Overview
- Degree awarded
- Master of Science
- Duration
- TBC
- Entry requirements
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We require a Lower Second Class Bachelor's degree or the overseas equivalent, although each application is judged on its own merits and exceptions to this entry requirement may be made.
Applicants who do not have a Bachelor's degree or the overseas equivalent may apply if they can demonstrate (via a personal statement) that they can communicate clearly, are highly motivated, and have experience of prior learning.
- How to apply
- Apply online .
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
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| MSc | N | N | N | Y |
Course overview
• Study the worldwide improvement of health, reduction of disparities and protection against global threats.
• Cover topics such as emergency medicine, disaster management, community health, anthropology, and sociology of health and illness.
• Benefit from insights from the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), collaborators on the content of this course.
• Develop knowledge and understanding of health challenges in disaster and conflict contexts.
• Study via distance learning without leaving home or interrupting your career.
• Benefit from the expertise of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, including a decade of online teaching.
Open days
Find out what it's like to study at Manchester by visiting us at one of our open days .
Fees
For entry in the academic year beginning September 2024, the tuition fees are as follows:
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MSc (part-time distance learning)
UK students (per annum): £3,833 p.a., £11,499 in total
International, including EU, students (per annum): £9,000 p.a., £27,000 in total
Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.
Additional expenses
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).
Scholarships/sponsorships
Each year, we offer a number of awards and subject-specific bursaries (the values of which are usually set at Home/EU fees level), open to both Home/EU and international students. The deadline for these is early February each year.
Details of these funding opportunities, including deadlines, eligibility and how to apply, can be found on the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures' funding page where you can also find details of the Government Postgraduate Loan Scheme.
See also the HCRI fees and funding page and the University's postgraduate funding database to see if you are eligible for any other funding opportunities.
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
- School/Faculty
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See: About us
Courses in related subject areas
Use the links below to view lists of courses in related subject areas.
Entry requirements
Academic entry qualification overview
We require a Lower Second Class Bachelor's degree or the overseas equivalent, although each application is judged on its own merits and exceptions to this entry requirement may be made.
Applicants who do not have a Bachelor's degree or the overseas equivalent may apply if they can demonstrate (via a personal statement) that they can communicate clearly, are highly motivated, and have experience of prior learning.
English language
An overall grade of 7.0 in IELTS with 7.0 in writing an no skill below 6.5 is required or 100+ in the TOEFL iBT with a minimum writing score of 25 and no skill below 22.
If you have obtained a different qualification, please check our English language requirements to ensure that it is accepted and equivalent to the above requirements.
English language test validity
Application and selection
How to apply
Course details
Course description
MSc Global Health at Manchester has been developed in collaboration with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
Aimed at both those new to the humanitarian sector and professionals who want to update their skills, our course offers a practical means of study and an inclusive approach which mirrors the reality of interventions within a humanitarian context.
You will explore issues related to the worldwide improvement of health, the reduction of disparities, protection against global threats that disregard national borders, and specialise in Emergency Medical Response.
The course is unique in bringing together the study of emergency medicine, disaster management, community health, anthropology and sociology of health and illness in an online format.
You will have access to leading multidisciplinary academics and practitioners. For example, we have a close working relationship with the charity UK-Med, which aims to improve the training and accountability of medical teams to sudden onset disasters and complex emergencies.
Aims
• Provide students with critical insights into various perspectives on how Global Health can be understood, analysed, and explained.
• Develop students’ analytical skills in critically evaluating the idea of Global Health and the ways it is organised, justified and implemented.
• Develop students’ skills in gathering, organising and using evidence and information from a wide variety of sources.
• Enable students to apply established techniques of research and enquiry to a relevant research area.
• Enable students to gain a relevant specialisation in Emergency Medical Response.
Special features
Online Course Delivery
You will be able to engage fully with the course content and other students via recorded lectures, discussion boards, group work, online chat, question and answer sessions with the tutor, and peer-to-peer feedback and assessment.
Teaching and learning
The course will begin with an online induction session that explains how the course will progress and how you can fully engage with the curriculum and the online classroom environment. It will set out the key contacts and what each student can expect.
