Universities United Kingdom University of Bristol Courses MSc Digital Health

MSc Digital Health
at University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 31,300
Country Rank-
Duration12 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 85

Program Overview

The future of Health is Digital. We urgently need new technologies for understanding, preventing, diagnosing, and managing illnesses that affect millions of people, such as diabetes, depression and dementia. The Digital Health industry is expected to grow six times in size over the next 5 years, at a rate of nearly 30% a year. Driven by the risk of future pandemics and the health needs of ageing populations in countries worldwide, this growth is expected to continue for decades to come.

The demand for graduates in this area is therefore unprecedented. If you have a first degree in a Health Science, Computer Science, Life Science, Maths or Engineering subject, we want to help you develop as a leader in this area.

Our MSc in Digital Health provides you with the necessary technological expertise and understanding of the health landscape to forge a career in this innovative and vital field. You will evaluate the safety and efficacy of new products, assessing the ethical principles that guide the development of new health technologies alongside graduates from different disciplines. You will be equipped with the necessary skills to work in these multidisciplinary health sectors.

Course Content
The MSc provides you with the necessary interdisciplinary skills needed to become a leader in the field of Digital Health.

If you are entering with a degree in Computer Science or Engineering, you will take a bespoke unit in the Foundations of Health and Wellbeing looking at a ‘cradle to grave’ view of the illnesses that affect the population at all stages of life.

If you have a degree in Health Sciences or Life Sciences, you will complete an Introductory Programming unit using the Python programming language and a data analytics and modelling in health unit. 

You will then have the opportunity to work together in groups in a Case Study unit, which is a problem-based approach to draw together learning from the other units.

The programme also includes other core modules taken by both health and engineering specialists:
-  An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
-  Responsible Innovation in Digital Health
-  An Introduction to Epidemiology and Statistics
-  Sensing Technology for Diagnostics and Monitoring
-  People and Systems in Healthcare.
Finally, you will undertake the MSc’s unique Digital Health project, which is closely modelled on the process of product development, including market analysis, analysing data, co-design with a real patient group, designing a clinical trial of your product and understanding the regulations it has to meet before it can be sold. This project has been designed with industry partners, ranging from corporates to SME’s, with the intention to prepare students for careers in industry, the healthcare sector and academia.
Entry Requirement
Applicants who hold a bachelor's degree from an accepted Indian university with a minimum of GPA of 6/10 or 60% will be considered for admission to a master's degree (the requirement will depend on your undergraduate university and the programme you have applied for).
Applicants to our Law programmes can be considered with minimum grades of 55-60% from an accepted Indian university.
Applicants who hold a first class master's degree from a prestigious university will be considered for admission to PhD study.

Fees & Scholarships

International Tuition Fees:

£31300 per year

Career Prospect

The 2020/21 pandemic has accelerated the trend to digitisation of healthcare. Not only do we need technologies for the management of long-term conditions, but we need technologies that can do that without bringing patients into clinical facilities and hospitals. Many health providers are now rapidly moving on-line, looking for resilience to future pandemics and to prioritise face to face health care for situations in which it is necessary.

Many exciting career opportunities to develop new digitally enabled, personalised, health solutions exist within academia, the charitable sector, and health providers in many different countries (e.g. the UK’s NHS), as well as myriad companies that have active health research and development programs (Apple, Google, Amazon, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Huawei, Arm, amongst others).

Cost Of Studying At University of Bristol

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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MSc Digital Health at University of Bristol