- Degree awarded
- Master of Science
- Duration
- 3 years (part-time)
- How to apply
- Apply online .
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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
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