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Healthcare Facilities MSc

London, Bloomsbury

The Healthcare Facilities MSc is the only programme currently available in the UK and internationally that leads to a degree specialised in healthcare built environments, either as a healthcare architect or healthcare planner. This is a very multifaceted area of the built environment and there are very few professionals that have academic qualifications at this level able to address the complexity involved.

The aim of the MSc is to generate an integrated perspective of all those components that constitute systemic, sustainable, and successful healthcare buildings. These components include: a strong emphasis on the value of real estate and place-making; an understanding of all elements necessary to enable significant environments for healthcare, including anything from hospital to homes for elderly and vulnerable people; a holistic perspective on Healthcare Facilities as a social provision.

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Study mode

UK tuition fees (2024/25)

£19,300

Fees to be confirmed

Overseas tuition fees (2024/25)

£34,400

Fees to be confirmed

Duration

1 calendar year

2 calendar years

5 calendar years

Programme starts

September 2024

Applications accepted

Applicants who require a visa: 16 Oct 2023 – 28 Jun 2024

Applications close at 5pm UK time

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Applicants who do not require a visa: 16 Oct 2023 – 30 Aug 2024

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

You will gain expertise on how the architectural, engineering, technological, economic, social and policy dimensions come together in successful healthcare facility planning, design, delivery and management. The MSc will prepare you for an important and rewarding career in the sectors related to healthcare environments, such as healthcare architecture, planning, construction, or in the capital/estates and facilities departments of healthcare services.

Healthcare Facilities MSc modules are taught in intensive, week-long blocks (each module requires one very intensive week attendance on campus), so can be aligned easily with employment demands.

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

Our Healthcare Facilities MSc is the only multidisciplinary programme providing a University degree on healthcare buildings, their planning, management and design available in the UK and internationally. The role of healthcare premises is more significant than ever. This programme offers a rare opportunity to be involved in a huge sector and have expertise in one of its most critical components: the built environment.

This programme 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. 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. This programme 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. A number of our graduates have been employed in the NHS, or if already in the NHS, have received promotions after their studies, organisations such as the European Investment Bank (EIB), companies such as EY and healthcare architecture and planning firms.

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The foundation of your career

The faculty has an existing track record of our graduates being employed in the specialism of their MSc programmes. The Healthcare Facilities MSc is expected to develop decision-making skills, research skills and analytical techniques appropriate for the field. The 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. This is reflected in the delivery of the programme as experts from industry are involved.

Employability

This programme is designed to enhance your current and future career opportunities in the globally important and growing area of healthcare built environment provision. As with all of the professionally based, practical disciplines, the Bartlett's MSc programmes have a proven track record in providing competitive advantage in the marketplace for their participants. The international healthcare market continues to expand with a clear focus on patient experience as well as unprecedented demand due to change in demographics and technological advancements. Therefore it is expected that participants would have opportunities for career development at all levels within the healthcare and built environment sectors.

Networking

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.

The block teaching approach will include group work and presentations for each module.

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.

Typically each module is delivered through one-week intensive block teaching; supported by pre- and post-session readings and exercises online, through the university virtual learning environment. Each module provides 40 contact hours, supplemented by 110 hours student self-directed study.

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). Each module requires physical presence of one intensive week in campus to accommodate for the needs of executive education students.

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). Each module requires physical presence of one intensive week in campus to accommodate for the needs of executive education students.

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). Each module requires physical presence of one intensive week in campus to accommodate for the needs of executive education students.

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

Development and Capital Projects

Dissertation (Healthcare Facilities)

Forms of Value for Real Estate

Health Services: Hospitals and Complex Facilities

Health Services: Long-term Care

Health Services: Primary Care

Health Systems, Services and Technologies

Modern Economics and Finance for Real Estate

Real Estate Solutions and Systems

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 accessable.co.uk. Further information can also be obtained from the UCL Student Support and Wellbeing team.

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Fees and funding

Fees for this course

UK students International students

Fee description	Full-time	Part-time
Tuition fees (2024/25)	£19,300	Fees to be confirmed
Tuition fees (2024/25)	£34,400	Fees to be confirmed

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

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. If you are concerned by potential costs, please get in touch with the programme administration team by e-mailing bssc.enquiries@ucl.ac.uk

For more information on additional costs for prospective students please go to our estimated cost of essential expenditure at Accommodation and living costs.

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 Real Estate Institute 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: 20 June 2024

Value: Tuition fees plus £15,700 stipend ()

Criteria Based on financial need

Eligibility: UK

Next steps

There is an application processing fee for this programme of £90 for online applications and £115 for paper 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.

This programme requires two references. Further information regarding references can be found on this Selecting your references page.

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Please read the Application Guidance before proceeding with your application.