Global Health, Social Justice and Public Policy MSc

at King's College London

Structure

Required modules

You are required to take the following modules:

Dissertation in Global Health and Social Justice (60 credits)

• Critical Global Health (30 credits)
• Global Health Ethics (15 credits)

You are also required to take one of the following modules:

• The Politics of Medicine (30 credits)
• Critical Bioethics (30 credits)

You are also required to take two of the following methods modules:

• Designing Quantitative Research for Social Science and Health (15 credits)
• Designing Qualitative Research for Social Science and Health (15 credits)
• Critical Policy Research for Health and Medicine (15 credits)
   

Standard requirements
A minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree with a final mark of at least 60% or above.

If you have a lower degree classification, or a degree in an unrelated subject, your application may be considered if you can demonstrate significant relevant work experience, or offer a related graduate qualification (such as a Masters or PGDip).

Other requirements
UK honours degree of 2:1 standard. If an applicant possesses an undergraduate degree below 2:1 standard, subsequent postgraduate qualifications may be taken into account. Also desirable is evidence of active engagement in relevant activities and attentive concern for the issues of global health and social justice demonstrated by voluntary work, travel, reading and otherwise following current national and international issues.

In order to meet the academic entry requirements for this programme you should have a minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree with a final mark of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme. If you are still studying you should be achieving an average of at least 60% or above in the UK marking scheme.

UK:
Full time: £11,040 per year (2022/23)

International:
Full time: £24,660 per year (2022/23)

Graduates from this course have gone on to the following destinations:

• National and International NGOs (community outreach and engagement officer e.g. MSF, Peace Corps Senior health support agent, country director)
• Policy work (public health policy analyst World Health Organization, national Ministries of health, charity sector)
• Academia (doctoral researcher, editorial work for journals such as the Lancet) 
• Private sector and public private partnerships (e.g. Gates Foundation, Pharmaceutical Research and Development)
• Health Care (general practitioner, psychiatrist, hospital administration)