PgProfDev Global Health Studies at University of Edinburgh

Programme overview

The PgProfDev in Global Health Studies allows professionals to take stand-alone postgraduate courses linked to global health, awarded as academic credit. It sits alongside the part-time online PgCert in Global Health Studies and can be a first step towards it.

Faculty: College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | Department: Edinburgh Medical School | Duration: Up to 2 years (PgProfDev); PgCert route up to 3 years | Intake: Multiple start dates | Study mode: online | Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Courses are chosen from a list of 10 and 20 credit options such as vaccinology, climate change and infectious disease, neglected tropical diseases, project management of development aid, water and sanitation and zoonotic disease.

Career pathways

Graduates of the Global Health Studies programme go on to careers in international health organisations, government agencies, non-governmental organisations and global research institutions.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Programme group (Global Health Studies online programme): A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent. A biomedical, medical, public health, veterinary or relevant bioscience subject is particularly suitable; applicants with an unrelated degree and relevant work experience may be considered. International applicants (and all applicants including UK nationals must evidence English): IELTS Academic overall 6.5 with at least 6.0 in each component; TOEFL-iBT (from 21 January 2026) 4.5 overall with at least 4.5 in each component, or 92 overall with 23 in each component before that date; C1 Advanced/C2 Proficiency 176 overall with at least 169 in each component.

Intake: Multiple start dates

Duration: up to 2 years part-time (intermittent study)

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