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Master's Studies

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is a world-leading centre for research and postgraduate education in public and global health. Our mission is to improve health worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

LSHTM offers a wide range of master's degrees that can be studied full-time or part-time. Our programmes can be tailored individually to your personal learning needs and career goals through a choice of specialised elective modules. Our programmes are stimulating, with a truly global outlook, and dedicated, experienced staff, who are often active researchers themselves, carry out the teaching.

Highly ranked in various university league tables, LSHTM was named:

• #1 in Europe for research impact in sciences by CWTS Leiden Ranking 2019

• #3 in the world for public health in ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020

• #4 in the world for Infectious Diseases by US News Global Universities Subject Ranking 2021

   

Research degrees

We offer Research degrees including MPhil/PhD and Doctorates in Public Health.

LSHTM has three Faculties:

•Epidemiology and Population Health

•Infectious and Tropical Diseases

•Public Health and Policy

A rich, international learning environment

Studying at LSHTM, whether in London or by distance learning, gives you access to a wealth of knowledge and expertise. This is done through contact with students and staff from very diverse backgrounds, the fusion of which provides a rich environment for our students to learn, as you can tap into each other’s wealth of personal, professional and academic experience. We have staff from 68 different countries of origin, and students from 150 different countries of origin.

Practical and career-focused

Our MSc programmes will equip you with a comprehensive knowledge base and a toolkit of practical skills to develop a successful career in public & global health. All programmes play a key role in responding to public health challenges around the world. LSHTM graduates go on to diverse career paths, becoming clinicians, policy-makers, academics and laboratory scientists, to name just a few.