International Development (Masters in Public Health)

at University of Sheffield

Autumn semester 

Core modules:

• Ideas and Practice in International Development
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Key Issues in Global Public Health
• Professional Skills for Development
   

Optional modules (full list TBC):

• Theory and Debates in Food Security and Food Justice
• The Science of Environmental Change
• Epidemiology
• Disaster and Emergency Management
• Principles of GIS
• Urban Development in the Global South
   

 Spring semester

Core modules:

• International Development Field class
   

Optional modules (full list TBC):

• Environment, Society and Development: Key Issues, Debates and Concepts
• Managing Climate Change
• Health Promotion
• Public Health Informatics
• Communicable Disease Control
• Using Policy to Strengthen Health Systems
• Cities of Diversity
• Citizen Participation in Planning and Development
• Planning for Informality

Summer
 

Core modules:

• Dissertation with Placement

You'll need a 2:1 or first-class honours degree in an area of the social sciences or medicine.
 

Intercalating medical students must have successfully completed at least the equivalent of three years of an undergraduate medical degree and provide at least one satisfactory academic reference.
 

Entry requirements for international students
 

Overall IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or equivalent.

• Home ( annual fee) : £11,500
   
• Overseas ( annual fee) : £26,200
   

The fee listed is for the advertised mode of study. If you're studying for an alternative qualification or via a different mode of study (eg full-time, part-time) then the fee could be different. Due to inflation, the fee for Home students could also increase after your first year of study.

Our public health masters graduates go on to work in very diverse areas, although many find work in a health or public health setting, including returning to medicine if they are medics or intercalating students. Other graduates have gone on to undertake further doctoral/PhD study or to work in research or academic settings, which we feel reflects the quality of our research-led teaching in preparing and inspiring students.
 

Students have also found excellent opportunities at the World Health Organisation (WHO), the World Bank Group and various international organisations and government agencies including:
 

• Whatcom Alliance for Health
• Japan International Cooperation Agency
• Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET)