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Public Health (S06)

Course details
  • Graduate Certificate
  • 1 Years
  • Distance learning
  • October 2026
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Distance Learning
Awarded by:
The Open University

Course summary

This certificate provides you with a critical understanding of public health, health promotion and health security. You’ll study how social determinants of health and illness create inequalities and inequities across populations and consider how evidence-based remedies and interventions can be aimed at individual and communal well-being. On successful completion of this certificate, you'll have the underpinning knowledge required to inform public health practice in line with the standards of the United Kingdom Public Health Register (UKPHR). This qualification doesn’t include a public health practice placement, so to register with UKPHR, you must also demonstrate their standards through practice.

Key features of the course

  • Explore a rapidly developing area of public health

  • Critically evaluate how inequalities in society impact individual and community health

  • Examine the ethical, legal, economic, and political issues that influence healthcare provision

  • Learn about the United Kingdom Public Health Register and its standards for practice

  • Gain insight into evidence-based practice in public health

Modules

This certificate has one stage, comprising 60 credits from a single module.

You’ll develop your knowledge and understanding of public health, health promotion and health security.

Entry requirements

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Historical entry grades data

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

For fees and funding information about this course, please refer to the course description on The Open University website.

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