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100% online MPH Global Health

Apply by: 24 December 2024
To begin: 7 January 2025
  • 180 credits
  • 2 years part-time
Develop innovative ideas and solutions to tackle health inequalities in and across international populations.

This is Keele:

  • 100% online MPH in 24 months
  • Top 20 in UK for Health Professions*
  • Part of Keele School of Medicine
  • Britain’s best university, as ranked by students**
  • 80% of research ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’***
  • £8,500 total fees, with option to pay per module
*Guardian University League Table, 2022
**StudentCrowd University Awards, 2022
**Research Excellence Framework, 2021

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Make a global difference to public health

If you aspire to develop innovative ideas and solutions to tackle health inequalities in and across international populations, our online MPH Global Health will equip you with the skills to do so.

You will learn about key contemporary population health issues across countries with different climates, economies, and cultures, and how global health issues are managed through policy, systems, and agencies. On top of this, you will also examine a range of issues affecting health and wellbeing around the world, including trade, work, and healthcare systems, as well as the impact of global poverty, hostilities, and natural disasters.

What you will learn on this MPH Global Health

This MPH Global Health degree is aligned with internationally recognised competency frameworks including the UK Public Health Skill and Knowledge Framework, and the World Health Organisation ASPHER Core Competency Framework for Public Health in the European Region.

Modules will cover core topics, including:

  • Applied epidemiology
  • Global health
  • Health promotion
  • The health protection function of public health
  • Leadership in global healthcare
  • Statistics and epidemiology
  • Health inequalities and community action
  • Control of communicable disease
  • Dissertation modules must focus on a global health issue

Taught by experts

This MPH Global Health degree is part of Keele University’s School of Medicine. The School of Medicine unites world-leading research experts with experienced teaching staff to provide a pioneering teaching and research environment – one which you will directly benefit from when you study with us.

Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology, Dr Ross Wilkie, is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Epidemiology. His research is recognised internationally and Ross was awarded the European League Against Rheumatism Research Award in 2019. He has also been awarded a Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health by distinction for his education and research work.

Potential career paths with an MPH

Our MPH Global Health degree could create or enhance a career in any of the following:

  • Health Policy Adviser
  • Health Promotion Official
  • Health Program Manager
  • Researcher
  • Work for national and international organisations in various roles linked to health promotion and protection
  • Work for non-government organisations in various roles to promote health and prevent poor health
  • Work in disaster risk reduction
  • Work with vulnerable populations
  • Work in projects linked to environmental issues

Entry requirements for home and international students

A 2:2 undergraduate degree or a UK Master’s degree (or international equivalent)

Applicants with qualifications below this level may be considered if they can provide evidence which demonstrates a minimum of two years’ appropriate work experience. The evidence will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

In addition, applicants must also have passed GCSE Maths (minimum grade C or 4) and pass a numeracy test prior to starting the course

Applicants who do not hold a recognised degree will be asked to provide evidence which demonstrates a minimum of three years’ relevant experience. The evidence will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

English language requirements

Applicants for whom English is not a first language must provide evidence of a recognised qualification in English language. The minimum score for entry to the programme is Academic IELTS 6.0 or equivalent (no subtest score below 5.5).

Programme Start dates

Next start date: 7 January 2025
Documents deadline: 31 December 2024
Application deadline: 24 December 2024

Fees

Total programme fees:
£8,500
Per 15-credit module fee:
£850

If you are based in the UK or the EU, you may be eligible for a government postgraduate loan to cover the full course fees.

You pay tuition fees for each module taken, either module-by-module or in full at the start of your course.

If you pay module-by-module, you will pay in instalments of £850.

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Britain's best university, as ranked by students

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Global Sustainability Institution of the Year

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