Course Overview

Your aspirations for professional development will be discussed during induction. Support and guidance will then be tailored throughout the programme to ensure that you are best able to fulfil your chosen professional development needs. Part of the Public Health Skills Assessment will include the delivery of a presentation reflecting on the development of your public health skills over the course of your studies and experiences, including identification of potential career development goals/opportunities, and actions they intend to take to achieve these. Throughout the programme, you will be able to work with your personal tutor to reflect on your skill development, career objectives, etc. which will support you to prepare and deliver this presentation, and planning and progressing your public health career.

An opportunity for work-based learning is provided within the Health Equity Interventions module. You have the opportunity to fulfil the Portfolio assessment of this module by completing a work-based learning project where you investigate a public health issue and work to develop an intervention to promote public health and reduce health inequalities. This could be undertaken within an existing professional role, or via a specific opportunity arranged with a relevant organisation. Alternatively, you can fulfil the same assessment by working in a team with other students, working on a scenario-based public health intervention project.

Graduates from the programme have progressed to advanced positions in their chosen specialist career areas. Examples of roles our graduates have attained include:

Public Health Fellow (American India Association) and Project Manager, Tata Steel Rural Development Society

Senior Public Health Practitioner, Public Health Wales

Environmental Health Team Leader, Welsh local authority

Program Manager, Maternal and Child Health, Pakistan non-profit organisation

Data and Information Officer, research funding organisation

Programme Manager at Public Health Wales

Transfer Co-ordinator at Springer Nature, India

Digital Inclusion Officer at Cardiff Council

Project Manager, e-learning at Diabetes UK

Professional Lead Podiatrist at Cwm Taf University Health Board

Junior Research Fellow at Public Health Foundation of India

Programme Support Officer at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Research Assistant at Public Health Wales

Project Co-ordinator at Gofal Cymru

Graduates have also progressed to further study on research degrees leading to MPhil and PhD qualifications.

General Eligibility

If you're applying directly following the completion of a Bachelor's degree, we'll generally expect you to hold at least a 2:1 classification – to ensure that you are equipped for the step up to study at Master's level. However, we consider each application on its own merits depending on the undergraduate subject of study and other factors such as relevant experience

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• Academic IELTS 6.5 overall in all elements, or equivalent.

  TOEFL IBT

  Overall - 72

  Reading - 18

  Speaking - 20

  Listening - 17

  Writing - 17