This pioneering two-year programme, jointly delivered by the University of Birmingham and Leiden University Medical Centre, is the first of its kind to focus on International Population Health Management. Designed to meet the evolving needs of global health systems, it equips students with the skills to tackle chronic disease, health inequalities, and resource allocation challenges.
This programme is currently being reviewed and not available for applications at this time.
This programme is designed to meet emerging health needs by focusing on Population Health Management - a concept endorsed by WHO and the NHS. You’ll learn to target healthcare resources effectively in diverse socioeconomic and healthcare contexts, improving population health outcomes.
This is a jointly delivered Masters programme in International Population Health Management with Leiden University Medical Center in The Hague, the Netherlands. It's a 240 credit programme that runs over two years where students will spend time in both Birmingham and The Hague.
You'll be based at the University of Birmingham and undertake study design and analysis modules and be introduced to the fundamentals of population health management.
You'll be based at Leiden University Medical Centre in The Hague to undertake a number of modules such as alternative payment models to syndemics and complete project case II that runs for the entire semester.
You'll return to the University of Birmingham to complete health economics, health inequalities and healthcare public health. You'll then have a number of other options you can undertake at the University of Birmingham.
You may stay at the University of Birmingham or Leiden to complete your dissertation project and attend seminars and tutorials on career opportunities.
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To gain a place at Birmingham you will need to meet our general entry requirements, as well as those specific to your course. Your application will be reviewed by the course’s Admissions Tutor, who will decide whether your application should receive an offer.
For students from foreign research university:
All other holders of a Bachelor’s or Honours degree in a health related programme from a foreign research university with a level similar to Dutch research universities are eligible for admission if the candidate has accumulated sufficient knowledge of at least the following domains:
Medicine on pathophysiology and pathology (12 European Credits or equivalent)
Quantitative methods: on research methodology, epidemiology and/or statistics (12 European Credits or equivalent)
The Board of Admissions will assess whether your degree and background are sufficiently related to the level and content of the Dutch BSc degree in a health-related programme.
For students applying through Leiden: Holders of a Bachelor’s or Honours degree from a research university in the Netherlands, in which the following three subjects are covered sufficiently, are admissible to the programme: medicine, health care and quantitative methods.
Students with other Bachelor’s or Honours degrees than mentioned above are invited to submit a request for admission to the Board of Admissions of the Master’s. This request will be individually reviewed.
In the admissions process, UoB will co-ordinate the offer decisions with those of Leiden University to ensure that offers extended to students are consistent across both institutions.
English language requirements If you are an international student, you will need to demonstrate you have a suitable level of English proficiency, usually through the form of an IELTS or equivalent qualification or a Presessional English course.
For this course we require IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band, which is equivalent to: