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This Master of Science program examines the societal factors that create health disparities and investigates how public health strategies at local, national, and global levels can foster equitable social transformation and universal wellbeing. Students will engage with multiple academic fields such as cultural anthropology, gender research, health economics, disease patterns, social theory, and governance studies. The curriculum also provides comprehensive instruction in Global Health research methodologies. Alumni play pivotal roles in tackling modern health crises and influencing policy development.
This MSc is especially relevant for healthcare professionals, government officials, public health specialists, social science researchers, laboratory scientists, and nonprofit organization staff. The program emphasizes health's social foundations, the intersection of policy and governance, equity principles, and primary healthcare's role in public health initiatives. This approach facilitates interdisciplinary examination incorporating social sciences, cultural studies, economic theory, legal frameworks, spatial analysis, and medical public health.
The course particularly benefits physicians, clinical staff, civil servants, public health workers, sociologists, political analysts, research scientists, and NGO personnel. Participants develop international outlooks and acquire skills to strengthen capabilities and collaborate productively across specialties to serve community health needs.
A 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in a relevant subject, such as Medicine, Nursing, the health sciences or the social sciences. Applicants with a 2:2 degree and relevant experience in the field will be considered on an individual basis. IELTS (Academic) minimum score 6.5 overall with 6.0 in each of Writing, Listening, Reading and Speaking; TOEFL minimum score 92 overall with 21 in Writing, 19 in Reading, 18 in Listening and 21 in Speaking.