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Health Economics & Health Policy MSc online

Study Method
Online
Institution
Brunel University London
Start Date
September 2022

Course overview

Brunel’s Health Economics & Health Policy MSc online aims to facilitate you to gain advanced skills, principles and knowledge for a career in healthcare and health policy organisations (e.g. health services, government, universities, the non-profit sector, research units, pharmaceutical industry). Develop a critical approach to health economics and the application of economic tools to evaluate healthcare intervention and policy, whilst acquiring advanced academic and research skills.

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Job outcomes

  • Chief Medical Officer
  • Environmental Scientist
  • Biosecurity Specialist
  • Public Health Manager
  • Epidemiologist
  • Child Health Specialist
  • Health Promotion Specialist
  • Health Informatics Specialist
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What you'll learn

  • Foster cross-cultural awareness: Different regions, face different health challenges. Evaluate biological, environmental, legal, and regulatory factors that affect the health of local and global communities.
  • Steer projects to success: Positive change stems from implementing important ideas. Learn how to effectively devise and deliver health projects on both a domestic and global scale.
  • Become an influential leader: Exceptional leaders inspire change. Develop the leadership and communication skills needed to inform, influence, and implement public health policies and programmes.
  • Innovate solutions: Thinking outside the box leads to innovation. Design, develop, and evaluate effective programmes that address emerging public health challenges and breakthroughs.
  • Leave a legacy: Positive social change means thinking long-term. Develop an awareness of how you can leave a lasting impact on communities through health promotion and policy.
  • See the bigger picture: The broader your perspective, the greater change you can make. Learn to see the full picture and understand both domestic and global public health challenges and opportunities.

Study method

  • Online
  • Blended
  • In-class
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Duration study load

  • 1 year full-time
  • 2 years part-time

Entry requirements

  • A 2:2 (or above) UK Honours degree, or equivalent internationally-recognised qualification in a subject such as health promotion, public health, allied health, health-related studies, social sciences, biosciences, sport science, and environmental health.
  • Non-native speakers of English need either of the following:
    • IELTS: 6.5 (min 6 in all areas)
    • Pearson: 58 (51 in all subscores)
    • BrunELT 65% (min 60% in all areas)
    • TOEFL: 92 (min 20 in all)
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Course features

  • World-renowned academics: One of the long-established courses in the UK, highly rated for its excellence in teaching and learning.
  • Skills to make an impact: Develop advanced research skills and a critical understanding of health policy and global public health, in the contexts of politics, psychology, and sociology.
  • Your virtual campus: Study from any location and build connections with like-minded professionals worldwide.

Payment options

Course fees – £9,810

  • Payment plans/instalments available
  • Funding with Student Finance England

Study loans available

Loans are available for an amount of up to £10,906 towards your study costs. It will be at your discretion to use the loan towards fees, maintenance costs or other costs. Please note that you must meet the eligibility requirements to qualify. If your course lasts for more than a year, the loan will be divided equally across each year of your course.

Residency requirements

Applicants must meet the following residency requirements. You must be a UK national resident in England or Wales only or an EU national resident in England on the first day of the first academic year but within the EEA throughout the preceding three years.

Master’s degree qualification

The Engineering Management MSc online is classified as a master’s degree course which makes it eligible for funding if you intend to complete the programme within two years. If you have previously studied a professional certificate or diploma, you can still qualify as long as this is your first master’s course.

Repayment terms

Loans are repayable once you earn over £21,000 per annum and will be repaid over a maximum of 30 years. For information about interest rates and other key information, please visit the Student Finance England website.

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About Brunel University London

Brunel University London proudly takes its name from one of the great British engineers of the 19th century, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Our alumni continue to follow in his footsteps in civil engineering today, as well as going on to work across a range of manufacturing, service, and government sectors around the world.

In the spirit of our namesake, excellence, innovation and entrepreneurialism is at the heart of everything we do here at Brunel. As a diverse, forward-thinking university, we are proud to be ranked in the top 60 universities worldwide for the number of international students (QS World University Rankings 2020), and 34th in the world for international outlook (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019).