Overview

Human health and the natural environment are interconnected, affected by urbanisation, pollution, and agriculture. These factors stress ecosystems, impacting human health by spreading diseases and affecting food and water. Addressing these issues requires multidisciplinary skills to bridge human, animal, and ecosystem health domains.

The key theme underpinning this programme is the concept of ‘One Health’, defined as an integrated unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimise the health of people, animals, and ecosystems (World Health Organisation 2021).

Students from different disciplinary backgrounds will work together to explore key concepts such as public health, climate change, biodiversity loss, epidemiology, infectious disease, global health policy, sustainable development goals, ecosystem services, and nature-based solutions for health.

The Ecology, Climate Change and Health programme is based within the People and Nature Lab in our brand-new campus University College London (UCL) East in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park working with partners the Zoological Society of London and the Natural History Museum London and with external stakeholders such as WHO, WOAH, FAO, UNEP, RSPB, and the UK-CEH, students will be exposed to real-world ecological and health challenges at local and global levels and will develop the skills to provide their solutions.

The main aims of the programme are to:

Provide an understanding of the links between people, nature, and health, exploring and critically assessing the framing of One Health.
Explore the impact of human activities such as climate change and biodiversity loss on the interactions between people, nature, and health.
Provide students with skills to understand, critically assess and apply multi-disciplinary approaches.
Understand the range of data science analytical approaches needed to develop solutions within a One Health framework.
Apply analytical approaches through real world applications to understand different health nexus issues, for example how land use is impacting the risk of wildlife pathogen spill over into human populations or how climate change is impacting food security.

Develop science communication skills at the science-policy interface to create solutions for real-world health issues with NGOs and policymakers.

Employability

Upon completion of the programme, students will possess the project management skills, and theoretical and practical experience needed to implement multidisciplinary approaches to tackling grand challenges of global public health underpinned by a One Health approach. Students will also leave with the necessary insight to plan and undertake independent research, and the ability to report its findings to a variety of audiences. Employment destinations may include academia; civil service; local, national and international governmental bodies; environmental charities; conservation charities, NGOs.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Ecology and Ecological Monitoring
Community Wellbeing, Health Inequalities and the role of Social Prescribing
Epidemiology
Climate Change and Health
The Social Determinants of Global Health

Key information

Duration

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

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-26 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-28 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Climate Studies & Meteorology Health Sciences Ecology View 932 other Masters in Health Sciences in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

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General requirements

Normally, an upper second-class UK Bachelor's degree in life sciences, environmental sciences, medical sciences or related subject area, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.
Applicants with an appropriate professional qualification and relevant work experience may also apply.

Tuition Fees

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39800 GBP / year

≈ 39800 GBP / year
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Citizens or residents

24100 GBP / year

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Additional Details

Part-time:

UK: £12,050
International: £19,900

Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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