100% online MPH Global Health

Broaden your horizons in public health with an entirely online MPH Global Health

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  • Apply by: 15 April 2025
  • To start: 29 April 2025

180 credits

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Complete in as little as 14 months

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£7,200 total fees

Choose Wolverhampton

  • Complete your 100% online MPH within 24 months
  • Course content mapped against the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework (PHSKF) and the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) specialist register standards
  • Benefit from cohesive links with public health departments, and international public health bodies and membership organisations
  • One of only two universities to be formally partnered with the Royal Society of Public Health - students benefit from close links with employers and discounted membership
  • Option to pay per module
  • Alumni discount available
  • Ranked No. 1 in the UK university for Teaching First Generation students

Take your public health knowledge global

Further your career with an MPH Global Health

The University of Wolverhampton’s MPH Global Health will expand your skills and knowledge on public health, and prepare you for progression within this exciting and important sector as it draws on UK government policy directives in public health and mapped against the UKPHR specialist register standards.

You will explore a range of global public health issues, with a specific focus on policy and governance. The course also has a focus on sustainability and climate change, and the impact and implications for public health practice.

With an established reputation for excellence in course quality and innovative approaches to teaching and learning, our MPH Global Health develops highly sought-after graduates. Many University of Wolverhampton MPH students are now working at government public health agencies, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) where they are making differences to population health with the skills they acquired from this course.

Fit your studies around your life

This Master’s degree is taught within an innovative online learning environment which has been tailor-made to encourage collaboration and interaction between MPH students. This will allow you to draw on knowledge and experiences from fellow professionals, and will enable you to build a global network of peers as you study.

This course is offered part-time, and you can graduate within 24 months whilst continuing to work as you fit your learning around your current commitments.

You can access course material on a smartphone, a tablet, or a laptop, at a time that suits you, making it a flexible degree that can be studied from anywhere and at any time.

Skills and knowledge you’ll learn include:

  • Politics and philosophy of public health practice
  • Public health protection and improvement
  • Public health epidemiology and statistics
  • Psychological approaches applied to public health
  • Addressing the wider determinants of health and inequalities
  • Planning and evaluating public health interventions
  • Strategic management and leadership
  • Global public health: policy and governance
  • Sustainability and climate change: impact and implication for public health practice

Preparing you for progression

This degree will enable you to gain an understanding of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to public health, and relates to the three domains of public health practice – health protection, health improvement, and service quality.

To aid your career progression, the course has been informed by the core competency areas as defined by the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework. This includes:

  • Surveillance and assessment of health
  • Assessing the evidence for health
  • Policy and strategy
  • Leadership and collaborative working
  • Health improvement and protection
  • Public health intelligence
  • Academic public health
  • Health and social care quality

Learn how to tackle global public health issues with our 100% online MPH Global Health.

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