MSc in Public Health Science

Thursday, June 22 - Monday, July 3, 2023 @ 18 : 30

The MSc Public Health Science course is specially designed to help you develop skills so that you can contribute to the improvement of global health and well-being of populations and solve health-related problems nationally and globally. If you are a health professional, the MSc Public Health Science course will provide you with intensive training in public health, health economics, and finance, epidemiology, international ethics, research methods, statistics, behavioral and social sciences. The course will enable you to conduct research in the fields of public health, medicine as well as life and social sciences. It is offered on a one-year full-time or two-year part-time basis.

Why study this course?

• Knowledge and practice. Gain international knowledge and evidence-based practice so that you can raise and improve public health nationally, regionally, and globally.
• Learning Community. You will become a part of a learning community of students coming from a variety of backgrounds and you will discover new things about yourself, experience a “rainbow” of emotions and get professional satisfaction.
• Research excellence. You will be prepared as a researcher to think critically in order to advance global health research, propose interventions and policies, based on scientific knowledge and evidence-based practice.

The course consists of nine core modules and its structure is validated by the University of Westminster (UK) every three years. This may change, if necessary, in order to adapt to feedback received from a variety of sources.

Core modules

• Introduction to Public Health
• Foundations of Epidemiology
• Health Promotion and Behaviour Change Communication
• Research Methods in Public Health
• Statistics in Public Health
• Public Health and Nutrition
• Health Economics and Systems
• Financing and Managing Healthcare
• Dissertation in Public Health Science

How you will study

• Your study activities will consist of:
• Scheduled contact/activity time (lectures, seminars, tutorials, supervision, and other similar activities);
• Structured independent study, such as preparing for scheduled learning; and
• A dissertation (12,000 words).

The course is a mix of timetabled activities and students’ independent learning and research study. “Scheduled Contact/Activity Time” (i.e. “Contact Hours”) involves interaction with or supervision by teaching and associated staff and the activities provided for students. This may be performed face-to-face or mediated through other channels such as the Intranet. Alongside the scheduled activities, students’ independent study is very important. It is likely to include background reading and research, preparation for seminars or tutorials, follow-up work, wider practice, completion of assignments, revision, and others.

All classes both for full-time (one year) and part-time (two years) students are conducted in the evenings, starting at 18:30. Full-time students attend classes five days a week, while part students have classes two or three days a week.

Graduates of the MSc Public Health Science course will become effective public health professionals as practitioners, clinicians, faculty in academia, managers, or leaders in the public health, health care, and research sectors.

As health-related issues are growing around the world, there is a need for highly qualified professionals trained on international standards and evidence-based practices to make an impact and address these pressing issues.

Graduates of the course may pursue careers in management of the public health and health care sector, policy analysis, monitoring, planning, evaluation, and implementation of public health programs. They may also engage with global health research through national and international government agencies, NGOs, the private sector, and academic institutions.

The course is also designed to prepare professionals planning to pursue Ph.D. or D.Sc. degrees.