MSc Health Policy Planning & Financing

By the end of this programme students should be able to:

comprehend and demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of key principles of a diverse range of international and national health policies, including current and emerging trends
comprehend and demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of key principles of one or more disciplines relevant to the study of health policy, planning and financing (epidemiology, health economics, and other social sciences)
comprehend and demonstrate specialist knowledge, critical understanding and skills in other areas selected from a range of options on the programme relevant to the study of health policy
apply their conceptual and theoretical knowledge and skills using a multidisciplinary approach to formulate, design, implement, evaluate and appraise health policies and plans
show competence, both written and verbal, in assessing and communicating empirical evidence and in consolidating and critically appraising debates relevant to issues of health policy
demonstrate competence in key research and presentation skills, including the ability to plan and carry out a literature search, to critically review published literature, and to evaluate research findings

Graduates from this joint programme provided by the School and the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) enter a diverse range of positions in global health and national health policy and planning, research, advisory or advocacy roles in governments and international agencies.

Below you will find just a few of the positions and organisations that our graduates from this course have entered:

Advocacy officer for a medical NGO
Consultant
Doctor
Economist
Field Coordinator
Health Economist
Health Policy Consultant
Health Research and Policy Officer
Medical Officer
Pharmaceutical Adviser
Planning and Evaluation Economist
Policy and Public Affairs manager
Research Fellow
Research Officer
Specialist Registrar (Infectious and Respiratory Diseases)
Teaching Fellow in Global Health
Civil Servant
Programme Manager

The normal minimum entrance qualification for registration at the School on a Master's programme is at least one of the following:

a second-class honours degree of a UK university, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, in a subject appropriate to that of the course of study to be followed
a registrable qualification appropriate to the course of study to be followed, in medicine, dentistry or veterinary studies