years for part time students and one calendar year for full time students.

NB. Regarding Postgraduate Certificate*

The successful completion of an acceptable combination of 60 credits at level 7 allows you to receive an award of Postgraduate Certificate.

An acceptable combination is a total of 60 credits to include successful completion of either:

• Public Health Foundations: Models, Approaches and Practice
  or
• Public Health from Health Protection to Community Development