MSc Health and Climate Change at University of Hull

Programme overview

The MSc Health and Climate Change examines the consequences of climate change for nutrition, health inequalities, illness, and infection and immunity, and strategies to reduce its impact on public health, including healthcare sustainability. It draws on academics across the university and Hull York Medical School, with guest speakers from organisations such as the WHO and the NHS.

What you will study

Core modules are Research Skills in Environmental Sciences, Environmental Change in the Anthropocene, Environmental Change and Health 1, Environmental Change and Health 2, Infection and Immunity, Frontiers in Planetary Health and a Dissertation (Health and Climate Change).

Career pathways

Graduates have gone on to the UK Government, the NHS, the Environment Agency, local authorities and charities, and the course also prepares students for PhD study and roles in private sector organisations that must comply with environmental and health regulation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Typical offer: 2:2 in any relevant subject area. Applicants should have a minimum of a 2:2 Honours degree or international equivalent in a programme related to health sciences, for example: health sciences, medicine, public health, biomedical science and biomedical sciences. Applicants should have some (any, paid or unpaid) experience in a health setting, for example in a healthcare provider, a public health department in local, regional or national authorities, a clinical setting, a pharmacy, a vaccination centre, ambulance services, a clinical or (bio)medical research laboratory, a national health system, a public health data/bioinformatics analysis group, a (bio)medical charity. If you hold a 2.2 Honours degree in another subject area and have Professional experience, will consider this on a case-by-case basis. English language (international applicants): Requires academic IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 5.5 in each skill.

International applicants: GBP 19,355 a year (2027/28). Full-time, 1 year; September start. Page label: £19,355 (PGT > International > FHS > 27/28) Source

Intake: 2027 entry

Duration: 1 year

Apply through the official page: https://evision.hull.ac.uk/pg-pre-pick.html?course=PMHCLCX

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