Overview

Studying Nutrition for Global Public Health programme at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine you’ll develop critical analytical skills, be equipped to design interventions, evaluate their impacts, and bridge the translation of science to policies and programmes, ready to confront the challenges of public health nutrition. This course is designed to focus on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), however the acquired skills and learning outcomes are widely applicable to all populations.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this programme students will be able to:

Develop an advanced knowledge of public health nutrition at biological, social and policy levels within a global context
Assess, select and apply a range of research skills and techniques, including anthropometry, dietary analysis, statistics, epidemiology, qualitative methods, research, computing and information retrieval
Understand how to interpret and synthesise data to analyse and evaluate problems at different population levels
Identify and formulate appropriate responses and intervention strategies to address nutritional issues, taking into account the public health and social policy contexts
Apply knowledge of effective teamwork and communication skills to solve problems and achieve goals

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Programme Structure

Modules include:

Fundamental Public Health Nutrition

Basic Epidemiology

Statistics for Epidemiology & Population Health

Health Policy, Process & Power

Principles of Social Research

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Key information

Duration

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

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-26 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-31 00:00:00 , National

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Language

English

PTE Academic

76

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IELTS

7

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Public Health Public Policy Social Policy View 131 other Masters in Social Policy in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

PTE Academic

76

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7

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General requirements

In order to be admitted to the MSc Nutrition for Global Health, an applicant must:
hold either a first degree at Upper Second Class Honours (2:2) standard in a relevant discipline, or a degree in medicine recognised by the UK General Medical Council (GMC) for the purposes of practising medicine in the UK, or another degree of equivalent standard awarded by an overseas institution recognised by UK ENIC.
or
hold a professional qualification appropriate to the programme of study to be followed obtained by written examinations and judged by LSHTM to be equivalent to an Upper Second Class Honours degree or above.
or
have relevant professional experience or training which is judged by LSHTM to be equivalent to an Upper Second Class Honours degree or above.

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Tuition Fees

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Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

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Funding

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