MSc Global Health Policy

This programme equips you to address health equity and resilience in a changing world by analysing global health policy challenges and solutions. You will learn to design and evaluate sustainable, equitable policies, while exploring how evidence, power and policy shape global health. It combines interdisciplinary social science perspectives with practical policy analysis. Developed with UK and international employers, you will gain the analytical, research and communication skills needed for careers across the field of global health policy and related public sector, NGO, and international organisations.In this programme, you will learn about some ofthe world's most pressing transnational health and care challenges, including: pandemic response and preparedness health impacts of climate change and poverty global nutrition challenges migrationand health global increases in long-term health conditions,ageingand mentalillness. You will develop a strong foundation in social science research design, with training in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, and learn to evaluate the quality, relevance, and application of 'evidence' across diverse policy and practice contexts. Building on this, you will gain exposure to a toolkit of applied evidence and policy-analysis approaches - including health impact assessment, realist evaluation, and systems thinking - providing you with practical and analytical skills that are increasingly in demand in policy, research and practice environments. You benefit from research-led teaching, delivered by academics with expertise in social & public policy, systems science, public health, sociology, political economy, and global governance. Their research addresses some of the world's most pressing global health challenges, such as obesity, undernutrition, climate change, and pandemic preparedness. Their work has informed policy discussions and practice across national and regional governments in Africa, East and Southeast Asia, Europe, and South America, as well as global NGOs, including the World Health Organisation and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. Alongside core academic staff, guest lecturers, who are global health practitioners or policymakers, enhance your learning. You will have opportunities to develop campaigns, interventions, and research projects that directly address key priorities in the field.

You will typically need a strong second-class honours degree (55% or higher) or an international equivalent in any subject. We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree. We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement. If your achieved grade is lower than our entry requirements, your application may be more likely to receive an offer if you have additional relevant postgraduate qualification/s.