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• Public Health
• Medicine

We require a minimum of an Upper Second honours degree or the .

If you have obtained a Lower Second class honours degree we may still consider your application if you have significant relevant research or professional experience. For example three years or more in a public health team.

BSc Public Health students

This course is available to you following successful completion of your BSc with an Upper Second classification.

International students must demonstrate English proficiency through a secure and approved testing system. We ask for English language proof from applicants from non-majority English-speaking countries (a list of majority English speaking countries, as defined by the ).

Specifically, we require a minimum of:

• 6.5 overall (with minimum of 6.0 in all components).
• TOEFL iBT: 90 overall (with minimum of 22 in each component).

See further information about requirements for your country.

If the language of instruction of your first degree was English, but you obtained the degree from a university of a non-majority English-speaking country, the English language requirement may be waived for applicants on our only, provided written evidence is submitted.

The Personal Professional Development CPD programme is not award-bearing and allows you to complete up to three units from the MPH syllabus. After successfully completing this level of the course, students could then be considered for progression to the award-bearing levels of our course, through re-application.

Some English Language test results are only valid for two years. Your English Language test report must be valid on the start date of the course.

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2026, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MPH (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £13,700
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £29,900

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs. Costs may be incurred for travel, subsistence and accommodation charges during the optional Geneva Winter School.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. .

The postgraduate loan is only available if you choose the 1 year full-time or 2 year part-time course. For part-time routes, full-time fees will be split over two or three years as appropriate.

Always contact the admissions team if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

International student CAS deposit

Self-funded international applicants are required to pay a deposit of £2500 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. Some applicants will be required to pay a higher deposit. More information on tuition fee deposits .

Cost of AP(E)L

The University permits applicants with comparable previous experience to submit an application for consideration of Accreditation Prior (Experiential) Learning (AP(E)L). The maximum AP(E)L is 15 credits to a certificate, 45 credits to a diploma and 60 credits to a master's. If an AP(E)L application is successful, the University charges £30 for every 15 credits of AP(E)L. The overall tuition fee is adjusted and administrative charges applied.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's (PDF document, 91KB).

Equity and Merit Scholarships

We offer Equity and Merit Scholarships to academically excellent students. More information is on the Equity and Merit webpage.

51¸£ÀûÉç Alumni Scholarship Schemes

If you're a current or recent student at 51¸£ÀûÉç and plan to start a master's course, you may be eligible for our 51¸£ÀûÉç Alumni Scholarship Schemes.

International scholarships

Scholarships for international students are available through the Global Futures scheme. Visit the scholarship page to find out more about eligibility and how to apply.

For the latest scholarship and bursary information please visit the .

The Programme Director will review your application once we have all of the required supporting documentation.

Applicants are considered on the basis of academic and relevant professional experience using all of the information you've provided.

We do not normally interview applicants, but we reserve the right to do so in certain circumstances.

Deferrals are considered on an individual basis. Successful applicants may defer entry to the course for up to one year.

If you applied in the previous year and your application was not successful, you may apply again. Your application will be considered against the standard course entry criteria for that year of entry. In your new application, you should demonstrate how your application has improved. We may draw upon all information from your previous applications or any previous registrations at the University as a student when assessing your suitability for your chosen course.

We run induction sessions for all new students starting our public health and primary care courses.

Face-to-face induction

A face-to-face induction is held at the University at the beginning of the academic year.

The induction is designed to introduce you to the content and technology used throughout the course. It is also an opportunity for you to meet academic and support staff.

You are required attend the face-to-face induction. It includes:

• an introduction to the course units;
• an opportunity to meet tutors and administrators;
• an introduction to the online learning environment;
• an introduction to the library and e-resources at 51¸£ÀûÉç;
• an opportunity to present your work and hear about work undertaken by other students

Confirmation of attendance on the face-to-face induction will be sought once you have applied for the course.

You are required to take eight 15-credit units and a dissertation for 60 credits, across the year. This is to allow you to benefit from the full breadth of public health practice.

The master's dissertation is a focused, critical and reflective body of writing that seeks to add to the understanding of a particular problem or question. It is an opportunity to expand knowledge and expertise in an area of study, through in-depth, critical and reflective thinking, relevant to the focus of the dissertation.

You will choose from a range of dissertation models designed to cater for different work situations and interests.

Semester 1

You will take three mandatory course units:

• Epidemiology for Public Health Practice
• Health Promotion Theory and Methods
• Communicable Disease Control

You will also choose one option from the following choices:

• Global Health
• Humanitarianism and Conflict Response: Inquiries (run by the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI))
• Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Crises (run by the HCRI)
• Qualitative Research Methods (online*)

Semester 2

You will take two mandatory course units:

• Practical Statistics for Population Health
• Intercultural Public Health

You will also choose two options from the following. You must choose one option from set A and one option from set B

Set A:

• Planetary Health
• Commercial Determinants of Health
• Health Economics

Set B:

• Systemic Approaches to Disaster Management (this course unit is run by the HCRI)
• New Venture Consultancy Projects 2 (this course unit is run by the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre)
• Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset (this course unit is run by the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre)
• Women’s Health (online*)
• Introduction to Work-related Ill Health (online*)

* You can take a maximum of one fully online course unit as part of this course.

The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.

Practical support and advice for current students and applicants is available from the Disability Advisory and Support Service. Email: dass@manchester.ac.uk

We offer a number of our units as standalone credited CPD courses through our in public health and primary care.