Public Health for Eye Care

In order to be admitted to an LSHTM master's degree programme, an applicant must:

• hold either a first degree at Second Class Honours (2:2) standard in a relevant discipline, or a degree in medicine recognised by the UK General Medical Council (GMC) for the purposes of practising medicine in the UK, or another degree of equivalent standard awarded by an overseas institution recognised by UK ENIC or the GMC.

or

• hold a professional qualification appropriate to the programme of study to be followed obtained by written examinations and judged by LSHTM to be equivalent to a Second Class Honours (2:2) degree or above.

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• have relevant professional experience or training which is judged by LSHTM to be equivalent to a Second Class Honours (2:2) degree or above.

If you have not previously studied in the UK, you can check our guide to international equivalent qualifications for our master's degrees.

Additionally for the MSc Public Health for Eye Care, students are expected to be health care professionals involved in eye care, or to have an appropriate technical qualification and work experience.

Students accepted onto this MSc are typically:

• Medical doctors already working in eye care (ophthalmologists, at any stage of their career), ophthalmic public health or eye health related research;
• Optometrists with an interest in ophthalmic public health or eye health related research;
• Medical doctors or intercalating medical students who have a strong interest in eye care.

Eye health programme managers or researchers with suitable experience in eye care delivery may also be accepted onto the MSc, even if from a non-clinical background, if their prior experience is deemed adequate.

Applicants who do not meet the minimum entry requirement, but who have relevant professional experience may still be eligible for admission. Qualifications and experience will be assessed from the application.

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