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Full time | The University of Edinburgh | 1 year | 15-SEP-25

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

15-SEP-25

Key information
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Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Health Service Policy / Planning Development Politics

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Programme description

This programme explores the issues that shape population health and build the knowledge and skills necessary to address them.

Over the course of the last decade, global health has received dramatically increased attention, both as an emergent academic discipline and in terms of heightened policy salience.

This has become particularly emphasised in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Global health concerns have become a central component of foreign and security policy and of development and human rights agendas, and have reshaped debates regarding the social impacts of global economic and environmental change.

Finding answers to the key questions confronting global health policy and practice is vital.

Career opportunities

This highly regarded qualification will improve your chances of securing rewarding roles. Recent graduates have taken up employment and research positions with NGOs, health agencies, government departments and international organisations. We have structured the programme to enable the option to undertake a placement during your dissertation, which can provide valuable professional experience and contacts.

Modules

This course examines how health policy is increasingly being shaped beyond the level of the nation state. It offers a detailed examination of the institutions of global health politics, focusing on the emerging importance of international and supranational institutions and other global actors in the development of health policy. The course examines contemporary challenges confronting the World Health Organization, the influence of organisations created to promote trade and the increased involvement of non-state actors in health policy, and the course addresses the expanded roles of the commercial sector and civil society.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£17,100

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£28,800

Entry requirements

A UK 2:1 honours degree or its international equivalent.