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    One year full-time, two years part-time

Course Description

2020 showed us the devastating effect on global health of a new rapidly spread infectious disease and left national health systems struggling to maintain control. The battle against Covid-19 must continue, but so too must international efforts to end the scourge of polio, HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, and to avert epidemics of diseases like measles and yellow fever.

If you are looking to make a real difference in the pursuit of health equity and global justice, our stimulating suite of MScs in Global Health will help you better understand global health issues, policy and practices in the 21st century. Reflecting contemporary concerns and areas of research excellence at St George’s, we offer five specialist pathways in Global Health – in Conflict, Humanities, Mental Health, Ethics and Law, and Infection and Immunity – as well as the broad-based general degree.

Highly practical in nature, drawing on experiences of our own faculty and the many practitioners we have links with, these courses will be of particular interest to those who already work or wish to pursue an internationally focused career in development, policy, education, research or humanitarian relief. This includes policymakers, doctors, other health professionals and anyone with a strong interest in governance, management, law, politics, economics, policy, science, anthropology, philosophy and ethics.

Entry Requirements

To be considered for this course, you will need to:

  • meet the entry criteria
  • write a personal statement
  • provide 2 suitable references.

Fees

For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more.

Student Destinations

Graduating with a master’s degree in Global Health from St George’s opens up a world of opportunities – quite literally.  The breadth of practical experience and insight, coupled with the international connections you will make, prepare you to make impactful change and positively influence the health of people anywhere in the world.

Careers in global health are often divided into clinical and non-clinical with opportunities in both addressing issues of public or global health, or working in leadership, consultancy or research roles in either government or the private sector, as well as national and international agencies, such as WHO, Unicef or Save the Children, for example.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Global Governance for Health (15 credits)
  • Infection and Immunity (30 credits)*
  • Research project (60 credits)

*Please note that to study this module you should normally have, or be expected to achieve, a minimum of a second class degree (2:2) in a biomedical science or a science related subject (or an equivalent overseas qualification).

Research support modules

If you are studying a full MSc, you may choose the following module to help you prepare for your research project.

  • Research methods (15 credits)

Optional modules

Depending on the amount of credits needed, you will choose from the list of optional modules below.

  • Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) (30 credits)*
  • Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine (30 credits)
  • Culture and Mental Health (15 credits)
  • Global Environmental Health and Climate Change (30 credits)
  • Global Health Ethics and Law (30 credits)
  • Global Health Humanities (15 credits)
  • Global Health and Comparative Health Systems (15 credits)
  • Global Health Diseases (30 credits)
  • Global Public Health Challenges (30 credits)
  • Humanitarian Action and Ethics (15 credits)
  • Migration and Health (15 credits)

*Please note that to study this module you should normally have, or be expected to achieve, a minimum of a second class degree (2:2) in a biomedical science or a science related subject (or an equivalent overseas qualification).

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