University of Hull invites applications for MSc health and climate change

NEW DELHI: The University of Hull, England has invited applications for its one-year full-time master's programme in ‘Health and Climate Change’ for the September 2024-25 session. The international students can apply from October 2023. The applications will remain open till June 2024 end.

The students applying for the MSc programme must have a minimum of a 2:2 honours degree or international equivalent in a programme related to health sciences such as medicine, public health, biomedical science, and biomedical sciences as per the University of Hull.

The university stated that candidates must have work experience as a healthcare provider, a public health department in local, regional, or national authorities, a clinical setting, a pharmacy, a vaccination center, ambulance services, a clinical or (bio)medical research laboratory, etc.

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The programme will allow learners to understand the relationship between climate and its impact on health. The university will offer teaching sessions, and blended learning, and will allow students to conduct the research, students to understand the connection between human health and the environment.

The MSc programme enables students to research the scope of climate change and analyse its potential effects on various health issues, such as cardiorespiratory disease, vector-borne diseases, infections, immunity, nutrition, and health inequalities according to the university.

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The university in an official statement said that the students will get a chance to work with international organisations like the UN and the WHO and in various national organisations like the Environment Agency, NHS, Public Health England, DEFRA, UK Health Alliance on Climate Change, and charities.

Pedro Beltran-Alvarez, co-director of MSc Health and Climate Change said “Climate change is the biggest health threat of the 21st Century. It can be the greatest health opportunity of this Century. As tackling climate change will be tackling the root causes of many of the health inequalities we see as pervasive in our world.”