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The Global Public Health MSc offers you the opportunity to engage in both the foundations and global context of public health through current examples and anthropological perspectives.
Year of entry
Location
Coventry University (Coventry)
Study mode
Full-time
Duration
1 year full-time
Course code
HLST302
Start date
January 2026
At Coventry University, we continuously review the courses we offer to ensure we reflect industry-relevant emerging best practice and technology. As a result, this course is undergoing continuous improvement assessment and will be launched with a renewed curriculum starting in September 2025. Module content and titles will be updated. Course title, learning outcomes and assessments may also change. We expect our new curriculum to be fully updated by January 2025. Please return to this page to see the final course details.
Public health is everybody’s business. This course engages with a global context and cultural analysis of health to equip you with the skills to be future public health leaders.
The course aims to:
The degree is accredited1 and recognised by the following bodies:
This course includes a 10-credit module accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) - Leading and Creating Organisational Health and Wellbeing. Students who successfully complete the module and meet the CMI learning outcomes will gain a Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice.
This master’s course will prepare students to become the public health leaders of tomorrow. Through the acquisition of key skills and knowledge, you will engage in a wide range of perspectives to build a well-rounded understanding of global public health.
Topics will include epidemiology, medical anthropology and the use of evidence to inform wider discussion on social determinants, emerging issues and managing complex incidents. Through a dissertation, you will consolidate your learning in an area of your interest.
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
This course involves a combination of face-to-face sessions and self-directed study. The face-to-face sessions will be delivered as a mix of lectures, seminars and workshops to mirror a real-world environment and suit the material being discussed. You will be encouraged to engage in additional material provided via the virtual learning environment (VLE), as well as look beyond the course materials to develop the competencies and independent intellectual confidence expected at master’s level. When available, opportunities to engage in a broad range of public health issues through simulation activities may be offered.
This course includes innovative modules which will allow you to engage in up-to-date topical issues in global public health and respond both individually and in groups to challenging scenarios supported by interactive and discursive pedagogic approaches.
As a full-time student, the number of full-time contact hours may vary from semester to semester, however, on average, it is likely to be around 10-12 contact hours per week in the first and second semesters, dropping to around 8 contact hours per week in the third semester as you become a more independent learner.
Additionally, you will be expected to undertake significant self-directed study of approximately 25 hours each week, depending on the demands of individual modules.
The contact hours may be made up of a combination of face-to-face teaching, individual and group tutorials, and online classes and tutorials.
As an innovative and enterprising institution, the university may seek to utilise emerging technologies within the student experience. For all courses (whether on-campus, blended, or distance learning), the university may deliver certain contact hours and assessments via online technologies and methods.
Since COVID-19, we have delivered our courses in a variety of forms, in line with public authority guidance, decisions, or orders and we will continue to adapt our delivery as appropriate. Whether on campus or online, our key priority is staff and student safety.
This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module.
Assessment methods include:
The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.
Typical offer for 2024/25 entry.
Student | Full-time | Part-time |
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UK, Ireland*, Channel Islands or Isle of Man | 2025/26 fees TBC 2024/25 fees -£11,200 |
Not available |
EU | 2025/26 fees TBC 2024/25 fees -£11,200 per year with EU Support Bursary** 2025/26 fees TBC 2024/25 fees -£18,600 per year without EU Support Bursary** |
Not available |
International | 2025/26 fees TBC 2024/25 fees -£18,600 |
Not available |
For advice and guidance on tuition fees3 and student loans visit our Postgraduate Finance page.
We offer a range of International scholarships to students all over the world. For more information, visit our International Scholarships page.
Tuition fees cover the cost of your teaching, assessments, facilities and support services. There may be additional costs not covered by this fee such as accommodation and living costs, recommended reading books, stationery, printing and re-assessments should you need them.
The rights of Irish residents to study in the UK are preserved under the Common Travel Area arrangement. If you are an Irish student and meet the residency criteria, you can study in England, pay the same level of tuition fees as English students and utilise the Tuition Fee Loan.
Following the UK's exit from the European Union, we are offering financial support to all eligible EU students who wish to study an undergraduate or a postgraduate degree with us full-time. This bursary will be used to offset the cost of your tuition fees to bring them in line with that of UK students. Students studying a degree with a foundation year with us are not eligible for the bursary.
The master’s degree will be delivered at Coventry University main campus.
Our multi-million-pound Alison Gingell Building features a range of mock healthcare settings, including hospital wards, ambulance, therapy suites and community houses, allowing you to replicate real-life situations.
Get hands-on experience simulating real-life situations with our therapy suites, community houses and other real-life environments.
Our mock hospital wards and critical care settings give you the chance to experience patient scenarios in a real-world environment.
Our two full-size community homes can be used for sessions simulating working with patients outside of a hospital setting.
On successful completion of this course, you will have knowledge of key global public health phenomena and a comprehensive understanding of related contemporary issues. You may wish to continue to further academic study within this field.
You could continue to PhD study within a related area.