Overview

Key facts

‘Planetary Health’ is a new field of study which examines these factors and their consequences, and looks at ways in which redesigning, connecting and leveraging the interdependent health, environment and economic systems could offer new global solutions. Learn more with Planetary Health (Online Learning) from The University of Edinburgh.

The challenge is how we can do this in a socially, economically and environmentally empathetic manner.

This interdisciplinary MSc programme has been developed with expertise from across the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science and the College of Science and Engineering.

It equips students with the critical and data skills required to understand and design solutions for global crises. In particular, crises at the intersection of the future health and well-being of people and our planet, including:

the climate crisis
environmental degradation
emerging infectious diseases
mass extinction/loss of biodiversity
malnutrition
extreme poverty
digital power concentration and inequality
conflict
cyber insecurity
livelihood crises

Programme Structure

Core courses

In addition to the Edinburgh Futures Institute shared core courses, you will take the following core courses for your programme:

Planetary Health
Human Health in the Anthropocene
Understanding Planetary Health Data

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-07-11 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Health Administration Health Sciences View 128 other Masters in Health Administration in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

100

Other requirements

General requirements

A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in any discipline.

Tuition Fee

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International

28800 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 28800 GBP per year during 12 months.
National

18000 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 18000 GBP per year during 12 months.

Home: Credit Block cost: £1,000 per 10-credit course
International / EU: Credit Block cost: £1,600 per 10-credit course

Funding

Win a €10000 Scholarship! Deadline: 30 June 2020

Embark on your journey with the Studyportals Scholarship! We're giving away a total of 20,000 euros to help you achieve your dream of studying abroad.

Win a €10000 Scholarship! Deadline: 30 June 2020

Embark on your journey with the Studyportals Scholarship! We're giving away a total of 20,000 euros to help you achieve your dream of studying abroad.

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Scholarships Information

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