Graduate Certificate in Public Health at The Open University

This graduate certificate gives a critical understanding of public health, health promotion and health security. It examines how social determinants of health and illness create inequalities and inequities across populations, and how evidence-based interventions can support individual and community wellbeing.

Duration: 1 year part-time (60 credits)  |  Intake: October 2027  |  Study mode: part-time distance learning  |  Location: Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

One 60-credit stage built around a single module, Public health: health promotion and health security (K310). The module is mapped against the United Kingdom Public Health Register (UKPHR) standards and provides the underpinning knowledge for public health practice.

Career pathways

Provides the underpinning knowledge for public health practice in line with UKPHR standards. It does not include a practice placement, so UKPHR registration also requires demonstrating the standards through practice.

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