MSc Occupational Hygiene

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2027, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (part-time distance learning)
  UK students (per annum): £6,400 in year 1 and 2, £3,200 in year 3
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £6,400 in year 1 and 2, £3,200 in year 3

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

Always contact the admissions team if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

UK students opting for MSc 1 year full-time or 2 year part-time course of study may qualify for a PGT loan from the UK government. Please see our university pages or contact admissions.

Students studying our MSc course over 3 years part-time may also be eligible for a postgraduate loan if there is no other suitable full time equivalent course available in the UK at the time of application. Please contact admissions for more information.

Please note: The fees do not cover any costs for travel, accommodation, professional exams, etc.

A number of our students are sponsored by their employers or the governments of their home countries.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

For the latest scholarship and bursary information please visit the fees and funding page.

Equity and Merit Scholarships are for academically excellent students who have the potential to make a significant contribution to sustainable development in their home countries.

The awards are intended for those who cannot afford to study in Manchester without a scholarship. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and all applications are considered on their merit. We particularly encourage women to apply. To apply for a scholarship for this programme under this scheme you must be looking to study a part-time, distance learning master's (three to five years duration).

The MSc Occupational Hygiene can be studied part time with a 3 year study option. There are 30 scholarships (20 for full-time study and ten for online study) available each year for a range of courses in engineering, environment, health sciences, development, education, textiles and law.

The scheme is open to applicants from Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

The need for health economic evidence is increasing as decision-makers are faced with a difficult choice: how best to spend their limited resources when presented with a range of different health interventions. Economic evaluation is the primary method used internationally to inform these choices. This unit will equip students with the essential knowledge and skills to navigate, appraise, and apply the findings from economic evaluations to inform resource allocation decision-making.

The unit will first introduce the key concepts and principles used by health economists to motivate the need for economic evaluations. Then the unit will explain how information from different types of sources can be used to complete an economic evaluation (including model-based economic evaluation methods and trial-based economic evaluation methods). Finally, the unit will demonstrate how to critically appraise the quality of published economic evaluations. 
 

PLEASE NOTE: This unit was formerly called Health Economics (POPH60091/2). Therefore students who have already completed Health Economics should not select this unit.

The unit aims to enable students to learn the key concepts and principles of health economics, critically appraise published economic evaluations, and understand how to apply findings from economic evaluations to guide decision-making. 

This is a very practical unit. Students work independently through each topic. At the end of most topics there are self-assessment exercises to check you have assimilated core aspects of that topic’s material. There is also regular online discussion with your fellow students which is e-moderated by the module leader and teaching assistants. Two non - compulsory webinars will be held if the demand is sufficient.

There will be regular interaction with the tutors through scheduled webinars (which will be recorded and made available) and through the online discussion boards. Students will be encouraged to use self-reflection to think about the ideas discussed, and take part in discussion board activities. Students should work through the unit in a logical sequence. The individual course unit timetables will guide what should be done and when. Participation in the discussion boards is greatly encouraged, and can help enhance your learning experience and prepare you for your assessment.
 

• Describe key health economic concepts 
• Appraise the need for and relevance of economic evaluation in healthcare 
• Explain the key principles, components and design choices of economic evaluation

• Apply guidelines to published economic evaluations and appraise the validity and relevance of that research 
• Interpret published economic evaluations and assess their role in decision-making, and barriers to their use 
   

• Perform calculation of key health economic measures
• Analyse cost and outcome data to complete a simple economic evaluation
• Complete a critical appraisal checklist for economic evaluations
   

• Time management and working to deadlines 
• Analytical skills 
• Critical appraisal skills
   

Drummond, M.F., Sculpher, M.J., Claxton, K., Stoddart, G.L. and Torrance, G.W., 2015. Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes. Oxford university press.