MPH Master of Public Health (Health Sciences)

The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive for the course tuition and administration costs during your studies.

All fees for entry may be subject to a yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of courses lasting more than a year.

For general fees information please visit postgraduate fees .

You may be eligible for a postgraduate loan if you choose the one-year full-time or two-year part-time course. Please check the government's eligibility criteria .

The course fees include all the tuition, technical support and assessments required for the course, but you are likely to incur some additional costs:

• maximum of one core text book per unit (approx £30 per book) where e-books are not available;
• communication costs for internet use and telephone;
• a statistical software package (approx £20).

A copy of the statistical software for Practical Statistics for Population Health will be provided free for all international fee-paying students.

Costs may be incurred for travel, subsistence and accommodation charges during the following optional events or units:

• the residential course for first year students
• the Arts and Public Health blended learning unit
• the Intercultural Public Health blended learning unit
• the Infection, Prevention & Control blended learning unit
• the Engaging the Hard to Reach for Health Gain blended learning unit
• the Geneva Winter School

This course has previously included options for blended learning. For 2020/21 our residential and blended units were fully online. The Geneva Winter School did not run in 2020.

Cost of AP(E)L

The University permits applicants with comparable previous experience to submit an application for consideration of Accreditation Prior (Experiential) Learning (AP(E)L). The maximum AP(E)L is 15 credits to a certificate, 45 credits to a diploma and 60 credits to a master's. If an AP(E)L application is successful, the University charges £30 for every 15 credits of AP(E)L. The overall tuition fee is adjusted and administrative charges applied.

 

Commonwealth Scholarships

There may be an opportunity to offer Commonwealth Scholarships to excellent young nationals who are resident in Commonwealth countries. However, this will not be confirmed until February 2021. Please see the CSC website for further details.

Equity and Merit Scholarships

We offer Equity and Merit Scholarships to academically excellent young students from Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania.

Alumni bursary

If you are a current or recent undergraduate at The University of Manchester, you may be eligible for our Manchester Alumni Scholarship Schemes. For the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, this is a £1,000 reduction on fees paid directly to the University at the start of the course.

The scholarship is available to University of Manchester graduates enrolling on a Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health postgraduate taught master's programme. You must have graduated in the previous year or be graduating currently with a first-class honours degree.

The scholarship is available for international, EU and home students who will study full-time or part-time.

You must be self-funded and must not be in receipt of any other funding support.

Please contact us for more information.

We require a minimum of an Upper Second honours degree or the overseas equivalent .

Significant relevant research or professional experience may be considered in place of an academic qualification lower than an Upper Second.

If you fail to meet the above entry criteria you will be considered on an individual basis, but may be required to enrol initially on another route, such as a PGCert or PGDip before being considered to progress onto the MPH course.

Intercalating students

This course is also available for intercalating medical students, both from The University of Manchester and other UK universities, upon completion of their third year.

International students must demonstrate English proficiency through a secure and approved testing system. We ask for English language proof from applicants from non-majority English-speaking countries (a list of majority English speaking countries, is defined by the UK Home Office ).

Specifically, we require a minimum of:

• IELTS : minimum 6.5 overall with 6.0 in writing
• TOEFL: 90 internet-based (with 22 in each component)

See further information about requirements for your country . 

If the language of instruction of your first degree was English, but you obtained the degree from a university of a non-majority English-speaking country, the English language requirement may be waived for applicants on our Personal Professional Development CPD programme only, provided written evidence is submitted.

The Personal Professional Development CPD programme is not award-bearing and allows you to complete up to three units from the MPH syllabus. After successfully completing this level of the course, students could then be considered for progression to the award-bearing levels of our course, through re-application.

Some English Language test results are only valid for two years. Your English Language test report must be valid on the start date of the course.

You will require regular access to a modern personal computer (Windows or Mac) with a stable internet connection. You should be confident in using the internet for web browsing, sending emails and also using word processing software, such as Microsoft Word.

The relevant Programme Director on receipt of all required supporting documentation will review your application. Applicants are considered on an academic and relevant professional experience basis, based on all information provided.

We do not normally interview applicants, but reserve the right to do so in certain circumstances.

Deferrals are considered on an individual basis. Successful applicants may defer entry to the course for up to one year.

If you applied in the previous year and your application was not successful, you may apply again.

Your application will be considered against the standard course entry criteria for that year of entry. In your new application, you should demonstrate how your application has improved.

We may draw upon all information from your previous applications or any previous registrations at the University as a student when assessing your suitability for your chosen course.

We run induction sessions for all new students starting our Public Health and Primary Care courses.

Residential induction

A three-day residential course is normally held at the University at the beginning of the academic year.

The course is designed to introduce you to the content and technology used throughout the programme. It is also an opportunity for you to meet academic, e-learning and support staff.

You are encouraged to attend the residential course when it is running, and many students find it very beneficial.

However, due to the international nature of our programmes, attendance is not compulsory.

The residential course includes:

• an introduction to the core units
• an opportunity to meet tutors, e-learning support staff and administrators
• an introduction to the online learning environment
• an introduction to the library and e-resources at Manchester
• an opportunity to present your work and hear about work undertaken by other students

You will be required to provide your own transport and accommodation for the residential course.

Confirmation of attendance on the residential induction will be sought once you have applied for the course.

Online induction

We offer an online induction unit for all students. This is ideal if you cannot attend the residential, as it covers the basic information that you will need to get started on the online programme.

This course has previously included options for blended learning. For 2020/21, our residential and blended course units are fully online.

If you choose this specialist Health Sciences stream you are required to complete Evidence Based Practice as a core unit. Currently, the course units from the MPH are available, but further course units from School of Health Sciences and Alliance Manchester Business School will become available during the next few years.

In addition to the compulsory course unit, for the award of:

• PG Cert students must choose three other course unit available from the MPH and other SHS programmes as they become available
• PG Dip students must choose seven other course units available from the MPH and other SHS programmes as they become available
• MPH students must choose seven other course units available from the MPH and other SHS programmes as they become available plus the dissertation

You will be able to choose from a range of different dissertation models designed to cater for different work situations and interests. The master's dissertation is a focused, critical and reflective body of writing that seeks to add to the understanding of a particular problem or question. It is an opportunity to expand knowledge and expertise in an area of study, through in-depth, critical and reflective thinking, relevant to the focus of the dissertation.

You must submit your own proposal for review and discussion. A dissertation supervisor will be allocated once the proposal has been approved.

Practical support and advice for current students and applicants is available from the Disability Advisory and Support Service. Email: dass@manchester.ac.uk

We offer a number of our units as standalone credited CPD courses through our Personal Professional Development programme in public health and primary care.

We also run monthly public health journal clubs, the annual Festival of Public Health , an International Summer School , CPD events and our free open-access courses.