Public Health

Entry requirements

At Middlesex, we're proud of how we recognise the potential of future students like you. We make fair and aspirational offers because we want you to aim high, and we’ll support you all the way. We welcome your application regardless of your background or experience.

Qualifications

For this course, ideally, we are looking for these qualifications:

• A 2:2 honours degree, or equivalent qualification, in an appropriate subject such as Medicine, Nursing, Psychology, Statistics, Dentistry, Biomedical Sciences or Biosciences. Other degrees with sciences and/or a statistics component will also be considered
• We also welcome applications from candidates with a minimum of three years' work experience in public health-related senior positions.
• Evidence of significant study during the last five years is required

If you have relevant qualifications or work experience, we may be able to count this towards your entry requirements.

Months of entry

September

Course content

If you are passionate about improving the quality of people's lives, then a career in public health is an opportunity for you to make a real difference to the health and wellbeing of others.

Why choose Public Health MSc at Middlesex?

Our course qualifies you to work as a public health practitioner and is designed to give you a strong body of both theoretical and practical knowledge and skills, which will help you make a seamless transition into the workplace.

Our staff have a wide range of specialisms, including mental health, ageing, water and sanitation and public health regulation. The university has a strong research profile and is the ideal place for you to embark on your own ground-breaking research.

What you will gain

After graduating from this course, you'll be able to:

• Critically analyse and appraise good practice in the management of public health and health improvement
• Select appropriate approaches to investigate public health needs and interventions in complex situations
• Reflect on your own practice and select the best option to influence others to achieve best practice
• Critically appraise national, community and individual public health concerns and influences
• Identify, reflect on and critically analyse ethical challenges in public health and public health practice
• Consider and evaluate the role of internal and external partnerships for an organisation to improve public health
• Critically evaluate the results of an academic investigation and be able to extract and analyse data using a range of techniques appropriate to the field
• Appropriately plan, conduct and synthesise research in public health and disseminate the findings to benefit the population.

Additional benefits of this course include:

• Teaching that is aligned with the UK Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework (PHSKF)
• The chance to work from students from across the world and share your existing work experiences with them.

Fees and funding