Advanced Therapeutics and Public Health MSc
Kingston UniversityPenrhyn Road, United Kingdom
Course overview
Broaden your understanding of advanced therapeutics, personalised medicine and public health Develop the strategic skills and knowledge to tackle global health challenges. On our Advanced Therapeutics and Public Health MSc programme, you can benefit from a wide range of facilities for practical work at our Penrhyn Road campus. The facilities on offer include our simulation suites.
These suites consist of a mock hospital ward, pharmacy dispensing suite and GP surgery. They are equipped with the latest technology, including patient simulator manikins, which students can administer drugs to and monitor their pulse and breathing. The hospital ward features six beds with drug cabinets and curtains, a nurse's station and equipment that can be used to assess students' bedside manner and debrief them on best practice.
The ward also leads into a pharmacy dispensing suite where students can practise prescribing the correct medication, and the right quantity, for certain illnesses. The GP suite has six cubicles for students to simulate seeing patients within a surgery environment, with desks and pedestals. Three of the bays have couches and the other three have chairs for patients to be examined.
Other facilities include: Our £9.8 million Eadweard Muybridge building with state-of the art laboratories New work areas and dedicated laboratories for research Specialist equipment, such as: Chromatography instruments A breathalyser Electrophoresis equipment Electron microscopes Electrochemical analysis Nuclear science equipment Thermal analysis X-ray diffractometers Spectrometers, including mass spectrometers, infrared spectrometers and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers Computing laboratories and a team of IT technicians to offer assistance
Key highlights
- Covers advanced therapeutics, personalised medicine and public health
- Develops strategic skills to tackle global health challenges
- Simulation suites include mock hospital ward, pharmacy and GP surgery
- Patient simulator manikins for drug administration and monitoring practice
- State-of-the-art laboratories in £9.8 million Eadweard Muybridge building
- Specialist equipment including mass spectrometers and electron microscopes
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — to include certain areas; or above
Scholarships
Alumni Discount
Award: 10% discount on tuition fees.
Up to 10% of feesChelsea Arts Club Trust MA Award
The Chelsea Arts Club Trust MA Materials and Research Award is a £2,500 bursary, awarded each year to an MA Fashion or MA Sustainable Fashion student.
Up to £2,500Chevening Scholarships
Award: Tuition fees, travel costs and living allowance subsidised.
International Merit-Based scholarships
The scholarships are worth £5,000 towards your first year tuition fees.
Up to £5,000Niloufar Ebrahim Scholarship
The scholarship will cover a portion of tuition fees for the applicant, up to the value of £1,000.
Postgraduate Progression Scholarship
The Kingston University Postgraduate Progressions Scholarship offers a 15% reduction in postgraduate tuition fees.
The Kingston Impact Scholarship
£5,000 tuition fee contribution to two MBA students.
Up to £5,000The Kingston MBA Scholarship
Kingston University Business School is proud to offer a tuition fee scholarship of £5,000 to self-funded candidates.
Up to £5,000
Careers this course leads to
- Public health specialist
- Clinical research scientist
- Pharmaceutical scientist
- Health policy adviser
- Clinical trials coordinator
- Medical science liaison
Cost of study
UK/Home: £11,900 per year | International: £18,900 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Kingston University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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