Master of Public Health Keele University, UK

Our Master of Public Health programme is structured to provide you with a strong foundation in the field’s key areas and to examine the wide range of issues that impact global health and wellbeing. Using scientific methods and established approaches, combined with the utilisation of data, you’ll learn how to make informed decisions about improving public health. You will study important disciplines such as epidemiology, health promotion, health protection, improving health services, leadership and global health, understanding how they are all connected.

The programme aligns with the core competencies expected of public health practitioners, fostering the advancement of your critical thinking skills and the development of transferable skills and knowledge essential for advancing your career and practicing as a senior public health professional, both within the UK and internationally. 

What you’ll learn
Our programme has been designed to align with internationally recognised frameworks, including the UK Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework and the WHO-ASPHER Core Competency Framework for Public Health in the European Region. This provides employers with the confidence that you have successfully gained the professional skills and knowledge necessary to be an effective public health practitioner.  

At Keele, we have an international reputation in public health research, and the teaching on the Master in Public Health programme is deeply informed by this expertise. You will build essential research skills, including interpreting and understanding pivotal research areas, and applying findings to shape public health policy. Additionally, your understanding of applied epidemiology will be enhanced by exploring various effective methods to improve health and address health inequalities.  

Our programme offers a global perspective on public health, allowing you to deepen your understanding of the challenges that affect health and wellbeing across diverse cultures, climates and economies. This includes considering issues such as hostilities, natural disasters, and varied political contexts.

Focusing on health protection, you will critically examine the impact of communicable diseases and environmental hazards on public health, spanning from disease transmission and prevention to international disaster management. Responses to outbreaks and their management, along with addressing the key communicable diseases that pose challenges to global health, are also explored.

Your skills in marketing health and wellbeing will be developed as you gain valuable competencies for careers linked to public health promotion. This includes exploring the enablers and barriers to public health promotion by examining various factors that contribute to the success of campaigns."

Quantitative data analysis can provide important insights into improving population health, and you will gain experience in working with data, exploring various statistical methods that can be applied in the field of epidemiology.

Progression to senior careers in public health and related fields requires knowledge and understanding of strategic leadership. How will you manage change or find solutions to leadership problems? Through insights from your own work experience and studying management theory will provide you with the necessary skills to navigate contemporary leadership.