MSc Public Health at Queen Margaret University

Programme overview

An MSc for those who want to lead and innovate in public health practice, addressing contemporary challenges and combining public health theory and practice with key policy debates. Students study shared modules within the Institute for Global Health and Development plus Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and an introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology. It can be studied as an MSc (180 credits), PgDip (120 credits) or PgCert (60 credits).

Faculty: The Institute for Global Health and Development | Department: Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD) | Duration: 1 year full-time (18 months with a January start) or 2-7 years part-time | Intake: September 2027; January 2028 | Study mode: full-time / part-time | Location: Musselburgh (Edinburgh), Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules include Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Introduction to Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Key Concepts, Methods and Practice in Health and Development, Health Systems and Policy and optional modules such as Project Design and Management and Applied Approaches to Climate and Health. The MSc includes a 60-credit dissertation.

Career pathways

Roles such as public health practitioners and policy advisers across a range of settings and organisations.

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Application information

Entry requirements

UK honours degree or equivalent from a relevant subject area (arts, humanities, health or social sciences); applicants without an honours degree may be considered with other relevant qualifications and/or appropriate work experience. International applicants: IELTS 6.5 with no component below 6.0. Application deadlines: home end of August 2027 (September start) and end of December 2027 (January 2028 start); international end of June (September 2027 start) and end of November (January 2028 start).

Domestic applicants: GBP 8,860 a year (2027/28). Scotland/RUK/ROI. Full-time tuition per year. Source

International applicants: GBP 19,860 a year (2027/28). Full-time tuition per year. Source

Intake: September 2027 / January 2028

Duration: 1 year full-time (18 months with a January start) or 2-7 years part-time

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