MSc/PGDip/PGCert Health Informatics (UCL/UoM Joint Award) / Overview
Year of entry: 2025
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- Degree awarded
- Master of Science, PGDip, PGCert
- Duration
- 1yr FT, 2-5yr PT
- Entry requirements
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We require an honours degree (minimum upper second class) from a UK university or overseas equivalent in:
- computer science
- health services research
- biological sciences
- statistics
- pharmacy
- nursing
- medicine
Students who do not meet these requirements but have appropriate professional experience will also be considered.
Applications from candidates who don't meet usual admissions criteria are also reviewed by the Dean of Students at UCL.
- Number of places/applicants
- 80
- How to apply
To apply for a course you will need to complete and submit an online application form at UCL.
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
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| Y | Y | N | N |
Course overview
Health Informatics is the study of how information and information technology can transform the organisation and delivery of healthcare. This joint course with University College London (UCL) has been designed to prepare students for leadership roles and develop a health informatics workforce that is equipped to address present and future challenges in healthcare.
You will learn about:
- the different types of information systems and technologies that are used in healthcare;
- how they are commissioned, designed, implemented and introduced into use;
- how the data that the are used to capture can drive improvements in care.
Open days
The University holds regular open days, where you will have the opportunity to tour the campus and find out more about our facilities and courses. On this day, you will find out more about the course and meet academic and admissions staff who will be able to answer any questions you have. For more information, see Open days .
Fees
Please see information the UCL MSc Health Informatics page for details of course fees.
Additional expenses
Additional costs include:
- the cost of travel to and from Manchester or London (depending on the module location and where you are based);
- accommodation costs.
Policy on additional costs
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).
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
- Contact name
- Teaching Administration
- Telephone
- ihi.education@ucl.ac.uk
- Website
- https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/health-informatics-msc
- School/Faculty
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Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
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