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Careers
Students interested in careers in public health, health policy and health care management - as well as associated areas such as heath related finance, transport, urban and environmental planning would benefit from the knowledge and transferable skills gained during the programme.
Employability
Students will gain skills and knowledge in population health, which are core to careers in the health sector and beyond. Optional modules will enable students to focus the development of their skills in research methods; public health and health systems; sexual health and infectious disease; and health across the life-course. Discussion of the policy and practice of population health will make students into engaged and critical thinkers about real-world problems.
Careers Support
We take our responsibility to help students progress their career path very seriously and further to the below list of career related support initiatives for students, we regularly communicate career related events, workshops and opportunities to students, often on a weekly basis.
Institute Careers Advice Surgery
The IEHC Careers Advice Surgery is an opportunity for PhD students to obtain advice about career development in an informal and confidential setting from two senior academic staff.
The aim is to create an environment in which we can try and shed light on some of the more opaque aspects of scientific careers, and also to utilise the wide range of experience people across the Institute have accumulated.
Early career staff from across the Institute are invited to book one of two 30 minutes appointments, which will take place each month (on either the Bloomsbury or Royal Free sites).
Faculty of Population Health Sciences Careers Afternoon
Our Faculty runs an annual careers afternoon which aims to introduce students from across the Faculty of Population Health Sciences to different career routes, and skills, qualifications and personal qualities needed to succeed in them.
The afternoon involves a panel of internal and external speakers which reflect the diversity of options available to students. A previous years panel included speakers from KMPG, Public Health England, Doctors of the World, Save the Children and Abbvie Pharmaceuticals.
UCL Careers Service
Whether or not you know what you want to do when you complete your qualification, the programme staff and UCL's Careers service offer a tailored service to help advise you, guide you and inspire you.
We offer a series of Careers Consultant led information sessions specifically aimed at Master's Degree students, which will be useful to you whether your aim is to get a job on completion of your course or if you are aiming to stay in academia. A range of topics are covered and you are welcome to attend all or some of them. These include:
- Planning Your Job Hunt
- How to Find and Fund a PhD
- Writing Effective Applications
- Applying for a PhD
- Using Social Media with Impact
- Succeeding at Interviews & Assessment Centres
- PhD Interviews
You will also have access to the following support via UCL's Careers service:
- Advice and Guidance (one-to-one appointments for cv writing)
- Events and Workshops (careers fairs and sector themed careers weeks)
- Find A Job (UCL JobOnline and UCLAlert!)
- Alumni Profiles
To find out more information on what support is available to you, visit UCL's Careers Service Guide (pdf)