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MSc/PGDip/PGCert Health Informatics (UCL/UoM Joint Award) at University of Manchester

University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Programme overview

Our MSc in Health Informatics offers innovative training to equip you for leadership roles delivering change in healthcare. Health Informatics is the study of how information and information technology can transform the organisation and delivery of healthcare. This joint course is delivered jointly and equally between The University of Manchester (UoM) and University College London (UCL) . The course has been designed to prepare students for leadership roles and develop a health informatics workforce that is equipped to address present and future challenges in healthcare.

Faculty: Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health  |  Duration: 1yr FT, 2-5yr PT  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: 2027 entry  |  Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Our MSc in Health Informatics (jointly awarded by The University of Manchester and UCL) offers an innovative and exciting training in a uniquely challenging and important field. Our blended learning MSc will equip you with the skills to work in this exciting field by providing: a unique combination of personal learning, theoretical challenge and practical application; blended approach which combines face-to-face contact and distance learning, harnessing the advantages of both across two campus; flexible study allowing you to complete the programme full-time in one year, or flexibly over up to five years; engagement with leading thinkers in the field across the UK and internationally;...

Career pathways

All graduates of this course will be prepared for technical and management roles leading the digital transformation of healthcare. Graduates of the course have gone on to leadership roles in the NHS and other healthcare organisations here and overseas.

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Application information

Entry requirements

We require an honours degree (minimum upper second class) from a UK university or overseas equivalent in: computer science health services research biological sciences statistics pharmacy nursing medicine Students who do not meet these requirements but have appropriate professional experience will also be considered. Applications from candidates who don't meet usual admissions criteria are also reviewed by the Dean of Students at UCL. English language: IELTS.

Intake: 2027 entry

Duration: 1yr FT, 2-5yr PT

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