Overview

Across the world, healthcare systems face the challenge of meeting vast patient needs with limited resources. Enter health economics—a vital and rapidly growing field that drives intelligent decision-making and shapes impactful policies.

Whether you're an experienced healthcare professional, a manager looking to make a bigger impact, or a recent graduate eager to jumpstart your career, this course will immerse you in the vital issues shaping the future of healthcare.

The Health Economics and Health Policy degree offered at the University of Birmingham prepares you for a range of careers in areas such as economic consultancies, the pharmaceutical industry and governmental and non-governmental bodies in the UK and Internationally. You can also progress to explore teaching and research positions at academic institutions.

Career opportunities

Graduates from MSc Health Economics are contributing to significant advancements in health systems, economic modeling, and healthcare access, ensuring that they remain at the forefront of improving global health outcomes.

Graduates from MSc Health Economics have secured roles at prestigious employers including AstraZeneca, NHS, MSD, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

The varied career paths, including roles as Health Economists, Senior Associates, Research Fellows and and Public Health Managers, showcase the versatility of the Health Economics MSc in preparing you for leadership roles in both public and private sectors.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Modelling for Health Economics

Policy and Economics of Healthcare Delivery

Econometrics

Statistics for Health Economics

Research Methods for Health Economics

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-03 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-28 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

67

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Economics Health Administration View 347 other Masters in Economics in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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88

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67

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6.5

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General requirements

You should have a 2:1 Honours degree, or an equivalent professional qualification and profession experience. This course doesn't require a first degree in economics.

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Tuition Fees

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25830 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

11250 GBP / year

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Living costs

Birmingham

United Kingdom

765 - 1134 GBP / month

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Funding

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