Brayford Pool
September 2025
This programme is designed to help you develop skills which meet the needs of local, national, and international employers and the populations they serve.
Delivered on our Brayford Pool campus by subject experts, content across the course is tailored to a variety of careers, including but not limited to medicine, nursing, pharmacists, allied health, midwives, social workers, social care, and environmental health. A range of optional modules on the course reflect the cross-cutting themes and the contemporary public health landscape.
Designed in discussion with consultant public health specialists
Our curriculum is aligned to APHEA international standards (curriculum)
Taught by academics and industry professionals with real-world experience
Both part-time and full-time routes available
This programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, directed and independent study, online resources, and our virtual learning environment. This variety gives you the opportunity to collaborate with other students while also developing your own areas of interest and research.
Our expert teaching team have a wealth of industry experience or extensive research backgrounds in the field, providing valuable insights into public health. The programme's content focuses on global health, supporting students in investigating professional opportunities, and the final module, Independent Study, allows for you to undertake a project focusing on your home country or a particular field of study.
Alongside accessing a range of evidence-based resources on our Virtual Learning Environment, you'll be able to access the wide variety of support services across the University, including our on-campus medical library in the Ross Lucas Medical Sciences Building.
This module explores key contemporary global health challenges and contemporary international frameworks. You can develop critical understanding of common global concerns, interconnectivity of our world, threats from communicable and non- communicable diseases, climate change, impact of widening and increasing health inequalities. You will appreciate how global policy and other influences such as climate change, global economy and conflict can direct and inform local and national policy.
This module will develop your criticality in relation to politics, economics, healthcare practice and policy, and interagency working. You can examine leadership in the landscape of public health and how this applies to self, community, and internationally. You can learn key concepts (economics) that inform funding and decision making. The module will focus on current landscape and examine health challenges, including 'value for money' , economic evaluation and impact.
Unlock Your Research Potential with Independent Study
This module empowers you to take charge of your learning by designing a research project that aligns with your academic and professional aspirations. Whether you choose to conduct a systematic review, develop a project proposal, or prepare an article for publication, you’ll engage in critical analysis, enquiry, and synthesis essential skills for advancing in your field. Guided by professional discussion and academic mentorship, this is your opportunity to deepen your expertise, explore meaningful topics, and contribute to contemporary discourse in your discipline. Shape your future your research, your way.
The module aims to introduce the fundamentals of public health and support your deeper understanding of populations and what determines 'health'. You can appreciate macro, meso, and micro approaches to the social determinants, physical environment, disease as well as health inequalities that impact on and determine the health of populations. You can also build upon your existing graduate knowledge of utilising research in writing and investigation. You will be supported to gain a broader knowledge of methodology, epidemiology, and develop skills in appreciating statistics, literature, studies, and key data in relation to public health.
This is where you can investigate and evaluate public health interventions. You can draw on existing knowledge of populations, determinants, and health inequalities. You can learn about the different approaches to promoting health and well being via population level campaigns and programmes, determinant, and policy led interventions and at an individual level. You can recognise the role of health protection and genomics and disease prevention.
This module explores interdisciplinary research with a focus on the most challenging health and social care issues facing rural and coastal communities.
You will be encouraged to develop a deep knowledge of place based inequities . You can develop a critical understanding of the barriers to health and social care access as well as an appreciation of different research methods, impact of environmental factors, and policy and advocacy for rural and coastal communities.
† Some courses may offer optional modules. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by staff availability.
We want you to have all the information you need to make an informed decision on where and what you want to study. In addition to the information provided on this course page, our What You Need to Know page offers explanations on key topics including programme validation/revalidation, additional costs, and contact hours.
This programme uses a range of assessments designed to cultivate critical thinking, collaborative skills, and leadership qualities in students.
By fostering innovation and leadership in health and social care practice, the goal is develop authentic assessments that mirror real-world scenarios in public health, including recording and reporting practices. The final independent assessment aims to allow you to integrate your learning and create a meaningful summary of your studies.
Undergraduate degree grade 2.2 or equivalent for international students in a relevant subject area - looked at on a case-by-case basis.
Applicants without such qualifications will be considered on an individual basis but will be required to demonstrate how their experiences in the multidisciplinary public health territory (e.g. awards, scholarships, work experience - either paid or unpaid) and knowledge and skills would enable them to study this course at master's level in their Personal Statement.
Applicants with relevant experience that may not meet the degree entry requirements will be assessed on an individual basis.
All applicants will be expected to demonstrate IELTS level 6.5 with no component below 6.0
Graduates from this programme can pursue various employment opportunities across healthcare organisations, government agencies, and higher education. The programme is designed to prepare students for the public health sector and related fields in roles such as: epidemiologist, research analyst/data scientist, healthcare business consultant, academic clinician scientist, or policy analyst or advisor.
For students already employed in public health, the qualification can be a useful step towards internal roles and promotions.
You will need to have funding in place for your studies before you arrive at the University. Our fees vary depending on the course, mode of study, and whether you are a UK or international student. You can view the breakdown of fees for this programme below.
The University offers a range of merit-based, subject-specific, and country-focused scholarships for UK and international students. To help support students from outside of the UK, we offer a number of international scholarships which range from £1,000 up to the value of 50 per cent of tuition fees. For full details and information about eligibility, visit our scholarships and bursaries pages.
Postgraduate Funding Options
Find out more about the optional available to support your postgraduate study, from Master's Loans to scholarship opportunities. You can also find out more about how to pay your fees and access support from our helpful advisors.
Postgraduate Application Support
Applying for a postgraduate programme at Lincoln is easy. Find out more about the application process and what you'll need to complete on our How to Apply page. Here, you'll also be able to find out more about the entry requirements we accept and how to contact us for dedicated support during the process.
If you have any questions about this course you can contact the Programme Leader.
Myles Butler
mbutler@lincoln.ac.uk
To get a real feel for what it is like to study at the University of Lincoln, we hold a number of dedicated postgraduate events and activities throughout the year for you to take part in.
