On successful completion of the on-campus and online, you would receive the award of a Master of Public Health.

We have designed one programme purely for online learning (the Global Master of Public Health) and students will not attend any on-campus teaching.

Both programmes offer similar and related core modules/specialisations and optional choices, but will teach the content in different ways. So too has the assessment been designed to best suit the online or on-campus delivery format.

Yes. The entry requirements are the same for both the on-campus and online programme.

Please refer to our college website for postgraduate English Language requirements.

If you are required to take an English test as part of your offer conditions and do not have access to a test in your country, please check our Imperial College online English assessment test.

All the programme fees are listed on the individual programme pages and the fee is dependent on your fee status.

When you accept your offer of study, you will need to pay a 10% deposit of the full fees to secure your place. Before you enrol you will invoiced for the full fees.

If you are studying the Global Master of Public Health, as this is a two-year part-time course, you will have the option to pay for the fees in two instalments, you will need to pay for year 1 fees before you start year 1. You will then need to pay for the year 2 fees before you start year 2.

There are some scholarships available directly through the School of Public Health and Imperial College. If you wish to be considered for these, you will need to apply separately and apply for these via the web pages.

Yes, we hold events through the year to allow potential applicants to ask the programme team questions and hear more about the programme.
For our on-campus programmes, these events are normally held at our main teaching campus at St Mary’s, Paddington. London.

For our online Global Master of Public Health programme, we will also be holding online webinar events where interested applicants can sign up and attend a virtual event, involving no travel.

It is not possible to defer your application for the Global Master of Public Health. If you are unable to accept or take up your offer, you will need to re-apply for the following academic year. This is due to the high demand and interest in the programme.

For the on-campus Master of Public Health, each request and decision to defer an offer is reviewed on a case by case basis, and cannot be guaranteed.

We update our webpages regarding the admissions places for the programmes and we advise you to check these. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered and an offer made, if applicable.

No unfortunately you are not able to take this as an option and intercalate.  One of the entry criteria for the Masters is to be awarded an honours degree. Unless you have a degree prior to the MBBS, you would not be eligible to apply.

An ATAS certificate is not required for overseas students applying for our programmes.

What should I write in my personal We recommend your statement is no more than 1500 words, including detail regarding your proposed research area.

This is your opportunity to tell us about yourself and explain why you are an outstanding candidate for a place on one of the School of Public Health’s programmes. Tell us why you are interested in the subject for which you have applied. Describe your academic, professional/work, research experience and interests and reasons for applying to the School of Public Health, Imperial College London.

Outline the academic/professional trajectory you hope for in the future and explain why the programme and the scholarship are important for this. Write an honest statement that gets across your true character and motivations, rather than writing what you think the panel will want to hear.

Within your personal statement, we’d like you to include a short proposal (no more than a 150 words) for a public health research project that could realistically be carried out by you over a three month period. You should include a novel research question, and some outline of what you would do. You will not be tied to the proposal if you are accepted on to the course, as we have a well-structured program for developing student projects. We are interested in your initial ideas as a way for you to demonstrate to us your current understanding of the research process.

We recommend you write your statement up to no more than 1500 words, including detail regarding your proposed research area.

Master of Public Health – This is a one year, intensive full-time course. Within this programme a core first term of teaching is undertaken, followed by a choice a choice of ’streams'.

• ‘Health Services and System’ stream. The Health Services and Systems stream focuses on the theory and practice of population health and health service improvement initiatives.
• ‘Global Health’ stream. The Global Health stream is orientated towards training students for a Global Health career. The stream seeks to expand students’ understanding of the manifestations of health challenges within the context of low and middle income settings, as well as the supranational structures and processes involved in tackling these challenges.

Global Master of Public Health - You can enrol on different pathway options dependent on your ability to commit to the learning required per pathway. All pathways are part-time but require different levels of commitment in terms of study/learning hours.

You can choose between:

• 1-year Postgraduate Certificate
• 2-year Masters
• 3-year Masters

If you decide to study for a Masters degree, the choice between 2 and 3-year programme will depend on the number of hours of study you can commit to per week.

The 2-year Masters programme as a standalone pathway, requiring you to study three specialisations per term (approx. 18 - 21 hours study time per week over 2 years). You would enrol directly on the Masters 2-year pathway.

The 3-year Masters programme as a standalone pathway, requiring you to study two specialisations per term (approx. 14-16 hours per week over 3 years). You would study the same specialisations and programme content as the 2-year programme, but instead spread out over 3 years. You can enrol directly on the Masters 3-year pathway, or follow the progression route below and first enrol on the PG Cert programme. You would study the same specialisations over the 3 years if you successfully progressed through each award.

The PG Certificate programme as a standalone pathway, requiring you to study two specialisations per term (approx. 14-16 hours per week over 3 years) for 1 year only. The specific specialisations are captured in the pathway diagram appended/available on the webpages. You can leave after 1 year with the PG Certificate as a standalone award or you can progress on to the PG Diploma for year 2 and complete the required specialisations. You can leave after Year 2 with the PG Diploma or progress further to the 3-year Masters pathway (subject to exam board approval).

This course is aimed at students from a variety of different backgrounds in medicine, health policy, academic research and others. We also review applications from other backgrounds other than public health if the applicant demonstrates an interest in Public health through a strong personal statement and who also meet their minimum academic criteria for admissions at Imperial College. Our college admissions team will be able to assess your application once it has been made online.

This course is aimed at students from a variety of different backgrounds in medicine, science subjects, academic research and others. We also review applications from other backgrounds if the applicant demonstrates an interest in Public health through a strong personal statement and who also meet the minimum academic criteria for admissions at Imperial College. Our college admissions team will be able to assess your application once it has been made online.

Please contact a member of the School’s programme team by email if you have any further queries related to a specific programme, via one of the following:

• Master of Public Health: mph-queries@imperial.ac.uk
• Global Master of Public Health (online): gmph-queries@imperial.ac.uk
• MSc Epidemiology: msc-epidemiology@imperial.ac.uk