PgDip Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment at University of Glasgow

Programme overview

Online distance-learning programme on health economics and health technology assessment, teaching how to appraise evidence and understand the consequences of technology in order to prioritise its use in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. It is delivered by the HEHTA research team, who are involved in HE and HTA decision making nationally and internationally.

Department: Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) | Duration: 24 months part-time (online) | Intake: January, April or September | Study mode: online | Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 core courses are HTA: policy and principles, Research Methods in Health Economics and HTA, and Health Economics for HTA online. Year 2 options include Real-world data in health care decision making, Survival analysis for HTA and Early HTA with Decision-analytic Modelling. The MSc adds a 60-credit research project in Year 3.

Career pathways

Academic and research centres, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and health insurance companies, and government agencies, regulators and health service providers working on health economics and HTA.

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Application information

Entry requirements

2.2 Honours (or non-UK equivalent) in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Medicine, Pharmacy, Epidemiology and Health Services Research. Applicants with significant relevant work experience in addition to lower qualifications may be accepted. International applicants: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no component below 6.0 (other tests accepted, e.g. TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, Duolingo, at stated minimums).

GBP 10,000 for the whole programme (2027/28). Total cost for the PgDip, UK/EU/International Source

Domestic applicants: GBP 8,042 for the whole programme (2027/28). Total cost for the PgDip for students funded by the NHS, UK social care organisations or a UK HSCP Source

Intake: January, April, September

Duration: 24 months part-time (online)

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