Overview

Key features

The Global and Planetary Health programme at Durham University aims to develop critical, analytical, interpretative, integrative and presentation skills and to provide an opportunity, through the dissertation, for students to pursue and report original research under expert supervision. The programme also aims to prepare students for doctoral research in relevant fields and/or a career in applied and international development contexts.

The core modules will address history, theories and practices of: health and healthcare at multiple scales (local, national, global); resilience, environment and the socio-politics of energy today; and how these relate to the emerging field of planetary health. Students without a specialised social science and health background will be introduced to key theoretical concepts through the module Society, Health & Wellbeing, and to research and analytical approaches through taking one or more of modules in research methods.

Students will have the opportunity to follow specialised routes through the programme by choosing from a wide array of elective modules that draw on options from across the university’s four faculties. This will allow students from different backgrounds to specialise further in areas of their choice (e.g. engineering, health, anthropology, geography, law or politics). To accommodate inclusion of students from diverse backgrounds, a careful induction and support programme will provide them with access to skills learning and support to help them work across inter-disciplinary boundaries.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Anthropology of Global Health
Planetary Health in Social Context
Society, Energy, Environment and Resilience
Context and Challenges in Energy and Society
Society, Health and Wellbeing
Advanced Studies in Anthropological Skills for Climate Change Survival
Anthropology and Development
Interrogating Ethnography

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-31 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-31 00:00:00 , National

More details

Applicants needing a student visa must submit postgraduate applications by end July, while those not requiring a visa must apply by end August.

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Durham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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120

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80

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62

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Normally a minimum 2:1 Honours degree from a UK institution (or the overseas equivalent) in a relevant subject. This requirement may be waived for applicants with particularly high levels of relevant practical or professional experience
Strength of personal statement, experience in a non-academic engagement with sustainability or development issues (whether salaried, volunteer or self-directed) and quality of references will be taken into consideration.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

28500 GBP / year

≈ 28500 GBP / year
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Citizens or residents

13500 GBP / year

≈ 13500 GBP / year

Additional Details

Part Time Fees

Home students £7,500 per year
International students £15,700 per year

Living costs

Durham

United Kingdom

660 - 1140 GBP / month

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