MSc Applied Global Health

at Queen Margaret University

Modules
 

• Global Public Health and Social Policy (20 credits)

• Global Health Research (20 credits)
  Health Systems, Services and Communities (20 credits)

• plus a further 60 credits from three of the following: Programme Evaluation in Global Health and Development; Project Design and Management; Research Proposal Writing; and Qualitative Research Methods.

• plus one further module can be freely chosen from other available electives that include topics such as Global Approaches to Gender and Health; Health Systems in Fragile Setting; and Psychosocial Interventions for Displaced Populations, among others.

For the MSc award the culmination of your study will be completion of a dissertation involving desk study or fieldwork on an approved topic related to global health (60 credits).

• A UK honours degree or equivalent from a relevant subject area (arts, humanities, health or social sciences). Students without an honours degree may be considered if they have other relevant qualifications and/or appropriate work experience.
• International: You will be required to provide evidence of English language competence at no less than IELTS 6.0 with no individual component score less than 5.5. Please note the PgCert Health Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States is only open to applicants who do not require a student visa to study.

Scotland/UK/ROI    
£7,200    

International
£16,500

Our courses have been helping people successfully advance their careers in global health for many years. Our graduates have gone on to make measurable  improvements in a variety of international health environments.

Examples of positions filled by IGHD graduates include:
 

• Health Advisor for Save the Children UK
• Senior Coordinator for International Operations with Partners in Health
• Policy Development Officer in the Scottish NGO sector
• Public Health Policy Workers for First Nation’s communities in Canada
• Humanitarian worker with Islamic Relief

Others have taken internships with organizations such as the WHO on graduation, and others have progressed to doctoral studies.

The MSc Applied Global Health will enable you to work on programming related aspects such as monitoring and evaluation, programme design and management and developing and implementing research studies.