PgCert Public Health: Data, Systems and Research at Queen's University Belfast

The 60-CATS Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health: Data, Systems and Research is for learners with some prior public health knowledge or experience who want to formalise or broaden their understanding by choosing modules that fill gaps in their expertise. It is taught jointly with the MPH, in person with online resources on Canvas, and assessed through written assignments, presentations and, depending on module choice, formal examinations. On completion students may progress to the Postgraduate Diploma (120 CATS) and/or the MPH (180 CATS).

Department: Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences (Centre for Public Health)  |  Duration: Part-time, between 1 and 3 years  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: part-time  |  Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students choose from optional modules including Public Health Concepts and Methods, Statistics in Public Health and Medical Research, Health and Social Care Systems, Determinants of Health and Health Improvement, Health Protection, Public Health in the Health Sector, Practical Statistics for Medical Research, Intensive Qualitative Methods, Advanced Health Economics, Management and Policy, Noncommunicable Diseases, and Systems Thinking and Complex Systems in Public Health.

Career pathways

Designed for working professionals who want to formalise or broaden existing public health knowledge, and serves as an introductory pathway into further postgraduate study.

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