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Award Attendance Study Duration Start Domestic fees International fees
MSc On-Campus Full-time 1 September find out find out
MSc On-Campus Part-time 2 September find out find out
Course fee notes

For up to date fees, please see our fees and funding pages: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-funding

About MSc Demography & Health, MSc - at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

Overview

This is Europe’s only graduate programme in demography with an emphasis on health, and is designed for those interested in acquiring a technical understanding of the structure and dynamics of population change, its causes and consequences. The curriculum includes advanced training in the theories and methods of population sciences, statistics, epidemiology, and research methods and data analysis.

By the end of the programme you will be able to:

  • demonstrate a thorough understanding of population trends in low-, middle- and high-income settings
  • identify causes and consequences of population change and relate these to underlying population dynamics
  • demonstrate advanced knowledge of demographic behaviour in social, economic and policy contexts
  • use demographic and health data and appropriate methods of analysis to study policy-relevant research questions

Career opportunities

This programme will provide you with research skills which are highly valued in the job market. Graduates have careers in public health, academic research, NGOs, reproductive health programmes, health services, government statistical offices, policy and planning.


Entry requirements for this course

Contact London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to find course entry requirements.


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