- Level
- Postgraduate
- Duration
- 1 year
- Mode
- Full-time
- Subject
- Health Studies
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Next intake
- SEP 2026
Overview
Develop your foundations of public health knowledge and skills with our postgraduate certificate in public health. On this PGCert course, you'll gain an understanding of the key concepts and issues in public health, including: wider determinants of health and inequalities improving population health disease prevention putting research into practice You'll also gain basic skills in research, critical thinking and public health problem solving. Our public health certificate programme is a shorter postgraduate course including the same key modules and master's-level content as our MPH Public Health degree programme. It is ideal for people who are already working in public health or don't have time to study a full master's degree. This course will give you: a recognised qualification to start or continue your public health career the opportunity to create your own programme by choosing modules that fit your learning needs transferable skills including team-working, communication, and mana
Entry requirements
| Degree | 2:1 |
|---|---|
| Degree | 2:2 · considered case by case |
English language requirements
| IELTS | 6.5 overall, no part below 6.5 |
|---|
IELTS: overall 6.5; reading 6.5; writing 6.5; speaking 6.5; listening 6.5
Fees
International students: £11,900 per year
UK students: £6,400 per year
UK/Home: £6,400 per year
International: £11,900 per year
Start dates
September 2026
Application deadline
Application deadlines UK students The deadline to apply for this course is midday UK time.
Campus
- Highfield and University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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