Overview

Are you passionate about keeping patients and healthcare settings safe from infection?

This postgraduate course is designed for healthcare professionals from around the world who want to build their expertise in infection prevention and control (IPC).

By joining this course, you will gain the specialist knowledge and confidence to become an expert in infection prevention and control.

Designed with your career in mind, the course goes beyond theory. It will help you build advanced leadership and management skills that opens doors to new opportunities.

You will graduate ready to lead change and shape best practice with this Infection Prevention and Control programme from University of Dundee . You will be able to make a real difference in protecting patients and improving healthcare outcomes.

Careers

On completion of this course you will have developed the knowledge and skills to enable you to practice as a specialist within the field of infection prevention and control.

Our graduates work in a variety of clinical settings locally and internationally and continue to influence practice in many ways. Some of our graduates from developing countries have been able to revise current infection prevention and control practices, and implement new ones.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Microbiology and its Application to Practice

Infection Prevention and Control in Practice

Research for Practice

Leadership and Change

Health Sciences Dissertation

Education for Practice

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 42 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-21 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-18 00:00:00

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Due to high demand, we recommend that you apply as soon as possible. Courses may close early if all vacancies are filled

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Blended

Campus Location

Dundee, United Kingdom
Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A UK Ordinary (non-honours) degree

You also need to:

be working as an IPC practitioner in a healthcare setting

have IPC in your job title

have been working in this role for at least 12 months

The university operates a flexible Recognition for Prior Learning (RPL) system by which students who do not have a degree may be eligible for entry. They recognise that students applying for this course may have acquired significant learning from previous educational and life/work experience. They can offer potential students the opportunity of having such learning assessed for credit. This credit would go towards your application for this course.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

2583 GBP / module

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Citizens or residents

1081 GBP / module

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Living costs

Dundee

United Kingdom

787 - 1494 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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