Program Overview

Public Health MPH

Key information

Delivery mode: In person Study mode: Full time Duration: One year full-time Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent): UK 180/ECTS 90 Application status: Open Start date: September 2025

Overview

Our Master of Public Health (MPH) is a multidisciplinary programme that covers a wide range of disciplines which are required for leadership roles in public health. The programme equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to engage in national and global public health concerns.

Key benefits

• Reflects breadth of the public health discipline and taught by experienced academics and researchers from epidemiology, statistics, social sciences, health economics, global health, and public health.
• Offers rich global public health perspectives as well as unique UK insight, with emphasis on the prevention and control of disease
• Regular speakers from local NHS bodies and central government agencies such as the UK Health Security Agency and the Department of Health
• Combines the development of a strong interdisciplinary foundation in public health with the opportunity to develop specialist expertise through the dissertation project

Course essentials

Understand the complexity of public health issues and the importance of context. The programme will examine the key disciplines informing public health practice and policy. Students will develop wider transferrable skills around critical analysis and problem solving. The programme is designed to enable you to become a critical consumer of public health evidence and to meaningfully contribute to that evidence base.

Base campus

• Guy’s Campus The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, and the Institute of Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience are based at the riverside Guy's Campus, next to the Shard.

Regulating bodies

• King's is regulated by the Office for Students

Entry requirements

UK applicants

• Standard requirements: A minimum 2:1 undergraduate Bachelor’s (honours) degree
• If you have a lower degree classification, or a degree in an unrelated subject, your application may be considered if you can demonstrate significant relevant work experience, or offer a related graduate qualification (such as a Masters or PGDip).

International applicants

• Equivalent International qualifications: Select a country to view the equivalent qualifications
• English language requirements: English language band D
• To study at King's, it is essential that you can communicate in English effectively in an academic environment. You are usually required to provide certification of your competence in English before starting your studies.

Personal statement and supporting information

• A personal statement of up to 4,000 characters (maximum 2 pages) is required. The personal statement should describe your teaching experience so far and discuss how you feel this MPH will build on your experience, as well as how it might contribute to your future career plans.
• Previous academic study: A copy (or copies) of your official academic transcript(s), showing the subjects studied and marks obtained. If you have already completed your degree, copies of your official degree certificate will also be required.
• References: Two references are required with at least one academic. Professional references will be accepted if you have completed your qualifications over five years ago.

Teaching & structure

Teaching methods - what to expect

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Group Tutorials
• Independent study

Assessment

• Coursework
• Exams
• Essays
• Reports

Structure

• Required modules:
  • Public Health and Primary Care Dissertation (60 credits)
  • Basic Epidemiology & Statistics for Public Health (15 credits)
  • Prevention & Control of Communicable Disease (15 credits)
  • Healthcare Public Health (15 credits)
  • Health Economics (15 credits)
  • Health Promotion and Health Improvement (15 credits)
  • Social Research Methods for Public Health (15 credits)
• Optional modules:
  • Further Epidemiology & Statistics for Public Health (15 credits)
  • Delivering Public Health in Primary Care: from Theory to Practice (15 credits)
  • Sociology of Health & Illness (15 credits)
  • Global Public Health (15 credits)
  • Principles of Health Informatics (15 Credits)
  • Conflict and Health (15 credits)
  • Global Health and Local Practice (15 credits)
  • Health Systems Strengthening (15 credits)

Careers

Employability

Public health is everyone's business. It is “the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organised efforts of society. It also considers principles of social justice and equity, promoting and protecting better health for all” (Source: Faculty of Public Health). Public health practice is diverse and multidisciplinary, it has three distinct domains of practice:

• Health Protection
• Health Improvement
• Health Services

The three domains are supported and sustained by public health knowledge and intelligence, academic public health, and workforce development.

Job titles of recent MPH graduates include:

• Public Health Specialist
• Head of Public Health Intelligence
• Health Partnership Programme Manager
• Health Promotion Campaign Manager
• Epidemiologist
• Health Data Analyst
• Project Coordinator
• Public Health Advisor
• Health Protection Specialist
• Public Health Screening Coordinator
• Vascular Prevention Programme Coordinator
• Health Improvement Practitioner
• Public Health Specialist: Healthy Living
• Lecturer in Public Health

Fees & Funding

Tuition Fees

• UK: Full time: £13,500 per year (2025/26)
• International: Full time: £35,800 per year (2025/26)

Additional Costs

• Books if you choose to buy your own copies
• Clothing for optional course related events and competitions
• Library fees and fines
• Personal photocopies
• Printing course handouts
• Society membership fees
• Stationery
• Travel costs for travel around London and between campuses
• Graduation costs

Funding

To find out more about bursaries, scholarships, grants, tuition fees, living expenses, student loans, and other financial help available at King's please visit the Fees and Funding section.