Planetary and One Health

About this course

This MSc programme addresses the escalating threats from emerging diseases originating from human-animal interactions, driven by environmental and climate change, global travel and trade, food insecurity, deforestation and biodiversity loss, and other human-caused factors. You’ll be part of a new cadre of scientists with interdisciplinary knowledge and skills to help tackle these complex global challenges.

Careers and employability

Graduates equipped with interdisciplinary skills and expertise in this topic will be able to transition to a range of diverse career options, including public health, epidemiology, health policy and advocacy, environmental science, teaching, and consultancy.

Graduates will be highly competitive candidates for positions in academia (research assistants), government agencies (e.g., UK Health Security Agency; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), international organizations (e.g., World Health Organization, UN Environment Programme), non-governmental organizations/charities (World Wildlife Fund for Nature), climate research centres, environmental consultancy firms, and companies focused on global health and environmental change.