Course Overview

Gain the knowledge and skills you need for a public health career worldwide. From epidemiological research to addiction and disease, policy-making to service commissioning, this course covers the key concepts.SARS and Ebola, health inequality, the debate about health service restructuring and provision: public health is constantly in the news €“ and our Public Health Masters course will equip you to meet the challenges. You could be working in a public health-related role already or are ambitious to enter the field. In either case, youll find a wealth of valuable content here, taught by expert tutors and researchers. At ARU, our postgraduate Public Health course takes a modern approach, by directly addressing the social, economic, political, and other factors that influence population health and well-being.

General Eligibility

Candidates should normally have a good first degree or equivalent and be working, or hope to work, within any area of the public health arena. They do not necessarily need a professional qualification for access to the course but do need to demonstrate a strong interest in public health and local health improvement. Candidates with third-class honors, or ordinary (pass) degrees plus a minimum of one year of relevant post-graduate work experience, will be considered on an individual basis. Candidates who do not have a first degree, but have relevant work experience, may be able to gain access to the course by completing a Non-Graduate Entry Profile demonstrating, and reflecting on, the achievement of generic undergraduate learning outcomes through experiential learning.

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Language Requirement

• If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.5 (Academic level- with no individual score being lower than 5.5) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognized by Anglia Ruskin University.