Why choose BSc Public Health at Middlesex?

Our Public Health BSc focuses on understanding and supporting people in building a healthy lifestyle, as well as improving and protecting health in the public and private sectors.

This is the ideal course for you if you’re interested in working in hospitals, local authorities and international organisations, or private sector NGOs and insurance companies.

What you will gain

Past graduates have gone on to work in roles such as public health practitioner, health improvement practitioner, epidemiologist, data analyst or health campaign manager.

By the end of your degree, you’ll have built a comprehensive skillset that will put you in an excellent position to work in a variety of fields connected to public health.

You will:

• Learn how to communicate effectively using different methods, collaborate in teams, and use information technology to support your work
• Develop the skills to retrieve, collate, analyse, critically evaluate and present information drawing on a range of sources and methods
• Understand how to design health interventions and campaigns using a variety of tools, and make recommendations and identify better strategies for communication aimed to improve the health of the population as well as be able to correctly interpret, design, and apply guidelines and protocols.

What you will learn

Our public health degree focuses on how to tackle major health problems at a global, national and local level, as well as on how to reduce health inequalities through coordinated action.

You’ll work with tutors and lecturers who are on the cutting edge of public health practice. All of our academic staff are experts in a broad range of fields including demography and epidemiology.

You’ll hear from experts and specialists from a range of bodies, meaning that the skills you learn will be in line with industry best practice.

On this vital and respected course you will:

• Develop a far-reaching understanding of public health practice based on up-to-date insights from a range of subjects
• Learn important research skills such as quantitative methods and how to collate, analyse and evaluate data
• Gain valuable work experience with one of our industry partners, including NGOs and local NHS trusts
• Benefit from a variety of teaching methods including lectures, seminars and small group work
• Develop a strong skill set which will help you find work in fields such as epidemiology, public health campaigns and data analysis.