Overview

The Masters in Public Health: International is a new taught masters programme focusing on the epidemiology and determinants of major chronic and communicable diseases around the world.

The course will cover the health needs of people living in resource poor settings, the epidemiology and biology of pathogens, and the use of vaccines and other methods of disease prevention.

You will learn how to initiate and conduct research and disease prevention measures in developing country settings.

The MPH can be undertaken over one year (full-time) or two years (part-time). It will be of interest to people currently working, or aspiring to work, in public health or in developing countries, and it has a more international focus than our other Masters in Public Health.

Training

Core modules (50 credits)

• Research Methods (10 credits)
• Epidemiology (10 credits)
• Applied Biostatistics (10 credits)
• International Health (10 credits)
• International Health and Health Policy (10 credits)

Optional modules (70 credits)

• Evidence Based Policy & Practice (10 credits)
• Public Health and Ethics (10 credits)
• Global Public Health (10 credits)
• Health Economics (10 credits)
• Health and Human Rights (10 credits) 
• Health Inequalities: Theory, Policy and Practice (10 credits)
• Health Policy - Principles, Practice and the Evidence Base (10 credits) 
• Medical Sociology (10 credits)
• Randomised Control Trials (10 credits)
• Cancer Epidemiology & Biology (10 credits)
• Systematic Reviews (10 credits)
• Qualitative Methods Applied to Health Research (10 credits)

Research project

The research project contributes 60 credits to your degree.

You will be matched with a tutor with complementary research interests, and together you will design an appropriate project, using the skills and techniques taught in the modules.

For part-time students in employment, the project can represent an area that is of interest to your employer.

Funding

A limited number of funded student places are available for health professionals working in the area covered by the Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority.  Please contact us for more information.

For information on fees visit graduate course fees.