Cross-disciplinary education
Creating a new cadre of researchers and students with skills that transcend disciplines.
We are expanding opportunities to study the health of the public across a wide range of disciplines to develop a new generation of researchers and graduates equipped to work across sectors and tackle complex public health challenges.
The demand for researchers with the ability to think beyond disciplinary borders is growing and in recent years the public health workforce has expanded significantly beyond the classic public health practitioner and specialist routes
In response to the ‘Improving the Health of the Public by 2040’ report call to incorporate opportunities for learning about health into a wide range of disciplines, UCL includes modules relevant to health of the public in a wider range of Master’s degree programmes, as well as our flagship programme, Master of Public Health (MPH)
Master of Public Health (MPH) (Online)
Do you want to make a difference to the health of whole communities and populations? Are you interested in the big picture? A career in public health could be for you!
Build the foundations of a meaningful career in public health with this innovative online Master’s degree. Taught by a university with a world-leading reputation in health, you’ll get to grips with global challenges and be ready to deliver solutions. A career-focused programme integrating flexible online learning by design, this MPH equips you with essential in-demand skills that can help you solve some of the most pressing issues in public health today.
Highlights
- Interact with and learn from renowned academics, practicing public health professionals, and the populations most affected by public health issues
- Gain a practical, comparative and creative approach to solving public health issues in high-, middle- and low-income countries
- Develop knowledge and skills to make a tangible and purposeful difference to the health of the public
- Taught from a global top 10 university, ranked 5th in the world for Public Health
- Wholly online, to provide greater flexibility and access to comprehensive, high-quality public health training
- Harnesses the expertise of public health academics, leaders, practitioners, and people with lived experience
- Blends classical population health science with an innovative interdisciplinary approach that focusses on inequalities, practical skills, and implementation, action and impact
- Mapped against internationally recognised comprehensive competency frameworks for the public health workforce
Master of Public Health
Set yourself up for a meaningful public health career on this flexible, interactive online Master’s degree.
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Cross-disciplinary study
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PhD opportunity
Health of the Public using population data for better health
UCL Birkbeck MRC DTP provides state-of-the-art PhD training across four strategic themes (including a health of the public theme).
The programme is designed to provide rich and interdisciplinary training in research aimed at improving human health, from fundamental lab-based science to population health.