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Full time | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | 1 year | 23-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

23-SEP-24

Key information
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Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Pathology Epidemiology

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Rapid global spread, emerging variants, overwhelmed healthcare systems – these are just some of the devastating consequences an infectious disease can have. As a specialist in this field, you’ll help shape the global health landscape, investigating and managing infectious diseases.

Over one year (full time) or two years (split study), you’ll develop specialist skills and bridge the fields of epidemiology, laboratory sciences and public health. If you want to influence research, policy and control, this truly multi-disciplinary programme is the perfect match for you.

After core training in fundamental concepts of infectious diseases agents and their control, you will be able to tailor your studies through a range of modules to match your future career aspirations. The module choice encompasses disease agents such as Malaria, influenza, HIV, TB, neglected tropical diseases and many others along with approaches to their control.

What you will learn

Grow critical knowledge in global health and infectious diseases, including investigating the transmission of endemic and epidemic infections

Understand how to select appropriate methods of control, as well as designing, implementing and evaluating co-ordinated control programmes

Discover the best ways to assess the constraints of local public health delivery systems

Develop the skills to manage available resources in the context of the control of infectious diseases

Explore the impact on particular geographical regions or specific diseases.

The aims and learning outcomes are detailed in the programme specification.

Each module is taught by experienced academic researchers of international standing often with global networks of collaborators that will benefit your studies. You’ll also hear from guest speakers covering topical issues, from climate change and health policy to case studies and emerging technologies applied to a variety of diseases.

To take your learning from taught theory to research, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your own research project from a wide range of topics related to infectious diseases. You’ll be able to tailor the topic to suit your professional interests guided by academics or overseas collaborators.

Many past students’ research projects are exceptional and have contributed directly to published research outputs and included exciting collaborations with public health, research organisations, or NGOs.

Who is it for?

Biological science graduates and scientists. Medical graduates and intercalating medical students, veterinarians, retraining NGO employees. However, we also accept some students who aspire to a new career in controlling infectious diseases.

The programme attracts applications from all over the world. Whatever your background, you’ll show a keen interest in infectious diseases and a desire to have influence in the field. You will study alongside a broad range of professionals from across the globe.

By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped with new specialist skills, and be prepared for a career in the control of infectious diseases. Past students are working across the world for a range of organisations, often in influential positions.

Our graduates work in education, health ministries, international disease control agencies and aid organisations. Malaria Consortium, Cancer Research UK or Public Health England are just a few of the employers who need graduates in this area. Perhaps you are keen to pursue an academic career through studying a PhD programme.

Modules

Basic Statistics for Public Health & Policy - Core
Introduction to Disease Agents & Their Control - Core
Malaria: From Science to Policy and Practice
Medical Anthropology and Public Health
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Population, Poverty and Environment
Spatial Epidemiology in Public Health
Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
Vector Sampling, Identification & Incrimination
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, and Health
Current Issues in Maternal & Perinatal Health
Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Conflict & Health
Clinical Bacteriology 2
Clinical Bacteriology 1
Applying Public Health Principles
Applied Communicable Disease Control
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Economic Analysis for Health Policy
Designing Disease Control Programmes
Integrated Vector Management
Design & Analysis of Epidemiological Studies
Health Care Evaluation
HIV
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Population, Poverty and Environment
Spatial Epidemiology in Public Health
Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
Vector Sampling, Identification & Incrimination
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, and Health
Applied Communicable Disease Control
Applying Public Health Principles
Clinical Bacteriology 1
Clinical Bacteriology 2
Conflict & Health
Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Current Issues in Maternal & Perinatal Health
Design & Analysis of Epidemiological Studies
Designing Disease Control Programmes
Economic Analysis for Health Policy
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Health Care Evaluation
HIV
Integrated Vector Management
Malaria: From Science to Policy and Practice
Medical Anthropology and Public Health

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£12,940

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£29,960

Entry requirements

In order to be admitted to an LSHTM master's degree programme, an applicant must: hold either a first degree at Second Class Honours (2:2) standard in a relevant discipline, or a degree in medicine recognised by the UK General Medical Council (GMC) for the purposes of practising medicine in the UK, or another degree of equivalent standard awarded by an overseas institution recognised by UK ENIC or the GMC or hold a professional qualification appropriate to the programme of study to be followed obtained by written examinations and judged by LSHTM to be equivalent to a Second Class Honours (2:2) degree or above or have relevant professional experience or training which is judged by LSHTM to be equivalent to a Second Class Honours (2:2) degree or above or have relevant professional experience or training which is judged by LSHTM to be equivalent to a Second Class Honours (2:2) degree or above.

University information

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is a specialist university in Bloomsbury, London, with a long-established reputation for world-leading research into public and global health. The university is one of the highest ranked institutions for public health, and offers only postgraduate degree courses. It is ranked 3rd in the world for Public Health (ShanghaiRanking 2022), and 4th in the world for Infectious Diseases (US News Best...more

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