Digital Health is one of the fastest growing economic sectors worldwide. There's significant potential for the transformation of health care through better and widespread use of digital technologies. This includes a growing role for technology in supporting people to monitor and manage their own health and wellbeing.
The global digital health market was estimated at $288.55 billion in 2024 ( Digital Health Market Size and Share Induustry Report 2030 ), and is predicted to continue to grow at pace even further over the next 5 years and beyond.
This one-year Masters degree is the perfect conversion pathway for recent graduates looking to move into the health and care sector. It's also ideal for existing health and social care practitioners looking to up-skill in digital innovation and move into leadership and transformational roles.
Our course is unique because:
You'll learn about state-of-the-art devices (for example sensors, wearables, apps), systems (for example electronic health records, remote monitoring) and methods within digital health systems (for example co-design, machine learning and data analytics).
You'll also learn about health and care implementation, innovation and how to deliver real world digital health solutions in context and at scale.
In the video below, Fatima explains why she chose to study with us:
This course is unique in that it looks at the human, technology and system perspectives in a whole systems approach to transformation of digital health and care. It explores not just the clinical perspective but also social care, third sector and consumer care models. We'll consider how to incorporate codesign and implementation science throughout, to ensure adoption and success of future digital health solutions and services.
You'll study:
The course also offers guest lectures from experts in the field from health, care and industry sectors.
The course includes 120 credits of taught material taken over the first two semesters, and a 60-credit digital health project that runs, typically, from June to September. Your dissertation project will address a specific issue relating to digital health. Supervisors suggest project ideas and you evolve your allocated topic further during your dissertation semester.
You'll be taught by various academics and researchers who are members of the multidisciplinary Digital Health & Wellness Research group based in Computer and Information Sciences.
We've led, and been involved in, several major collaborative research an
Academic requirements Minimum second-class (2.2) Honours degree, or international equivalent in any subject. Don’t meet the academic entry requirements? We offer the Pre-Masters Preparation Course at the University of Strathclyde International Study Centre, for international students (non-UK/Ireland). English language requirements You must have an English language minimum score of IELTS 6.0 (with no component below 5.5). We offer comprehensive English language courses for students whose IELTS scores are below 6.0. Please see ELTD for full details . As a university, we now accept many more English language tests in addition to IELTS for overseas applicants, for example, TOEFL and PTE Cambridge. View the full list of accepted English language tests here . Fees & funding Back to course