MSc Global Health (Disaster Management)

• Study the worldwide improvement of health, reduction of disparities and protection against global threats.

• Cover topics such as emergency medicine, disaster management, community health, anthropology, and sociology of health and illness.

• Benefit from insights from the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), collaborators on the content of this course.

• Develop knowledge and understanding of health challenges in disaster and conflict contexts.

• Study via distance learning without leaving home or interrupting your career.

• Benefit from the expertise of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, including a decade of online teaching.

MSc Global Health at Manchester has been developed in collaboration with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

Aimed at both those new to the humanitarian sector and professionals who want to update their skills, our course offers a practical means of study and an inclusive approach which mirrors the reality of interventions within a humanitarian context.

You will explore issues related to the worldwide improvement of health, the reduction of disparities, protection against global threats that disregard national borders, and specialise in Disaster Management.

The course is unique in bringing together the study of emergency medicine, disaster management, community health, anthropology and sociology of health and illness in an online format.

You will have access to leading multidisciplinary academics and practitioners. For example, we have a close working relationship with the charity UK-Med, which aims to improve the training and accountability of medical teams to sudden onset disasters and complex emergencies.

Full entry requirements

An overall grade of 7.0 in IELTS with 7.0 in writing an no skill below 6.5 is required or 100+ in the TOEFL iBT with a minimum writing score of 25 and no skill below 22.

If you have obtained a different qualification, please check our English language requirements to ensure that it is accepted and equivalent to the above requirements.

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