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Healthcare Facilities MSc

London, Bloomsbury

The Healthcare Facilities MSc is designed for healthcare and built environment professionals to learn about the challenges facing healthcare real estate provision and operation in the modern age. 

UK students International students
Study mode
UK tuition fees (2025/26)
£20,500
£10,250
Programme also available on a modular (flexible) basis.
Overseas tuition fees (2025/26)
£36,500
£18,250
Programme also available on a modular (flexible) basis.
Duration
1 calendar year
2 calendar years
5 calendar years
Programme starts
September 2025
Applications accepted
Applicants who require a visa: 14 Oct 2024 – 27 Jun 2025
Applications close at 5pm UK time

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Applicants who do not require a visa: 14 Oct 2024 – 29 Aug 2025
Applications close at 5pm UK time

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Entry requirements

The normal minimum qualifications are a 2:1 Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. As the programme is designed to enhance the knowledge base of practitioners in healthcare it is desirable for candidates to have some knowledge, demonstrable competence, and a skill set related to healthcare practice, policy, A second acceptable qualification is a second-class Bachelor's degree or lower, with substantial knowledge, demonstrable competence, and a skill set related to management, policy, investment, or design practice in healthcare investment, design, or management, in addition to their academic qualification.

The English language level for this programme is: Level 1

UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL. The courses will develop your academic English and academic skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

Equivalent qualifications

Country-specific information, including details of when UCL representatives are visiting your part of the world, can be obtained from the International Students website.

International applicants can find out the equivalent qualification for their country by selecting from the list below. Please note that the equivalency will correspond to the broad UK degree classification stated on this page (e.g. upper second-class). Where a specific overall percentage is required in the UK qualification, the international equivalency will be higher than that stated below. Please contact Graduate Admissions should you require further advice.

About this degree

The Healthcare Facilities MSc programme offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to planning, managing and designing healthcare facilities. It covers every aspect of creating, renovating, and overseeing healthcare environments, aiming to redefine how the broader healthcare community views the role, design, and operation of these essential built forms.

Throughout this transformative Master's degree, you will enhance your decision-making abilities in healthcare facilities planning, management and design. The curriculum establishes a common language, facilitates effective communication, and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration. It provides a deep understanding of global healthcare policies, service delivery systems, and cultural perspectives.

Your educational journey will be tailored to your interests and background. Each module integrates practical, real-world problem-solving scenarios in collaboration with external organisations, ensuring hands-on learning experiences. This approach equips you with practical skills and insights crucial for leadership in healthcare facilities management.

The programme prepares you to lead and innovate in healthcare infrastructure and facilities management, providing expertise in healthcare facilities planning, design, and operations.

Who this course is for

The collaborative nature of the course provides students with practical skills that are highly sought after by employers from the real estate, engineering, architecture, healthcare architecture, medical planning, healthcare facilities management and construction.

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What this course will give you

A unique offer: Our Healthcare Facilities MSc allows students to study healthcare buildings, their planning, management and design. Healthcare is critical for the sustainability of society and is the largest industry on the planet. By studying with us, you will learn skills that are in high industry demand.

Specialist knowledge: The role of healthcare premises is more significant than ever. This course offers a rare opportunity to be involved in a huge sector and advance your skills and knowledge in one of its most critical specialist components: the built environment.

Learn from industry experts: This course will provide you with the opportunity to visit healthcare buildings, learn from experts, and interact alongside other experienced students to gain insights into the architecture, planning, designing, delivery and managing of healthcare facilities.

Build your network: You will have the opportunity to build a unique network as you learn amongst your international peers and tutors in UCL, London's Global University.

Tailor your degree: This course combines generally applicable modules on buildings and real estate with modules specifically focused on the area of healthcare buildings provision. The result is a unique programme that is multidisciplinary in its professional relevance, covering many stages of decision making and stakeholder relevance for healthcare facilities.

Career Support: Studying at UCL provides students with access to a range of career services including networking events, career workshops, and internship opportunities.

Study in London: Located in London, The Bartlett is at the heart of a large and complex cluster of world-class healthcare facilities, providing a rich and varied backdrop to your studies.

Top Ranked: For the second year in a row, The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment was ranked #1 in the world for ‘Architecture and Built Environment’ (QS World University Subject Rankings 2024). 

Find out more about the benefits of studying at The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction.

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The foundation of your career

This master’s programme has very close links with the UK National Health Service and significant Healthcare Trusts across the country, major healthcare architecture and planning companies, architectural and construction firms, and providers that operate in the health and care sectors in the UK and internationally. 

96% of Bartlett graduates were in work or further study 15 months after graduation.

Top industry sectors for Bartlett graduates in work are construction, built environment and property (37% of graduates); engineering (17%); finance (8%); academic research and higher education (7%); and other scientific and technical professions (5%).

Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction graduates are working in 45 countries around the world.

Example jobs:

  • Construction project manager
  • Engineering professional
  • Finance and investment analyst / advisor
  • Production manager
  • Construction director
  • Project support officer
  • Chartered surveyor
  • Civil engineer
  • Environment professional
  • Architect

Example employers:

  • ARUP
  • Balfour Beatty
  • British Land
  • Deloitte
  • UK Government
  • Skanska
  • Turner & Townsend
  • AtkinsRéalis
  • TfL  
  • Mace
  • Tetra Tech Europe  
  • Vodafone  

(Data from Graduate Outcomes Survey 2017-2021)

Employability

This programme is designed to enhance your current and future career opportunities, through the acquisition of in-demand skills, in the globally important and growing area of healthcare-built-environment provision. 