Academic and pastoral support will be offered online by the programme director, course leaders and teaching assistants, who will be responsible for monitoring progression through the course. A dedicated programme administrator will be responsible for dealing with day-to-day enquiries.
The course lasts for three years in total. You will study four course units in each of Years 1 and 2. Three units comprises ten weeks of teaching followed by one week for assessment. The research methods module will run in parallel and across the academic year. The format is designed to be adaptable to the needs of professional students and provides opportunity for reflection between units.Year 3 comprises the dissertation for the MSc award. Students will submit a research proposal and be allocated a dissertation supervisor. You will then be guided through key milestones in the completion of your dissertation.
The course has been designed to recreate a classroom learning environment in an online format. You will be able to engage fully with the course content and with peers via lectures, discussion boards, group work, online chat, question and answer sessions with the tutor, and peer-to-peer feedback and assessment.
Coursework and assessment
All assessment will take place online. Each of the four units in Years 1 and 2 will conclude with a selection of assessments, including multiple choice tests, group assignments, and prose-based assessments.
Certain academic pieces placed in the discussion forums are used as part of the overall assessment process for each unit (10%).
Each student will provide a 100 to 150-word (excluding references) written academic piece expressing a view or perspective upon a question raised by the tutor/convenor weekly during the course.This will provide eight pieces of primary work that will be submitted to the discussion board per course unit. Engagement on the discussion boards is required throughout the course.You will receive formative feedback and guidance throughout the course, which will enable you to progress and develop your confidence and analytical skills.
Course unit details
You will receive 60 credits for the successful completion of each year of the course, totalling 180 credits for the MSc award.Core units include:
• Emergency Humanitarian Assistance
• Health Systems
• Community Approaches to Health
• Research Paradigms and Processes
• Applied Research Methods
• Dissertation
Optional units include:
• Diseases & Trauma in Developing Countries
• Ethics, Human Rights and Health
• Mental Health in Humanitarian Sector
Course unit list
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
| Title | Code | Credit rating | Mandatory/optional |
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| MSc Dissertation | HCRI70000 | 60 | Mandatory |
| Community Approaches to Health | HCRI71000 | 15 | Mandatory |
| Emergency Humanitarian Assistance (blended) | HCRI71060 | 15 | Mandatory |
| Health Systems | HCRI74000 | 15 | Mandatory |
| Research Paradigms and Processes | HCRI78000 | 15 | Mandatory |
| Critical Approaches to Management of Humanitarian Operations | HCRI70040 | 15 | Optional |
| Cash and Market Based Programming in Crisis Settings | HCRI70081 | 15 | Optional |
| History of Humanitarian Aid | HCRI71200 | 15 | Optional |
| Ethics, Human Rights and Health | HCRI72000 | 15 | Optional |
| Diseases and Trauma in Developing Countries | HCRI75000 | 15 | Optional |
Scholarships and bursaries
Each year, we offer a number of awards and subject-specific bursaries (the values of which are usually set at Home/EU fees level), open to both Home/EU and international students. The deadline for these is early February each year.
Details of these funding opportunities, including deadlines, eligibility and how to apply, can be found on the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures' funding page , where you can also find the details of the Government Postgraduate Loan Scheme.
See also the HCRI fees and funding page and the University's postgraduate funding database to see if you are eligible for any other funding opportunities.
What our students say
Facilities
HCRI
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute is widely recognised as being a leading international research institute focusing on the study of humanitarianism, conflict response, and peacebuilding.
You’ll have the opportunity to engage first-hand with the people, projects and organisations that shape humanitarian, global health, disaster management, conflict response, and intervention strategy around the world.
HCRI is home to UK-Med, an NGO that provides international emergency humanitarian medical assistance to incidents worldwide.
Disability support
Careers
Career opportunities
This course is aimed at both those new to the Global Health and humanitarian sectors and those already in the field. Those with work experience will be able to harness the knowledge gained from their course to progress within their field of expertise, reaching senior roles in government and non-governmental organisations.
Others will be able to use the course as a starting point to progress into careers within NGOs, national health services, civil service, academic institutions and more.
Find out more about careers and employability and our alumni . The University has its own dedicated Careers Sevrice that you would have full access to as a student and for two years after you graduate. At Manchester you will have access to a number of opportunities to help boost your employability.