Overview

Graduates from Public Health for Global Practice programme at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine work in global health, health service management, in health programmes in low-income countries, in NGOs, and in research.

Considering health services from a multidisciplinary perspective, you’ll engage with complex health and development challenges and design and manage interventions to improve the outcomes. Your new skills will help you make a lasting impact in the most marginalised groups in the world.

Key Facts

Grow in-depth knowledge of a range of current issues and topics related to public health in low- and middle-income settings

Explore core public health disciplines including epidemiology, statistics, social science research, health economics and health policy

Gain experience with quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, understanding their strengths and how to apply them globally

Discover how to identify and assess health problems and evaluate actions designed to improve public health

Develop appropriate strategies to manage and promote health, collaborating in a team and across disciplines

Careers

Graduates from this programme enter a diverse range of positions in public health, research, NGOs, health programmes, health services, government, policy and planning.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Designing Disease Control Programmes

Economic Evaluation

Health Care Evaluation

Health Promotion Approaches and Methods

Malaria: From Science to Policy and Practice

Maternal & Child Nutrition

Research Design & Analysis

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Key information

Duration

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

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-31 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-07-26 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General 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.

Additionally for the MSc Public Health for Global Practice, successful applicants are expected to have one year’s professional experience in public health in a low- or middle-income country.

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Tuition Fees

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Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

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

Funding

Win a €10000 Scholarship! Deadline: 30 June 2020

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Embark on your journey with the Studyportals Scholarship! We're giving away a total of 20,000 euros to help you achieve your dream of studying abroad.

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