MSc Health Policy, Planning & Financing at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

The MSc Health Policy, Planning & Financing is co-designed and co-delivered with the London School of Economics & Political Science, giving a multidisciplinary perspective on health policy making relevant to low-, middle- and high-income countries. Students learn to analyse health system issues, evaluate policies and devise policy responses, concluding with an independent dissertation.

Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time (in-person, London; joint with the London School of Economics)  |  Intake: September 2026  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Term 1 includes compulsory Financing Health Care (LSE) and Health Services or Health Policy, Process & Power (LSHTM), plus one semi-compulsory module from each institution such as Basic Epidemiology, Introduction to Health Economics or Health Systems and Policies in Developing Countries. Terms 2 and 3 include two further modules from each institution (e.g. Health Care Evaluation, Economic Evaluation, Health Decision Science, Global Health Security, Measuring Health System Performance) and a research project dissertation.

Career pathways

Graduates work in global and national health policy and planning, research, advisory and advocacy roles, as health economists, health policy consultants, programme managers and civil servants with employers such as WHO, the European Commission, ministries of health, the NHS, McKinsey and Save the Children.

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