MSc Health Data Science at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

The MSc Health Data Science combines mathematics, statistics, programming, epidemiology and informatics to manage, analyse and communicate large health datasets, including machine learning and responsible AI for health. LSHTM is one of six UK institutions delivering this master's for Health Data Research UK, with industry and government partners such as IQVIA, GSK and the Royal College of Surgeons providing project settings.

Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time or split-study  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time; split-study (in-person, London)  |  Intake: September 2026  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Term 1 compulsory modules are Concepts and Methods in Epidemiology, Health Data Management, Programming, Statistics for Health Data Science and Thinking Like a Health Data Scientist. Term 2 includes Machine Learning and Data Challenge (compulsory) plus options such as Analysis of Hierarchical and Other Dependent Data, Genomics Health Data, Analysis of Electronic Health Record Data and Bayesian Analysis, followed by a data-analysis project report.

Career pathways

Graduates work as health data analysts, public health intelligence analysts, biostatisticians and clinical data coordinators in the NHS, UK Health Security Agency, WHO, NGOs, contract research organisations, health-tech SMEs, pharmaceutical companies and academia.

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