Program Overview

Introduction to the Healthcare Facilities MSc

The Healthcare Facilities MSc is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary program designed for healthcare and built environment professionals. It focuses on the challenges facing healthcare real estate provision and operation, aiming to enhance the knowledge base of practitioners in healthcare.

Entry Requirements

• The normal minimum qualifications are a 2:1 Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.
• It is desirable for candidates to have some knowledge, demonstrable competence, and a skill set related to healthcare practice, policy, or management.
• A second acceptable qualification is a second-class Bachelor's degree or lower, with substantial knowledge, demonstrable competence, and a skill set related to management, policy, investment, or design practice in healthcare.

English Language Requirements

• The English language level for this course is Level 1.
• UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are available for international students to develop their academic English and skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Equivalent Qualifications

• Country-specific information can be obtained from the International Students website.
• International applicants can find out the equivalent qualification for their country by selecting from a list of countries.

About the Degree

The Healthcare Facilities MSc program offers a comprehensive approach to planning, managing, and designing healthcare facilities. It covers every aspect of creating, renovating, and overseeing healthcare environments, with the goal of redefining how the broader healthcare community views the role, design, and operation of these essential built forms.

Who This Course Is For

This course is designed for students who want to focus their career on improving or innovating healthcare facilities, whether in the area of healthcare planning, architecture, engineering, real estate, facilities management, or construction.

What This Course Will Give You

• A unique offer to study healthcare buildings, their planning, management, and design.
• Specialist knowledge in the critical component of healthcare: the built environment.
• Opportunities to learn from industry experts and visit healthcare buildings.
• A network of international peers and tutors.
• Career support through networking events, career workshops, and internship opportunities.

Career Support and Employability

• The program has close links with the UK National Health Service, significant Healthcare Trusts, major healthcare architecture and planning companies, and international healthcare providers.
• 96% of Bartlett graduates were in work or further study 15 months after graduation.
• Top industry sectors for Bartlett graduates include construction, built environment and property, engineering, finance, and academic research.

Teaching and Learning

• The program is seminar-based with an emphasis on case and problem-based learning.
• Assignments are mostly individual essays and potentially combined with group work and individual presentations.
• The dissertation is an independent piece of research supported by tutorials.
• Full-time students can expect around 13-16 contact hours per teaching week.

Modules

• The program consists of eight compulsory modules:
  • Four more widely applicable core modules (60 credits)
  • Four specialist healthcare-related modules (60 credits)
  • A research problem-centered dissertation (60 credits)
• Compulsory modules include:
  • Organising for Digitalisation
  • Real Estate Solutions and Systems
  • Strategic Quality and Project Management
  • Modern Economics and Finance for Real Estate
  • Health Systems, Services and Technologies
  • Health Services: Primary Care
  • Health Services: Hospitals and Complex Facilities
  • Health Services: Long-term Care
  • Dissertation (Healthcare Facilities)

Accessibility

• Details of the accessibility of UCL buildings can be obtained from AccessAble.
• Further information can also be obtained from the UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services team.

Fees and Funding

• Tuition fees for UK students: ｣21,500 (full-time), ｣10,750 (part-time)
• Tuition fees for international students: ｣39,200 (full-time), ｣19,600 (part-time)
• Additional costs include a fee deposit and potential costs for books or equipment.
• UCL offers a range of financial awards to assist students with their studies.
• Scholarships relevant to this department are available, including the UCL East London Scholarship.