Public Health (100% online) (MPH)

Entry requirements

Please see our website for further information on entry requirements for this course.

Months of entry

January, March, April, June, September, October

Course content

About the course
Develop invaluable skills and knowledge that could improve the health of entire communities and populations.

- 100% online MPH in 24 months
- Part of Keele School of Medicine

Become an expert in public health

On this Master of Public Health degree, you will learn skills to make a positive difference to the physical, social and mental health outcomes and wellbeing of people within and across local, regional, national, and international populations.

With an emphasis on reducing health inequalities, you will develop the ability to interpret and understand key areas of health and social research, and how it can be used to inform policy and improve public health. You will be encouraged to view public health as a collective responsibility, across organisations and individuals, and will learn to have wider considerations than the remit of health services to include education and the environment.

What you will learn on this MPH
The course content for this MPH distance learning degree is aligned with internationally recognised competency frameworks including the UK Public Health Skill and Knowledge Framework, and the World Health Organisation ASPHER Core Competency Framework for Public Health in the European Region.

Modules will cover core topics, including:
- Epidemiology
- Health promotion
- The health protection function of public health
- Global health
- Health inequalities and community action
- Control of communicable disease
- Statistics
- Leadership in global healthcare
- Taught by experts

This MPH degree is part of Keele University’s School of Medicine. The School of Medicine unites world-leading research experts with experienced teaching staff to provide a pioneering teaching and research environment – one which you will directly benefit from when you study with us.

Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology, Dr Ross Wilkie, is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Epidemiology. His research is recognised internationally and Ross was awarded the European League Against Rheumatism Research Award in 2019. He has also been awarded a Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health by distinction for his education and research work.

Potential career paths with an MPH
Our Master of Public Health degree could create or enhance a career in any of the following:
- Public Health Practitioner
- Epidemiologist
- Healthcare Quality Data Analyst
- Health Promotion Coordinator
- Health Policy Adviser
- Healthcare Commissioning and Planning
- Health Protection Officer
- Work in roles of government or non-government organisations

Modules
- Applied Epidemiology
- Global Health
- Health Promotion
- Health Protection Function of Public Health
- Statistical Methods and Epidemiology
- Leadership and Complexity in Global Healthcare
- Community Action Targeting Health Inequalities
- Control of Communicable Disease and Environment Hazards
- MPH Dissertation Proposal
- MPH Dissertation

Information for international students

Please see our website for further information for international applicants for this course.

Fees and funding

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