Public Health (MSc and Postgraduate Diploma)

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Is this course for me?

This degree covers the entire breadth of public health and provides a wide choice of study options. The four streams on offer include a general Public Health stream and three specialist streams:

Environment and Health
Health Promotion
Health Services Management

Course summary

	You study	Study period	Cost (2010-2011)
MSc	15 modules	2-5 years	£10,025
Diploma	6 modules	1-5 years	£5,910
Short courses	You can take individual modules as Short courses. This is an ideal option if you wish to update your professional knowledge or sample the programme. The fees are £1,265 for core modules and £880 for advanced modules.

Course aims

The course provides you with the knowledge and skills necessary to improve the health of populations, communities and particular groups within them, through:

the promotion of health and prevention of diseases
the provision and evaluation of treatment and care
the investigation and control of environmental threats to health.

Prestige

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is the leading postgraduate medical institution in Europe in the subjects of public health and tropical medicine.

Excellent support

Comprehensive study materials include CD-ROMs and paper-based readings and exercises. There is email tutorial support and group discussions through web-based and email conferencing facilities.

Summary of key dates

Application deadline			30 June
Registration deadline			31 August
Course starts			October
Examinations take place			June