Universities United Kingdom London School of Economics Courses MSc Global Health Policy

MSc Global Health Policy

London School of Economics

London, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 28,232
Country Rank-
Duration12 Months
Score IELTS: 7 TOEFL: 100

Program Overview

The MSc Global Health Policy draws on LSE's world leading strengths in politics and economics to analyse a range of global health policy issues. Engaging with both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, you will gain insights into a range of approaches to global health as you learn crucial skills in policy making, health economics, sociology, politics, demography and more.

Health policy globally is changing, owing to great interconnection and shared health concerns. It requires a new generation of inspired health policy professionals equipped to handle the specific challenges working in this space from the global levels of Geneva to the field in low and middle income countries. This programme offers both levels of analysis.

You will be taught by a world-renowned multi-disciplinary faculty passionate about global health who are at the forefront of research into global health policy. Similarly, students on the programme come from diverse academic backgrounds, ranging from medical doctors to anthropologists to those that have just finished their undergraduate studies. The level of experience of students is quite varied, and this makes for a dynamic and stimulating learning environment. Our students are culturally diverse with the vast majority of students coming from outside the UK.

You will graduate from LSE with both a conceptual understanding of the big issues in global health, and tangible skills for a career in global health. As core modules you will study the institutions, actors and politics in global health policy and learn how to develop healthcare policies specifically for low and middle income countries. You will also examine the role of economics in health policy and different ways of financing healthcare.

The programme further offers a wide variety of courses which gives you the flexibility to customise your curriculum so you can pursue what most interests you and suits your background, expertise, and goals, whether that be global policy issues or health concerns in low and middle income countries or something in between. Beyond this, students are also offered short courses in epidemiology and project management to supplement their studies.

Course Content
You will take four (half-unit) compulsory courses and complete a 6,000-word dissertation. You will also choose courses to the value of one and a half units from a wide range of options.

HP401 Introduction to Health Policy and Politics (0.5 units)
A comparative approach to the development of health and healthcare policies in high and low income countries.

HP404 Global Health Policy: Institutions, Actors and Politics (0.5 units)
Examines the transnational institutions and actors involved in global health policy and the interplay between them.

HP421 Economics Analysis for Health Policy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (0.5 units)
Provide students with some key analytical methods and concepts used by economists to study health care policies in low- and middle-income countries.

HP431 Dissertation in Health Policy (0.5 units)
An independent research project, of 6,000 words on an approved topic of your choice.

One of the below options:

HP407 Evidence Review and Synthesis for Decision Making (0.5 units)
Provides a grounding in evidence review and synthesis methods, such as systematic reviews and meta-analyses, to evaluate the relative benefits and harms of healthcare interventions.

HP422 Health Care Economic Evaluation (0.5 units)
Examines the theoretical foundations of health care economic evaluation.

HP428 Randomised evaluations of health programmes: from design to implementation (0.5 units)
Offers a hands-on and intuitive approach to designing and conducting a randomised evaluation of a behavioural health programme.

HP436 Evidence Appraisal for Health Policy Analysis (0.5 units)
Aims to introduce students to different ways in which evidence is generated and can be used to inform health policy.
Entry Requirement
Minimum entry requirements for MSc Global Health Policy

Upper second class honours (2:1) degree or equivalent in any discipline, with social science background and/or work experience in the social policy field advantageous but not essential.

Competition for places at the School is high. This means that even if you meet the minimum entry requirement, this does not guarantee you an offer of admission.

Please note: The Department of Health policy on intercalating onto their master’s programmes is as follows:
- Students on a US medical degree are always qualified to apply
- Students who will have completed no more than two years of a UK medical degree on beginning a prospective MSc at LSE are not typically qualified to apply
- Students who will have completed at least three years of a UK medical degree on beginning a prospective MSc at LSE are qualified to apply
- Students on non-UK/US medical degrees should contact Graduate Admissions in the first instance
Fees & Scholarships
Every graduate student is charged a fee for their programme.

The fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It does not cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

Tuition fees 2022/23 for MSc Global Health Policy
Home students: £20,024
Overseas students: £28,232
Career Prospect
Quick Careers Facts for the Department of Health Policy
Median salary of our PG students six months after graduating: £40,000

Top 5 sectors our students work in:
- Human health activities
- Management consultancy activities
- Scientific research and development
- Pharmaceutical activities
- Financial service activities
The data was collected as part of the Graduate Outcomes survey, which is administered by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Graduates from 2017-18 were the first group to be asked to respond to Graduate Outcomes. Median salaries are calculated for respondents who are paid in UK pounds sterling.

Possible professional destinations after completing the degree include international organisations and agencies, consultancies, insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical devices industries, national health services, government departments and agencies and NGOs as well as employment in research or further study for a PhD.

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