Health Economics and Decision Modelling
Entry requirements
You need at least a 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in a numerate subject, such as economics, operational research, mathematics, statistics, pharmacy or industrial engineering, management science, physics, or pharmacy or systems control.
Months of entry
September
Course content
On this course you’ll study a growing area with a worldwide demand for qualified specialists.
The importance and use of health technology assessment and health economic modelling is rapidly increasing. This course helps you to become highly employable by developing the analytical skills required to evaluate the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of health technologies such as new drugs, public health initiatives, screening programmes and diagnostic tools.
Sheffield has nine professors of health economics and decision sciences, including the world-renowned Prof John Brazier and in Professors Alan Brennan, Jim Chilcott and Matt Stevenson who are some of the most experienced health economic modelling experts in the country. You'll develop the transferable skills and knowledge to work anywhere in the world as a professional decision-analytic modeller or health economist.
Please see our University website for the most up-to-date course information: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/courses
Information for international students
English language requirements
Overall IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or equivalent.
For more information about entry requirements for international students, please visit https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/international/applying/postgraduate-taught
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MSc
- part time24-36 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- PGCert
- part time24-36 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- PGDip
- part time24-36 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Postgraduate Admissions Tutor
- scharr-pgt-enquiries@sheffield.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)114 222 5454