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Public Health and Health Services Research MSc, PGDip, PGCert

Public Health and Health Services Research MSc, PGDip, PGCert

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Study mode

Full time

Duration

12 months

Start date

SEP-25

Key information
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Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Public Service Preparation Environmental Health (General) Health Promotion

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Our PGDip, PGCert and MSc Public Health and Health Services Research balance public health training and advanced research for progression in academic or service work.

Overview

The Public Health & Health Services Research courses are part of the Population Health Sciences Institute.

We lead high-impact research to:

  • understand, promote and maintain health and wellbeing for all
  • identify, tackle and prevent the causes of ill-health and reduce inequalities
  • design novel interventions to optimise health and care

Our courses are ideal for students seeking to gain or enhance a high level of health research skills. They combine a range of high-standard health services research methods. This is with the principles of public health science and practice.

You'll have the skills to proceed with a PhD. You could also develop your career in public health and health services or related areas.

What you'll learn

Among the areas covered are:

  • systematic reviewing and critical appraisal
  • evaluative methods in health services research
  • applications of epidemiology to public health
  • health inequalities and the social determinants of health
  • the role of behavioural interventions in public health

You'll develop specialisms through the Public Health and Health Services Research project. It will be explored in collaboration with our expert staff. You can choose from a wide range of projects put forward by our academics, or propose your own.

Careers

Graduates can go on to work in:

  • government
  • the voluntary sector
  • healthcare and service delivery
  • consultancies
  • the private sector where there is involvement with providing healthcare and public services.

Students can exit at PGDip and PGCert level. Duration PGCert Part time: 9 months; PGDip Full time: 9 months, Part time: 21 months.

Modules

To give students the opportunity to apply the understanding and methods from the taught course to the investigation of a relevant problem, in the form of a substantial piece of research written up into a dissertation. In doing this, students will further develop skills in problem analysis, literature review, data handling, data analysis, interpretation and in project management. To explain the principles of research project management and to outline both practical and regulatory issues related to the conduct of research within the NHS.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£11,400

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£28,300

Entry requirements

A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in a medical, health or social sciences discipline. You can also apply if you have successfully completed the fourth year of the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) course, or equivalent. If you have a 2.2 honours degree (or international equivalent) in a relevant subject, your application will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

University information

Newcastle University is a world-leading university renowned for the quality of its teaching and research. The university is recognised internationally for its contributions to global problem solving in innovative and creative ways. Newcastle University is a prestigious founding member of the Russell Group association of research-intensive universities in the UK. The university enjoys an outstanding reputation as an institution at which...more