MPH Master of Public Health Ageing and Dementia at University of Stirling

The MPH Ageing and Dementia is a 12-month, full-time, on-campus Masters in public health with a focus on ageing and dementia as global public health concerns. It develops skills in public health practice, research and epidemiology, and the curriculum maps to the UK Faculty of Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework and the APHEA curriculum. Exit awards are a Postgraduate Certificate and a Professional Graduate Diploma.

Duration: 12 months full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Taught modules include Public Health Practice, Research Methods in Health, Ageing and Dementia as Global Public Health Concerns, Principles of Project Management, Applied Epidemiology, Sustainability in Public Health and an optional 15-day Public Health Placement, followed by a 60-credit Masters Dissertation in the summer semester.

Career pathways

Public sector health, allied health and social work settings, NGOs, and policy and research bodies. Roles include public health practitioner (e.g. older persons health advisor), public health programme manager, public health researcher and health/social services planner or commissioner.

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