Networking

The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction hosts numerous events throughout the year that feature industry guests and networking opportunities. These include lectures, seminars, and workshops.

Additionally, there are a broad range of university-wide career events to help current students and recent graduates develop their employability skills, explore different sectors, increase commercial awareness, build professional networks and more.

The Healthcare Facilities MSc programme and the School actively supports students and alumni in establishing their professional network, recognising the importance of networks in providing graduates with opportunities and support throughout their careers.

Teaching and learning

The programme is seminar-based with an emphasis on case and problem-based learning. This is supported through readings and class exercises in the taught modules.

Assignments are mostly individual essays and potentially combined with group work and individual presentations. The dissertation is an independent piece of research supported by tutorials.

Across the academic year, full-time students can typically expect around 13-16 contact hours per teaching week through a mixture of lectures, seminars, and practical workshops. Please note that these hours are an estimate and actual contact hours can vary widely depending on each student’s individual module choices.

Outside of directed teaching, full-time students typically study the equivalent of a full-time job, using their remaining time for self-directed study and completing coursework assignments.

For a Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip), students undertake four 15-credit modules and a 60-credit dissertation or eight 15-credit modules. For a Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert), students undertake four 15-credit modules.Three modules are particular to healthcare and one is more broadly real estate.

Modules

Over the course of one year, students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits: 120 taught credits and 60 dissertation credits. The programme consists of eight compulsory modules: four more widely applicable core modules (60 credits), four specialist healthcare related modules (60 credits), and a research problem centred dissertation (60 credits).

Over the course of two years, students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits: 120 taught credits and 60 dissertation credits. The programme consists of eight compulsory modules: four more widely applicable core modules (60 credits), four specialist healthcare related modules (60 credits), and a research problem centred dissertation (60 credits). 

In case of MSc part-time studying, students take any four of the compulsory modules in year 1, the remaining four compulsory modules and the dissertation module in year 2.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits: 120 taught credits and 60 dissertation credits. The programme consists of eight compulsory modules: four more widely applicable core modules (60 credits), four specialist healthcare related modules (60 credits), and a research problem centred dissertation (60 credits). 

In case of MSc modular-flexible studying, students need to complete all eight compulsory modules and the dissertation module over the 5-year period.

Compulsory modules











Please note that the list of modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability are subject to change. Modules that are in use for the current academic year are linked for further information. Where no link is present, further information is not yet available.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits: 120 taught credits and 60 dissertation credits. Upon successful completion of 180 credits, you will be awarded an MSc in Healthcare Facilities. Upon successful completion of 120 credits, you will be awarded a PG Dip in Healthcare Facilities. Upon successful completion of 60 credits, you will be awarded a PG Cert in Healthcare Facilities.

Accessibility

Details of the accessibility of UCL buildings can be obtained from AccessAble. Further information can also be obtained from the UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services team.

Fees and funding

Fees for this course

UK students International students
Fee description Full-time Part-time
Tuition fees (2025/26) £20,500 £10,250
Tuition fees (2025/26) £36,500 £18,250

Programme also available on a modular (flexible) basis.

The tuition fees shown are for the year indicated above. Fees for subsequent years may increase or otherwise vary. Where the programme is offered on a flexible/modular basis, fees are charged pro-rata to the appropriate full-time Master's fee taken in an academic session. Further information on fee status, fee increases and the fee schedule can be viewed on the UCL Students website: ucl.ac.uk/students/fees.

Additional costs

For Full-time and Part-time offer holders a fee deposit will be charged at 10% of the first year fee.

For flexible/modular offer holders a £500 fee deposit will be charged.

There is no fee deposit required for PG Dip and PG Cert applicants.

Further information can be found in the Tuition fee deposits section on this page: Tuition fees.

Beyond owning your own laptop, there is no requirement to purchase specific books or equipment for this programme. Sometimes certain books or reading resources may be recommended, but not required. 

UCL’s main teaching locations are in zones 1 (Bloomsbury) and zones 2/3 (UCL East). The cost of a monthly 18+ Oyster travel card for zones 1-2 is £114.50. This price was published by TfL in 2024. For more information on additional costs for prospective students and the cost of living in London, please view our estimated cost of essential expenditure at UCL's cost of living guide.

Funding your studies

UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies.

Any additional funding available from The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction and the Built Environment Faculty Office are advertised on the respective websites.

In our faculty, The Bartlett Promise Scholarship aims to enable students from backgrounds underrepresented in the built environment to pursue master's studies. Please see the UK Master's scholarship and Sub-Saharan Africa Master's scholarship pages for more information on eligibility criteria, selection process and FAQs.

For a comprehensive list of the funding opportunities available at UCL, including funding relevant to your nationality, please visit the Scholarships and Funding website.

See all the ways you can fund your studies

UCL East London Scholarship

Deadline: 26 June 2025
Value: Tuition fees plus £16,000 stipend ()
Criteria Based on financial need
Eligibility: UK

Next steps

There is an application processing fee for this programme of £90 for online applications. Further information can be found at Application fees.

If you have any further questions please get in touch with the Teaching and Learning Administrator, Ms Suzanne Hogan, by e-mailing suzanne.hogan@ucl.ac.uk

Please note that you may submit applications for a maximum of two graduate programmes (or one application for the Law LLM) in any application cycle.

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Please read the Application Guidance before proceeding with your application.

Year of entry: 2025-2026

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