Master of Public Health (MPH) at Birmingham City University

Programme overview

Do you want to become key to tackling threats to health across the world? If have experience and a degree in health related area, Health science, Health Promotion, public health nursing, nutrition, Medicine, Veterinary science. This Master of Public Health (MPH) could enhance your career prospects, enabling you to progress on to senior roles at either operational, policy or commissioning level in a wide range of areas.

Faculty: Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences | Department: Sport and Life Sciences, Sport and Life Sciences, Health Professions | Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time | Study mode: full-time/part-time | Intake: September 2027, January 2028 | Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

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. Modules include Public Health Foundations, Public Health: From Health Protection to Community Development, Global Public Health: A Social Context Approach, Epidemiology, Statistics and Evaluation, Leadership and Project Management for Health and Healthcare, Research Methods of Enquiry, Dissertation, Public Health in Practice (Placement).

Career pathways

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.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants will normally be expected to have a 2:2 honours degree, or equivalent, in a subject associated with or of relevance to public health. Applicants must also have current or recent experience of working in a public health or health promotion role. This may be as your main role or as an aspect of your role. It may also be in a paid or voluntary capacity and as a professional or non-professional. All applicants are asked to provide: A personal statement identifying their experience and/or knowledge and understanding of public health together with their reasons for application to the programme. An academic reference, preferably from an academic who has taught you in the last few years. If this is not possible, a professional reference is required. Students may be asked to an informal interview, depending on their application information. If you do not meet these entry requirements or would like some preparative study, please contact Academic Development Department for more information on 0121 331 7011. IELTS 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each band, or equivalent. Additional information. We normally operate a cut-off date for applications of the end of August.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,840 a year (2027/28). full-time, 1 year; annual tuition for the first year of study Source

International applicants: GBP 19,630 a year (2027/28). full-time, 1 year; annual tuition for the first year of study Source

Intake: September 2027, January 2028

Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time

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