Drawing upon the teaching and research expertise of the College of Medical and Dental Sciences at our UK campus, we offer a number of Masters programmes in Dubai across our areas of specialism. They are delivered by respected clinicians, academics, scientists, and professionals, and are aimed at those wanting to further develop their career in the health sciences.
WHY CHOOSE OUR PROGRAMMES?
- The University of Birmingham is a renowned centre of international excellence for teaching and research in public health - we are members of the NIHR School for Public Health Research, which brings together a number of English institutions with excellence in this field.
- Our bioinformatics programme collaborates across disciplines including biology, medicine, mathematics, statistics and computer science thanks to the cross-college nature of our UK based Centre for Computational Biology.
- You will learn from international experts in the field, whose research informed teaching will ensure your understanding is developed by the very latest findings in your discipline.
- Each of our programmes will give you the specialist knowledge and transferable skills that you need for a successful career with a wide range of employers across many industries – our graduates go on to work in both national healthcare settings, government bodies and in industry.
Ranked in the world top 100 for Medicine
(QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021)
HOW WILL YOU BE TAUGHT?
Our Masters programmes each combine 120 credits of taught modules where you will explore the foundations of your subject and develop your knowledge and skills. You will then complete a 60-credit dissertation which will allow you to research a specific area or problem within your field to further enhance your learning.
GRADUATE CAREER DESTINATIONS HAVE INCLUDED:
- NHS UK
- Public Health England
- Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Johnson & Johnson
- GlaxoSmithKline
Advanced Practice in Healthcare – 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time
What will you study?
The MSc Advanced Practice in Healthcare is aimed at nurses, physiotherapists and other allied healthcare professionals who want to develop their research skills and clinical expertise. The programme will enable you to advance your practice and develop skills essential to the role of the advanced practitioner and clinical team leader.
This multi-professional programme is structured on our UK based MSc Advanced Practice in Healthcare (International) and will allow you to explore and advance your specialist area of practice. You will benefit from the knowledge provided by experienced clinical academics and researchers through a combination of academic theory and practical teaching on topics of global interest and relevance to healthcare employers.
Your taught modules will explore current issues in health, the improvement and innovation of healthcare quality, and health service management. You will also complete a 60-credit dissertation that will allow you to explore a research question in further detail with the support of an academic member of staff.
Bioinformatics MSc – 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time
What will you study?
This course is composed of seven taught modules and an independent project. The taught modules provide you with foundational knowledge and skills in statistics, computer programming, and molecular biology, and then exploit this skillset to help you to understand and participate in the ongoing revolution in biological data science.
The course begins with a fast-paced introduction to essential capabilities. Through individualised and student-centered teaching, as well as heterogeneous group work, it will prepare wet-bench biologists and clinicians interested in data analysis, as well as statisticians or computer scientists wishing to work in biology, for studies in modern bioinformatics.
You will then be introduced to the sequencing modalities that have reduced the cost of obtaining the human genome from over a billion to less than a thousand dollars, and the many applications in the biomedical and environmental sciences enabled by these technologies. Beyond DNA and RNA sequencing, you will learn how mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy have opened protein sequencing and metabolomics – the study of all small molecules, or metabolites present in a system. You will also learn how to integrate these data types with high-content imaging to map molecular changes onto four-dimensional representations of complex systems, including the human nervous system and fresh water ecologies.
‘The best part about the MSc is that it takes your prior knowledge and adds completely new fields of science to it. It challenges your skills in a wide variety of applications and concepts, including statistics, programming and omics technologies.’
Hanan, MSc Bioinformatics alumnus
Health Data Science MSc – 1 year full-time or two years part-time
What will you study?
This MSc is ideally suited to the needs of future health data scientists, enabling them to perform analyses and develop novel tools and methods for this rapidly growing field. It aims to create the next generation of cutting-edge health data scientists who will be able to develop new tools and methods matching the latest technological advancements. The programme is therefore aimed at students with interests in artificial intelligence, health data and advanced computational approaches in the clinical and biomedical space.
You will learn about the breadth of healthcare data science and its applications, and you will be taught how to design, perform and enhance analyses with the appropriate methods and technologies to address practical medical and clinical questions.
In addition, you will benefit from training in areas such as clinical bioinformatics, health informatics, epidemiology, clinical systems, integrated multi-modal data analysis, bioinformatics and omics analytics. This environment caters for a diverse and rich, real world, real time environment within which you will develop the skills you need to undertake 21st century health data science.
Public Health MPH – 1 year full-time 2 years part-time
What will you study?
The Master of Public Health (MPH) attracts people with a wide range of professional backgrounds, from those who want a career in public health itself, to those who want to learn more about epidemiology and statistics for research or health service evaluation. As well as practising clinicians, the course may be of considerable value for those involved (or thinking about becoming involved) in senior management in health and other public services, as it covers most aspects of population health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and the planning and evaluation of health and public health services.
The programme is designed to provide you with a broad academic training in public health and epidemiology across the full breadth of public health topics. In addition to a thorough grounding in applied health research methods and health information, you will be introduced to key areas of public health practice, such as health promotion, population approaches to healthcare planning and delivery, and health protection. The taught modules will also allow you to further develop your skills in statistics and research methods, and in systematic reviews and evidence synthesis. You will also complete a 60-credit dissertation, allowing you to explore an area of public health in greater depth.