MSc Demography & Health (online) at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

The online MSc Demography & Health studies population dynamics and their interaction with global health, including reproductive behaviour, exposure to health risks, economic growth and climate change. It is delivered wholly online with live lectures and seminars on UK weekdays plus recorded and self-directed study, and runs subject to sufficient enrolment (normally around five students).

Duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time or split-study  |  Study mode: online (live, UK weekday hours); full-time, part-time or split-study  |  Intake: September 2026  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Term 1 compulsory modules are Basic Epidemiology, Demographic Methods, Population Studies, Statistics for Epidemiology & Population Health and Principles of Social Research (distance learning). Terms 2 and 3 include Population Dynamics & Projections and Analysing Survey & Population Data, with options such as Research Design & Analysis, Gender and Reproductive Rights, Family Planning & Reproductive Choice and Programme Monitoring and Implementation Research, followed by a summer research project.

Career pathways

Graduates work in public health, academic research, NGOs, reproductive health programmes, government statistical offices and policy, as researchers, data analysts, epidemiologists and policy advisers with employers such as UNFPA, UNAIDS and the World Health Organization.

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