Public Health

MPH or PGDip or PGCert

Start dates: September 2025 / January 2026 / September 2026

Full time: MPH: 12 months

Part time: MPH; 24-48 months

Location: Headington, Headington (Marston Road site)

School(s): School of Psychology, Social Work and Public Health

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Overview

Public health professionals explore health in different communities, ensuring people have a better quality of life. They also work to provide interventions that empower communities and individuals to improve health. Study at Oxford Brookes to develop the insight and understanding for a rewarding career in public health.

Throughout this course you’ll look at how health is related to individual biology and genetics. You’ll explore the behavioural, social and environmental factors that affect public health. You’ll also look at ways to gather and examine evidence, and see how your findings can be put into practice to make a difference in society.

This is not just a course for those with a clinical background. It’s suitable for anyone interested in working to improve and support the wellbeing and health of wider communities.

Whether you’re interested in improving the lives of society’s most vulnerable, or furthering your career in public health services, we want to help you make a difference.

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Why Oxford Brookes University?

  • Learn with experts

    You will be taught by people who are involved in research and practice in a range of public health fields.

  • A global perspective

    At Oxford Brookes we take a global perspective on public health, giving you an insight into the various ways health is influenced in diverse cultures all over the world.

  • Health Behaviour and Wellbeing research group

    Oxford Brookes is home to The Health Behaviour and Wellbeing research group, an interdisciplinary research team dedicated to investigating the development and impact of prevention efforts for physical and psychological health and wellbeing.

  • An interdisciplinary qualification

    This interdisciplinary Master of Public Health is a globally recognised qualification that covers a range of disciplines including psychology, sociology, anthropology, medicine and research.

  • A stepping stone to a rewarding career

    Uncover ways to take health out of the clinical settings and into the community. This course will allow you to make a difference through community empowerment and advocacy.

Course details

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Start this course in January or September

You can start this course in January if a September start doesn't suit you or is not currently offered for this course.

If you start in January you will study a range of modules between January and May. During the summer months of June, July and August you will study further modules and begin work on your dissertation. Between September and December you will complete your final modules and focus on your dissertation.

Study modules

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Please note: As our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, the modules you can choose from may vary from those shown here. The structure of the course may also mean some modules are not available to you.

Research

Careers

Graduates of our Public Health MPH develop a vast amount of expertise, allowing them to pursue a range of careers in public health. You’ll be able to further existing careers in areas of health care such as nursing, but will also be able to enter the public health sector within areas such as:

  • local authorities,
  • charities,
  • data analysis,
  • health care management,
  • health education.

Student profiles

Our Staff

Dr Alfred Veldhuis

Dr Alfred Veldhuis areas of expertise is Cognitive neuroscience, focusing on attention and memory using electroencephalogram and transcranial magnetic stimulation techniques.

Read more about Alfred

Related courses

Entry requirements

International qualifications and equivalences

How to apply

Application process

International applicants will need to apply early to allow enough time for obtaining visas.

If you are offered a place you may be asked to pay a deposit of £3,000 to secure a place on the course.

Applications are dealt with on a first come, first served basis, so please act early to avoid disappointment.

Tuition fees

Please see the fees note
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Questions about fees?

Contact Student Finance on:

Tuition fees

2024 / 25
Home (UK) full time
£10,700

Home (UK) part time
£1,190 per single module

International full time
£16,950

2025 / 26
Home (UK) full time
£10,900

Home (UK) part time
£1,210 per single module

International full time
£17,750

Questions about fees?

Contact Student Finance on:

+44 (0)1865 534400

financefees@brookes.ac.uk

Fees quoted are for the first year only. If you are studying a course that lasts longer than one year, your fees will increase each year.

The following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support.

How and when to pay

Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.

  • For information on payment methods please see our Make a Payment page.
  • For information about refunds please visit our Refund policy page

Financial support and scholarships

Please contact the Programme Administrator to find out whether funding is available to assist with costs. Self-funding applicants are also welcome to apply.

General sources of information about finance and financial support for international applicants can be found on our site.

All applicants (UK, EU and international) will be required to provide details of their funding arrangements prior to enrolment on the course.

For general sources of financial support, see our Fees and funding pages.

Additional costs

Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course are detailed below.

Programme changes:
On rare occasions we may need to make changes to our course programmes after they have been published on the website. For more information, please visit our changes to programmes page.